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Pope Francis has died

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916 points phillipharris | 2 comments | 21 Apr 25 08:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.493s | source
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d3ckard ◴[21 Apr 25 08:57 UTC] No.43749741[source]▶
I think he will be mostly remembered as a terrible politician, first alienating conservatives with progressive policy and then alienating liberals with very questionable opinions on war in Ukraine.

In the end, nobody was really happy with him. On the other hand, he definitely had a will and a spine to stick to his own opinions - I guess that counts for something.

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deletedie ◴[21 Apr 25 09:56 UTC] No.43750102[source]▶
How very Christ-like
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d3ckard ◴[21 Apr 25 10:12 UTC] No.43750195[source]▶
Yeah, nothing says Jesus like siding with the aggressor due to your own prejudices.
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code_for_monkey ◴[21 Apr 25 11:17 UTC] No.43750618[source]▶
Jesus famously said turn the other cheek
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moralestapia ◴[21 Apr 25 15:47 UTC] No.43753277[source]▶
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1. tomhow ◴[21 Apr 25 22:51 UTC] No.43757375[source]▶
You could educate the audience, rather than commenting like this. People are here to have curious conversations.

Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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2. moralestapia ◴[22 Apr 25 04:47 UTC] No.43759145[source]▶
Hmm, I meant that in an "it's off-topic" way but you're right, the wording comes across quite harsh.