text: While there may be a small handful of bishops who are "good guys," with positive verbs, adjectives and adverbs accurately used to describe their policies and actions in their dioceses. These have achieved the appropriate rank of true leader; but far too many of them are not LEADERS in any modern sense of the word, except the bureaucratic.  However, it probably doesn't matter since no majority of any consequence is following them. 
  
  I'm sure in every parish there are pockets of conformist traditionalists who dutifully read/listen to and even obey declarations from their Ordinary.  That is, after all, our duty as good and faithful Catholics.  I'm equally sure that the predominant majority feel absolutely free to only halfway assent, and/or discern, reject and ignore, based on their own adult assessments of the situations.  We can see this non-acceptance in so many contemporary situations (and rightfully so). 
  
  These are clay-footed pied pipers with few real followers.