'Alternative' Trad media cannot be stopped
The establishment is afraid, very afraid
You’d have to be living under a rock to not notice the growing number of new Traditional voices wielding a larger amount of influence after the conclave than before it.
There is an emerging media landscape taking shape, one that is loosely composed of a wide-range of persons from various segments of the Traditional movement. Collectively, these “pockets of resistance” (as we have called them before) are forging ahead by obliterating taboos and breaking new ground with conversations that need to be had.
The blog posts, interviews, and essays now being published by these persons are shifting the ground from underneath the old guard’s feet. This represents an existential threat.
The Overton Window is being expanded on a daily basis and the neo-con (and neo-Trad) establishment cannot prevent what is happening. The best they can do is trot out the same old Boomer-era attacks: “Schismatics, ‘rad trads,’ heretics, oh my!” 😱
I’m not interested in gatekeeping — or in pretending to be one. I don’t have that sort of influence anyway. But it seems to me that while many in the Trad world have gone silent (or scaled back their truth-telling efforts) in order to curry favor with the Vatican, more and more “stones” are “crying out” (Lk 19:40). I’ve composed a list of a few of them below.
Surely some of these persons have been doing this thankless task for many years. May God reward them for their perseverance in the face of persecution. The point is this: there are enough of these voices on Substack, YouTube, and elsewhere now that a larger number of Catholics can easily learn the truth about what is going on not just in the Church (and in Tradition specifically) but also geo-politics.
I believe we are in the beginning stages of an inflection point where the Counter-Revolution is starting to take shape. Where this all leads remains to be seen but the Holy Spirit is no doubt inspiring it. In no particular order, here are a few of the persons who seem to me to be playing a unique if not pivotal role in this particular moment.
Have I missed anyone? Who else should be on this list?
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Anne Barnhardt, Fr. Isaac Relyea, Fr. Paul Kramer (see his book, "The Mystery of Iniquity")
Thanks for the list. I'll just add that smoking a cigar or a pipe on camera is a big red flag in my book. It might indicate that the smoker is more concerned with human respect than Truth. If I see a cigar, I turn it off. No need to waste time on whatever he has to say.