Diocese of Brooklyn: SNL Must Apologize for the "Harassment" by Pete Davidson

[NeoGreen]

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/03/12/diocese-of-brooklyn-snl-must-apologize-for-the-harassment-by-pete-davidson/

Diocese of Brooklyn: SNL Must Apologize for the “Harassment” by Pete Davidson
By Hemant Mehta, March 12, 2019

Over the weekend, Saturday Night Live‘s Pete Davidson made a joke about how he was reluctant to let go of R. Kelly‘s music, despite criminal allegations against the singer, because he’s talented.

Suggesting his views were really no different than everyone else’s, he said, “If you support the Catholic Church, isn’t that, like, the same thing as being an R. Kelly fan? I don’t really see the difference. Only, like, one’s music is significantly better.”

Was the joke fair? The Catholic League (a.k.a. Bill Donohue in a perpetual state of anger) claimed Davidson “libeled all priests.”

He did not compare the alleged predator to an alleged predatory priest — he compared Kelly to the entire Catholic clergy. His bigoted remark deserves to be condemned by everyone.

His “bigoted remark”… or, as regular people refer to it, a “joke.”

And Davidson’s joke, if you want to dissect it, was that people don’t want to let go of art just because the artist is problematic. Comparing that mentality to what’s happening in the Catholic Church is absolutely fair. Maybe your priest isn’t a predator, but supporting the Catholic Church in general means you’re providing cover for the organization, and that deserves to be pointed out.

But it’s easy to dismiss The Catholic League because of its pathetic reputation and constant outrage.

It’s not as easy to ignore the Diocese of Brooklyn, which is now calling for “an immediate public apology” by Saturday Night Live and NBC.

Apparently, the only acceptable bias these days is against the Catholic Church. The faithful of our Church are disgusted by the harassment by those in news and entertainment, and this sketch offends millions. The mockery of this difficult time in the Church’s history serves no purpose.

The clergy sex abuse crisis is shameful, and no one should ever get a laugh at the expense of the victims who have suffered irreparably. The Diocese of Brooklyn strives every day to ensure that sexual abuse by clergy never happens again.

Good god, the people who shifted predator priests from one Church to the next think Pete Davidson is guilty of “harassment.”

No one’s laughing at the expense of victims. The joke targeted the predator priests and the institution that covers up their crimes.

Emphasis added.

"Thou shall not criticize the church"?!

Piffle on that.

Slightly revised:

‘When You’re Accustomed to Privilege, Criticism Feels Like Oppression’

[edhopper]

1. Funny that they are more outraged by this joke

than they are by child rape.

[NeoGreen]

2. It is to a degree, but in reality their misdirected outrage is not funny at all.

It's their 'tell'.

[edhopper]

3. Funny : strange

not funny = humorous in any way.

[dubyadiprecession]

4. Pete Davidson pulls off the perfect Smokey eye look.

[Sanity Claws]

5. The Diocese's response makes me angry

The Diocese actually wrote:
no one should ever get a laugh at the expense of the victims who have suffered irreparably.

We aren't laughing at the expense of the victims. We are laughing at your fucking hypocrisy.

See this recent article https://nypost.com/2019/02/15/brooklyn-diocese-names-more-than-100-clergy-accused-of-sex-abuse/

The only reason the Diocese even released the names is because the State is investigating the various dioceses in the state regarding abuse.

For centuries the Church has protected the abusers and ignored the needs of the abused. They have no right to get on their high horse now.

[janterry]

6. Two sources I never pay any attention to: Pete Davidson and Bill Donohue

Thanks for the transcript, though. I never watch anything that Davidson is in - so it was nice to read what the angst was about.

Donohue, fwiw, is a blowhard. I'm sure he has a fan base somewhere......but I've never heard met any Catholics that paid him any mind.

[AZ8theist]

7. Does anybody pay any attention to Bill Donahue anymore? If ever?

The "Catholic League" is a fucking joke led by a lazy asshole. (even regular Church members and organizations can't stand him);

https://www.ncronline.org/news/politics/billy-bully-bad-church

https://www.weeklystandard.com/andrew-ferguson/with-friends-like-bill-donohue

[MineralMan]

8. Bill Donohue. Ha! The angry old man speaks,

but is anyone listening to him? Nah.