Fr. Z's Blog

Even if Judge Amy Coney Barrett is NOT nominated by POTUS (in fulfillment of his duties and rights under the US Constitution), she is already being attacked by the catholic Left.  She deserves a good name, but catholic lefties have sold themselves to the Dark Side, including Big Business Abortion.

One attack on Judge ACB came from Massimo “Beans” Faggioli.

Beans is a professional bomb thrower on the faculty of Villanova.  Beans hails from a deeply Communist region of Italy. His M.O. is to launch flaming bags of poo at people and then watch the clicks roll in on his social media. He aspires to capture glances from the high ups of what I call the New catholic Red Guards.  His uncritical papalotry reflects a longing for acceptance among the cadres.  Perhaps, who knows, he may one day receive his own little mandarin hat and dicasterial desk one day.

While Beans lives in these USA – no, rather, lives off of these USA – he expends a lot of ink tearing this nation down, opining about how things ought to be here.  If he has ever sought or obtained American citizenship, I have not heard about it.

The more he writes and speaks, the less credible he will in the long run be.  Si tacuisses, Maxime….   I should add that Bean blocks me on Twitter, through he doesn’t hesitate to attack me there.

Beans had a despicable piece about Judge ACB at Politico.   Faggioli thinks that Judge ACB should endure a religious test, should be grilled about her religious beliefs.   He would not say that about Biden or Pelosi or Durkin.   He says this about ACB because he doesn’t like her or her strong Catholic identity or the POTUS.  Therefore, he – such a famous catholic wonk – has attempted to give cover to the members of the Senate whom he hopes will go on the attack with the ammunition he tried to provide at Politico.

The problem is, he botched it.  As usual, Beans issued errors and inuendos.

Excellent responses were posted by

Ramesh Ponnuru at National Review:

Faggioli’s Dishonest Questions about Judge Barrett

and

Sohrab Ahmari at New York Post:

Politico’s pretentious, error-filled hit against Amy Coney Barrett

I warmly suggest you read these responses to Beans.

Beans deserves the drubbing he received.   Sadly, he will probably shrug it off, since what he really wants is attention.