Spanish press interviews a VIP forum member from Burbuja.info

The forum-posting bishop calling for fair wages who stirs things up on Burbuja

José Antonio Satué, Bishop of Málaga, has spent more time as a member of Burbuja.info than as a prelate. His interview with La Opinión de Málaga calling for "fair wages" to cope with the cost of living has sparked a debate about who the Church's social agenda includes and who it excludes. In the thread, forum users pull no punches.

The forum user who became a bishop

Asurbanipal himself, a veteran of the forum, points out that Satué has "been on Burbuja.info longer" than he has been a bishop (less than a year in the post). It is unusual to see a member of the Church hierarchy with an active account on a financial forum, let alone quoted by the local press. For some, the news is less about what he says and more about the fact that the person saying it is one of their own.

The trigger: the "forgotten" groups

The bishop warned about "structural problems affecting young people, women, migrants and low-skilled workers." Ecce Cecilio's reaction was blistering: "In this son of a bitch's eyes, ordinary men have no problems." The forum user believes that, in a country with laws favourable to women, mentioning them as a vulnerable group is ideology, not reality. Others, like SpeedyGonzalez, join the rejection with terms like "trash." The criticism centres on the claim that the Church deliberately ignores white Spanish men.

The debate: who defends whom?

Asurbanipal tries to calm things down and suggests visiting the parish "with good manners and facts." But the tone has already escalated. Malo de Tasmania reposts the interview without comment, while Señor Turles takes the chance to attack the clergy and the "desert religion," calling for a return to European roots. The thread, with just 7 replies, concentrates all the tension between social sensitivity, identity essentialism and the Church's role in the housing crisis.

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Meanwhile, Bishop Satué is racking up more karma on Burbuja than in his diocese. The question the thread leaves open: can a forum user be a bishop without getting banned for heresy?

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