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[LiberalElite]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027201146
You'll Love Naomi Klein's Take on the Pope's Popularity...

Published on
Thursday, September 24, 2015
byCommon Dreams
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/09/24/youll-love-naomi-kleins-take-popes-popularity


Responding to host Larry Wilmore's question on why the pope has become such a celebrity, the This Changes Everything author said, "I don't think it's about religion. I don't think it's that suddenly people are converting to Catholicism. I think basically he's kind of like Bernie Sanders in a white dress, and people are psyched about it."

[MrMickeysMom]

1. Thanks for doing that… I didn't think of cross-posting it!

I think it was better to post there first, because I wanted people to see Klein, even if they weren't looking for Bernie.

I guess I'm just that way…

[LiberalElite]

4. .

[99th_Monkey]

2. I already loved Naomi

now even more. In an important way, that says it all.

Of course it's only one facet of the pope's appeal, but it's definitely
an important one, and I'm so grateful to her for capturing it in such
colorful language.

[eridani]

3. Naomi Klein: the Pope = Bernie Sanders in a white dress

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/09/24/youll-love-naomi-kleins-take-popes-popularity

Author and activist Naomi Klein joined a panel discussion on Comedy Central's The Nightly Show Wednesday and shared her thoughts on why Pope Francis' messages seem to be resonating so well with huge numbers of people.

The segment aired the day ahead of the pope's historic address to U.S. Congress.

Responding to host Larry Wilmore's question on why the pope has become such a celebrity, the This Changes Everything author said, "I don't think it's about religion. I don't think it's that suddenly people are converting to Catholicism. I think basically he's kind of like [Senator] Bernie Sanders in a white dress, and people are psyched about it."

Wilmore comments on how the pope is saying revolutionary things—including that God does not have magical powers.

"He's talking about climate change, right?" Klein said. "And it's important to say God is not a magician because a lot of what you hear from right-wing Catholics is, 'We don't have to worry about climate change because God will just magic up our mess, and he loves us, and everything's fine.' And he is saying, actually, if you make a huge mess, you have to live with it. Mommy's not coming and neither is God."

As for the Independent senator from Vermont's own view on Pope Francis' visit, he said on the Senate floor Tuesday that he hopes "that some of my colleagues would examine the very profound lessons that he is teaching people all over this world," and cited the pope's comments on the crisis of global inequality.

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