Abomination Of Desolation

When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. ~Matthew 24:15-22

Not this AntiChrist bullshit again.

Rick Perry, calling Trump the "Chosen One." I saw this yesterday, and anything I tried to write about it turned into a text wall of profanity. Like seriously, what the fuck is wrong with these people?

The first time I saw this kind of silly bullshit my hackles went up. Casual blasphemy and the embrace of AntiChrist is now apparently a conservative value.

Last night at work, I saw this. Apparently Traitor Carlson is now openly rooting for Russia, ruled by Communist KGB Agent Vladimir Putin, to invade a mostly free and democratic Europe. Who needs ITAR-TASS when you have Fox News?

I mean, seriously, why don't these fucking people just go to California and dig up Ronald Reagan's corpse, desecrate it, and scatter his bones all over the Simi Valley while they're at it?

What's next? Waving AK-47's around and shouting Allah Akbar?

What belief or personal value or political shibboleth will these fucking people utterly reverse themselves on next?

Fucking seriously?

Who knew that all the Commies had to do to defeat Red-blooded Marlboro-Man Craggy John Wayne Style American Conservatism was pretend to switch sides and be right-wing themselves? For fuck's sake, Vladimir Putin has reintroduced Josef Stalin's personality cult. Do I have to spell it out for you? Hello, is this thing even on?

Actually, it was probably some sort of mistake to even ask that question, because apparently as the walls close in and they get voted out by irate constituents or indicted or are subject to impeachment inquiry, the sole core value of "Conservatism" becomes nothing more than "Fuck You."

I sure cannot think of any other even remotely workable reason for pardoning a man convicted of raping a six-year old girl.

There is literally no goddamned good reason for this.

I suppose it's strangely fitting that I just gave up, yet again, on conversing with an Evangelical ex-partner of mine who seems to not even hear me when I say that she needs to get a job and get out of the crappy situation she's in...and she counters by going deeper into unreality.

And for what? It's not going to get her anything that she actually needs in life. It's just not, much less the things she says she wants.

I suppose it's the same with all this Trump bullshit. People would rather light themselves and everything they've ever claimed to care about on fire for some imaginary greatness than do the little bit of adapting, or the little bit of work, that it would take to achieve actual, tangible, great things.

People would rather hang onto the 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% chance that they might somehow manage to get rich because something something gazpacho that conservatism says it offers than get the education and do the necessary things that it would take to have a legit, no-shit chance of making good money or getting rich...or even just have everyone pay a little more in taxes so nobody has to go hungry...that political moderation, liberalism or social democracy offers, because the latter requires that they might have to give something, put some effort forth, or at least ya know, change a little.

They'd rather be Russians than Democrats because, I don't know, at least Russia has always consistently been some kind of a shitty basket case that never quite managed to live up to its full potential no matter what form of government it had.

They'd rather bow down and worship emperors as gods because, I don't know, that worked out so well for the western Roman Empire, or something.

I honestly think these fucking people have no fucking idea what they want, except that as the walls close in, they seem to be trying to claim the right to use the rest of us as guinea pigs to work out their mental issues on. Fuck all that.

And that's funny, because I remember being taught some pretty solid fixed values as a young conservative.

Except that, well, now that the line has moved so far and I haven't, I'm more or less a liberal, bordering on socialist, simply by default and a factual understanding of the world.

While conservatism-as-it-is-now ultimately calls for the reinstatement of Emperor-worship...in a nation that was never intended to have such a thing as emperors. How the fuck does that work exactly?

When did fear and hate and ignorance and superstition become conservative values?

I'm not sure I know what the answer is, but if you're a conservative at this point, read the Bible verses that I used as a header, read them real careful, and consider that it might be time to rethink your life and get out.

I did it over a decade ago now, the journey since has not been easy, but nobody ever said life was easy. And those who promise you an easy, safe life if you'll just follow them are liars.

It's just that simple. Truth is often hard, sometimes inconvenient, but if you want to be free you have to respect it and understand what it is.

Because the alternative is destruction.