"Traditionalist blather"? It was Paul VI who qualified  VII as "pastoral". For even he {probably} knew that , pursuant to the DOGMATIC declaration DEI FILIUS  from Vatican I, dogma CAN NOT change, even under the pretense of some deeper understanding. Hence, even if LG was intended to be dogmatic, it must be rejected because it contradicts long standing dogma, most particularly that pronounced in the Bull UNAM SANCTAM, CANTATE DOMINE {Council of Florence}, and the Fourth Lateran Council. As an aside, it is beyond hilarious seeing a modernist like Mr. Hobson at odds with one of VII's greatest champions {Paul VI}.