Since when does the Church Militatnt think it virturous to desert and join the enemy? Since when has it been considered "tradition" to flee the Cross?
You took a Confirmation Oath to fight for the Faith. It ain't much different than a vow of marriage. You can't abandon your marriage vows and take up with some hottie in a mini-skirt just cause the ol' lady she gets fat, ugly and cranky and you can't abandon the Oath to fight for the Faith in the Body of Christ and take up with some protestants in Fiddlebacks just cause Holy Mother Church in America is fat, ugly, and insipid
I have not attended an SSPX Mass since the mid 1980s, when I was stationed at Luke AFB in the diocese of the notorious Bishop O'Brien.
Having seen much liturgical abuse and sacriledge, then and since then, I question who are the real scismatics; groups such as the SSPX or the official "in communion with" dioceses who flaunt church teaching and make a joke out of the Mass and the Sacraments.
As far as your comment: "take up with some protestants in Fiddlebacks" is concerned, Rome has sent mixed messages on the issue of scismatic status. I guess I just don't see these folks as "protestants in Fiddlebacks" and I don't believe Rome does either.
Who are the real fighters for the faith? My gut feeling says for darn sure that it is not some cardinal who says "Mass" on a stage surrounded by dancing girls.