text: The thrust of several of these messages seems to be that since the bishops didn't do an adequate job of speaking out against hateful right-wing rhetoric before the election (and I agree they didn't), then they should keep quiet now. I completely disagree.
  
  Silence implies consent. I don't want the bishops to shut up. I want them to reclaim the proper voice of Catholic social justice tradition instead of squandering that voice on futile social legislation issues. Charlottesville is exactly the kind of thing they should be speaking up against. No matter how numerous their failures, there is always a place for doing the right thing.