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As I wrote elsewhere, the irony of this, is the Traditionaliats (nor, I suspect, the vast majority of the Catholics who don't read America) were fine with leaving the TLM situation alone. Most people viewed the TLM folks as homeschoolers, old fogeys, conspiracists, young families with scores of kids, Sedivacantists, Luddites, Vatican II haters etc who were harmless...odd, but harmless. Yea, maybe they threw a wooden statue in the Tiber but the thing was ugly and it had mammalian protuberances on it. Coexist, as the stupid bumper sticker goes, right?

Aaaaand so...regular Catholics wake up on Saturday wondering "what the heck did these people do to cheese off the Pope?"

Someone will reply "The Pope thinks their attending the TLM is a rejection of Vatican II."

To which these Catholics would reply "he's just realizing this NOW? Boy, is he slow. Even I knew that, but they never bothered anyone." I think Francis will find no wellspring of enthusiasm for this tactic...what ever happened to tolerance?

Now, Francis knows the TLM folks won't roll over easily. So, the REAL question is....what trap has he set in anticipation of revolt, and how can he be outsmarted?

We will soon find out...he has his moles...but Traditionalists have theirs, too.