Conservative pundits and climate deniers have not reacted well to Pope Francis's encyclical. One wouldn't expect them to greet it with open arms, but even we expected a touch more decorum when dealing with His Holiness.
Yesterday's "insipid" and "bed-wetting" tweets from Steve Milloy were just the start, as he is now consistently referring to Francis as "Red Pope," fitting in with the rampant accusations of Marxism coming from other commentators. If you're a glutton for punishment, you can take a look at Media Matter's wrap up of the responses throughout the conservative media. Spoiler alert: “Marxist" seems to be the preferred term for Pope Francis. "Gremlins" contrarian Richard Tol planted himself firmly in the denier camp with his opinions, concluding that, "No one is waiting for the hare-brained social theories of the Catholic Church."
Perhaps Tol is unaware that over a billion Catholics follow the teachings of Pope Francis, eagerly awaiting his social theories. Case in point, followers of @Pontifex: 6.33 million. Followers of @RichardTol: 4,726. So if anyone's offering theories that no one cares about, it's probably not the religious leader with one the largest flocks the world's ever known.
It’s probably the guy who blamed gremlins for the numerous errors in his hare-brained social science.
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