text: Fr. Z left me off the list. I am crushed, especially because I have the most damning criticisms of the pro-life movement and effectively communicated them to NARAL and the Obama campaign, which used them according to the NARAL Public Relations person who confirmed their impact, which was Catholics voting for Obama at the same rate as the general population. Of course, ignoring the opposition is often the best way to marginalize effective dissent. I wish my fellow leftists would not join them. Troll fighting keeps them too far under the radar. My attacks on the Dubia as the ranting of washed up former bishops provide the best defense of Francis. It is not that I am trying to get to Burke’s level but that he is sinking to mine. Lastly, to defend Francis is to defend Vatican II and the entire Church. All of us who do so wear that as a badge of honor.