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4. We Catholics inhabit our own world of "alternative facts", and "brain washing". We treat matters of exclusive and excluding belief as if they are real-world facts and call it faith. We pretend to live in a world of fact but define reality so that it fits our myth, and our ideology whether or not it makes the least sense.  And then we teach it with an incomprehensible gibberish, demand rote acceptance, and then apply a logic which bears no relation to "reality" or "dogma". 
5. When someone who appears to be credible and realistic attempts to reappraise they are "dis-membered".
6. Even the "good guys" - e.g., Pope Francis, have their strong side in the world of "alternative facts".
The overt "alt-right" pragmatists - e.g., Burke, Bannon, and fellow bishops seem to survive and even thrive. 
Brothers and sisters, we are in trouble if we think that we are the "Lone Ranger", or in my era, "Boston Blackie".

Nevertheless, really good article Winters.