I wasn’t clear. It’s the snarky tone I find offputting because it reads as so gratutious,juvenile, and especially in the last sentence, just smug. You’re so busy larding it on, your points become obscured.
That said,I would also disagree, particularly with the import of the first paragraph of your last. “Emeritus”, I have just learned, is a “postpositive adjective.” I’d never heard of one of those, but ok. We all know it means “retired.” Why that descriptor is “bogus,” just escapes me -— it’s merely descriptive. I think you’re reaching an awful lot to compare Benedict to an anti-pope. I’m just not aware of any facts that would support such a comparison. Frankly, I’m a Catholic and not a huge Francis fan, but your post just reads like this was an opportunity for you to hop on your anti-Catholic hobby horse.
much ridden 'round these here parts.
“Frankly, I’m a Catholic and not a huge Francis fan, but your post just reads like this was an opportunity for you to hop on your anti-Catholic hobby horse.”
A good trick considering that monsieur Bunk is a mackerel snapper of long provenance. Perhaps he mocks himself.
But he is also a wit who can’t pass up a good joke. This trait isn’t always appreciated by the crabby and humorless. I recommend burning him at the stake, if for no other reason just to see what bon mots he will toss off at his farewell.