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And reminds millions of Americans that you can be a celebrated Catholic who flagrantly disregards Catholic teaching<\/a>. \u00a0Depending, of course, on the teaching.<\/p>\n

Personally I don\u2019t watch the Late Night Comedians any more than I watch Sean Hannity, who came to Colbert\u2019s defense. \u00a0I don\u2019t think Colbert should be fired. \u00a0Then again, I don\u2019t think others who have said similar things should be fired. \u00a0Our society has lost the right to expect people to be fired for saying offensive things, unless we\u2019re just insisting our morals are the ones that demand conformity, and non-conformists deserve to be punished where they stand. \u00a0There is always that.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s just interesting that he was forced to repent and seek forgiveness from the side identified with tolerance. \u00a0That he offered no apology to anyone to the right of center simply reminds us that he is, above all things, a pundit in the service of a particular social and political establishment<\/a>. The comedy, apparently, being not much more than an afterthought.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"