One is
an Argentinian Jesuit with the common touch. He has rejected religious "obsession" with contraception, abortion and homosexuality. He has denounced bogus trickle-down economics, noting that "the excluded are still waiting." He is a simple man in the best sense, whose priority is the poor, the downtrodden, the underprivileged.
The other is
an American right-wing radio host who panders to lowest-common-denominator fear, ignorance and prejudice about contraception, abortion, homosexuality, and a whole host of other scary things. He is a drummer boy for unfettered capitalism, and believes society's "excluded" should blame themselves for their misfortune. He lives ostentatiously in a Palm Beach mansion. His priority is the wealthy, the successful, the One Percent.
The second one has called the first one a "
pure Marxist", which is just plain silly. The first one has replied, "
I'm not, but I have know many Marxists who are good people."
One of them is
Time's Person of the Year. The other is a ridiculous gasbag tub of goo, a charlatan, the
Putz of the Decade.
You know who is who.
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