text: Neither JPII or Benedict were very insistent about their criticism of the right.  The right got cupcakes and gold stars while the rest of us were treated like trash.  At least now Pope Francis is actually criticizing the right rather than giving them praise.  They are finally getting called out for their bad behavior and bullying and they don't like it one bit.  I've been critical of Pope Francis' record on women, which is abysmal as you reminded us, but I can still appreciate it when he does things like this.
  
  As for the SSPX, the issue isn't how they were viewed but how the EWTN/ Catholic Answers types were treated.  Types like First Things, George Weigel, etc. are the ones who are harming the Catholic Church, not the SSPX.  Benedict/ JPII were fixated on a small fringe group while letting the larger group of rightwing Catholics get away with murder.