Nunsense: Hate Masquerading as Religion

Consider the word "Nun."

Through cultural conditioning and your own experience, maybe you think of someone like this:




Or this


Or this

Or this


Or for some older readers, this:



Or for some even older older readers this:

Listen

And, of course, many -- maybe most -- real nuns don't wear habits these days, but even so ...

We bet that when you think "nun," you wouldn't think of this



That's "sister " Grace Miller.

Only last week we criticised clerics who exploit the deference so many of us were taught from childhood to show them, in order to push left-wing politics from the pulpit.

There are "nuns" who do it too.   Today we saw a letter to the editor at David Gantt's front office, the Democrat and Chronicle, from a "Sister" Grace Miller.   She stated that Gantt, the man who said this, deserves respect, instead of the contempt he's worked so hard to earn.

Our contributor, Lucy, saw this particular specimen in action last Tuesday at the County Legislature meeting, and had this to say:

"A strange woman was led out, and actually was arrested, I was told. Looked like de-institutionalized psychotic you'd see on the streets, based on behavior and appearance.  Somebody said she might be a nun, which did'nt seem right.  Said to be an actual nun named Grace Miller.  If true, then looks like with nuns like most everything else, standards are declining everywhere.  This is a real "nun?" Sure, and Britney Spears is the Virgin Mary."

In the spirit of "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find," here's what we found:   Miller, it turns out, has a long history as director/producer/actor in political street theater, and apparently for years has been a continuing joke among Monroe County Legislators, as a periennial hate-filled, shrieking harridan at public comment time.

A legitimate member of Holy Orders in a meaningful sense? -- no way.  As we once heard someone say, seems more like a member of the Manson Family.  Or maybe, as our own Lucy wondered, just someone off her medication.

As we commented last week: "Of all the forms of left-wing life, the lowest are the ones who wear clerical collars."

Or "nun's" habits.

So, to all the ministers, nuns, bishops, priests, vicars, deacons, canons, curates, archdeacons, rectors, monks, deans, reverends, suffragans and all other 57 varieties:   Act like a member of holy orders and you'll get that special respect we accord such people.   But when your "gospel" is no different from this week's talking points from Democratic headquarters, you're entitled only to the respect due a political shill.   Which means none at all.