During the past eleven days here in the Muslim world, I have eaten from the same plate, drunk from the same glass, and slept in the same bed (or on the same rug) -- while praying to the same God -- with fellow Muslims, whose eyes were the bluest of blue, whose hair was the blondest of blond, and whose skin was the whitest of white. And in the words and in the actions and in the deeds of the "white" Muslims, I felt the same sincerity that I felt among the black African Muslims of Nigeria, Sudan, and Ghana. We were truly all the same (brothers) -- because their belief in one God had removed the "white" from their minds, the 'white' from their behavior, and the 'white' from their attitude. I could see from this, that perhaps if white Americans could accept the Oneness of God, then perhaps, too, they could accept in reality the Oneness of Man -- and cease to measure, and hinder, and harm others in terms of their "differences" in color.
With racism plaguing America like an incurable cancer, the so-called "Christian" white American heart should be more receptive to a proven solution to such a destructive problem. Perhaps it could be in time to save America from imminent disaster -- the same destruction brought upon Germany by racism that eventually destroyed the Germans themselves.
They asked me what about the Hajj had impressed me the most. . . . I said, "The brotherhood! The people of all races, color, from all over the world coming together as one! It has proved to me the power of the One God. . . . All ate as one, and slept as one. Everything about the pilgrimage atmosphere accented the Oneness of Man under One God.
Europe is actively preparing to resist Russian attack now, presumably because they suspect (as I long have) that the Russians will get bored with Ukraine or simply think they can fight a multi-front war without any issues, and attack the EU as well.
Saw this next one, too.
Somebody went on Twitter looking for the score of the Lions/49ers game and saw...this crap.
I mean, hell, Texas is damn near doing Russia's work for them, in terms of giving the West a crippling heart attack. Even if 90% of America stays with America...90% America is still going to be 10% less capable of backing up the rest of NATO in a war, and at best is going to be providing 10% less support to Ukraine. Might not seem like much to us...I mean, most of the rest of America (let alone Europe) is willing to give Texas the finger on a good day...but it damned well matters to the Russians.
Because for one thing, any part of America that they can break off is going to instantly be seen as a gateway to the Western lifestyle for Russian oligarchs and thus will be recruited as (or far more likely simply forced into being, by dint of leverage over its politicians) a Russian satellite state. Which will then also turn this New Cold War into a Two-Front Cold War and any potential war against Russia or China or Iran or Radical Islam or Whatever (And they will all get themselves in good with the neo-Confederates, trust me.) will thus have to include planning for dealing with the threat on the other side of that walled-off Inner-American Border. (And at this point it's less Apartheid South Africa or even Republican East Germany than a right-wing version of North Korea that we're talking about, here.)You never did buy into the lie that "Build The Wall!" was meant exclusively to keep the Mexicans out, did you?? It was always going to be used against the rest of us. And, These Fucking People's own people too, because walls work both ways, and while Other people do not really exist to these motherfuckers, they hate their neighbors and mostly-imagined rivals.
It's not just Whites vs. Blacks or Republicans vs. Democrats (although it's that, too.) It's that these damn fucking people basically think if you ever actually bought into any of the core ideals of America...The little things like "Equality Under The Law" or "Innocent Until Proven Guilty" or even "One Man, One Vote!"...or that they're for everybody you're basically a Communist. Look at how willing they are, to throw out people who even ten years ago were utterly standard-issue Republicans...or even "Tea Party Patriots" even if the only thing they do is "Not like Trump."
Indeed, hell, according to motherfuckers like Charlie Kirk there basically are no Americans other than Donald Trump. He's the only one who should get "One Man, One Vote" and they'll all follow after how ever he votes. Fuck "Innocent Until Proven Guilty" even "Innocent Once Proven Innocent" (complete with an actual confession by and conviction of the legit perpetrator of the actual crime) is too "Liberal" for Charlie's stank ass.
And I'm here to tell you, a lot of these fucking people basically think the accusation of whatever is, or at least should be enough to get one boiled in oil, burned at the stake, put to the Rack, or thrown in the Gulag and never seen again. Some of these "Conservatives" have always thought that...and those are the people running "Conservatism" now.
And they crave Burning Times and Witch Hunts, if only out of cruelty for cruelty's sake.
It's not about America to them, it never was, it's about Power. And they see breaking America and maybe getting a chance to abuse some of the resulting refugees as the greatest expression of Power. There's not much difference at all between these assholes and the motherfuckers who burn villages in places like the Congo....and they'll do it for the same kind of bullshit reasons.
And don't you forget it, either.
It's not Russian missiles that'll destroy the West, or America...it's bigotry and the hunger of some of us for power over other human beings, and the lust for cruelty. A lot of Americans are basically Orcs, no different in their hearts than the damned Russians.
Until we address that, and there was a time I thought we had, but that was before FOX News and people like Rush Limbaugh basically turned conservatism into Football fandom and lowest-common-denominator-everything, these problems are going to continue. The average MAGA doesn't know a damn thing about doctrinal or philosophical or even (at this point) Reaganite conservatism but they sure as hell want to "Get" whoever they think "Those People" is.
You either believe in freedom or you don't.
Remember that, because it's going to be on the test.
If you don't think this crap is going to come down to a fight, you're deluding yourself.
We can either get our heads on straight or it will be worse, America, it's that damned simple, because if we don't a lot of us are going to hate their own way into chains and slavery, becoming slaves to "Own The Libs" in the same way that a lot of these fucking people ended up dying of COVID-19 because Trump politicized getting vaccinated.
We have to be the ones to make this shit stop, We, the People, have to stop putting up with crazy or this downward spiral is gonna suck the whole damn world down the drain.'Cause where does this moronic conspiracy theory bullshit stop, otherwise??
Think on that.
Слава Україна!
"The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride." ~Volodymyr Zelenskyy, allegedly 25 February 2022, Associated Press
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