The Anglican Catholic Church has removed a Grand Rapids priest for making an alleged Nazi salute.
Calvin Robinson, priest-in-charge at St. Paul’s Anglican Catholic Church, was defrocked Thursday, Jan. 29, after church leadership learned he’d made the controversial salute to a crowd at the National Pro-Life Summit on Jan. 25 in Washington, D.C.
On the bright side, it’s goes to show you the act of doing a Nazi salute is unacceptable, and it should be for Elon, too.
If billionaires aren’t held to the same standards and laws under the social contract as others they also should be exempt from its protections.
They’re protected, but not bound.
so, one of the hallmarks of fascism. got it.
Precisely so.
Agreed
It’s up to who, the board of directors for X and Tesla? They will fire him if they want to, but evidently they don’t.
So this is going to be the next ‘Lets go Brandon’ type dog whistle. People are going to say ‘my heart goes out to you’ with a smirk and a wink, aren’t they.
Looks like it’s already starting…
https://jalopnik.com/cybertruck-owners-say-they-are-worried-about-hate-crime-1851750336
They already are lol, there was that other lady who did that exact thing
Didn’t take long for the qons to start taking the hood off.
Not surprised at all. A lot of dipshits think that Worthington’s Law will be extended to them and I bet we see more of this shit. Just like we saw RW assholes throwing racist tantrums at Starbucks workers and so on right after donvict’s “win” in 2016…
A refresher on Worthington’s Law (and so very many stupid Americans think this way):
There should be a separation of church and state when the state is doing their 1930’s Germany impression.
sigh of course it was someone from Kent County.
Technically he’s British. He’s from Nottingham.
He’s just drawn to places where being a throbber is considered ok.
So he’s an immigrant, aligning himself with the immigrant-hating Trump fascists. How stupid exactly is he? I guess he thinks they’d never “deport” him to a camp because he’s one of the good ones.
… one of the
whiteself-hating ones.FTFYOof! My bad, correctedRobinson is of mixed-race heritage. He describes his background as “half Afro-Caribbean and half English”
Thanks! I started to check, clicked on a video which started with a white guy’s face, and didn’t stay to watch. My bad.
I wasn’t going to bring this up, but… it’s a little confusing…
Yeah, I saw a picture of the wrong guy, sorry!
IKR?
Is that where the Michigan Nazis are? I don’t know anything about Michigan.
Kent County is in the northern part of the lower peninsula. The most well known city in the area is Grand Rapids, home of the DeVos family (Amway, Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos). In more recent history they have usually been right leaning, and the sheriff’s office had been in the news for not the greatest reasons.
That’s what I know and colors my perception. I’m honestly surprised that Harris won that county, so maybe there is a culture shift up there.
There are hate and white supremacist groups scattered all over the state, more so as you move further from Detroit and Lansing as the major metropolitan areas. If there was a bigotry capital though I’d put my money on Howell.
MAGA people: you are NOT in the club. Your vote was helpful, though.
I’m blocked from reading this story but I read this one and am confused: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/calvin-robinson-priest-defrocked-salute-b2689335.html is this man in the UK or US?
“Robinson was a well-known conservative commentator and priest in the U.K. before joining St. Paul’s in September 2024. The church’s website still has him listed as priest-in-charge”
Thank you very much. No idea why I couldn’t access the article. Can we send him back?
I guess kudos to them for having standards. Honestly the catholics seem to be catching a decent amount of this administrations ire. The pope has already postered against Trump. I don’t find the catholic org to be a good judge of moral character, but better with us than against us.
This was the Anglican Catholic church, not the Vatican Catholic church.
A temporary ally at least but good while it lasts.
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As someone who used to live in Grand Rapids, MI, I’m not surprised at all. West Michigan is a place of polar opposites: Both progressive in pockets, but also deeply bible-belty. You can’t drive more than a mile without passing at least a half dozen churches.
Also, it’s where Betsy Devos’ company and one of the largest for-profit charter school organizations in the country is based.
As well as Amway. Honestly, downtown Grand Rapids has one of the best downtowns in the region. A lot of small independent bars and eateries. I especially recommend The Pyramid Scheme.
You’re drawing a line between progressives and catholics, but the catholics just defrocked a nazi.
As someone who grew up in a Catholic environment, I’m amazed that many Americans look upon highly on Catholics. It’s just as bad as any religious groups, I assure you. History is repeating (or rhyming again depending on your pov) of several ultraconservative Catholic clergies being far right sympathisers. Just before World War 2, there was a Nazi sympathising American Catholic priest who regularly broadcast on the radio berating Franklin Roosevelt and his policies (his radio station was shut down after the US entered the war). The Vatican has also been criticised by many for being quiet on the persecution of the Jews by the Nazis. Although, on the one hand, many parish did shelter Jews and called out the Nazis, but many Catholics were fans of Hitler and his party.
Huh? A priest did a nazi solute and was exiled for it. Refusing to give them credit for doing the right thing just makes you look bad. This is Lemmy, everyone here knows how bad the church can be.
If you’re not aware, there are plenty of Catholic clergies who are known to be ultra conservative and Trump supporters. There are rumours around that they dislike Pope Francis and are planning to usurp him if given the chance. If it is so happens that the current leader is also ultraconservative, then they will turn a blind eye to that priest in the article.
In what way do you think that’s relevant to the article in the OOP?
Nice to see some journalist calling a Nazi salute a Nazi salute.
You need to go away from corporate media to see it called what it really was.
Surprisingly good response from the church.
Yes I was not expecting that. Especially with the surprising number of nutjobs on that side of the state.
Of course it’s a fucking Continuing Anglican Church. -_-
Hey but props to them for their swift action.
That’s fair. I just don’t find it very shocking that that is the tradition he felt safe doing that from within.
So many people are going to face consequences for doing what Elon did, and Elon isn’t going to be one of them.
Glad to see at lest someone is though!
Catholic Church is reasonably based.
My fellow parishioners however are closer to the asshole priest than Church level officials unfortunately .
Pope Francis is an ally we need for these times.
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This will be viewed as a win by the MAGA crowd.
"So much for the ‘tolerant Left.’ "
It’s almost like all these people are fucking around and finding out. Remember, we are the plebes not billionaries.
