White Horse (American Revelation XXI, One.)

And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.

And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. ~Revelation 6:1-2

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You were just babies then!" she said.
"What?" I said.
"You were just babies in the war— like the ones upstairs!"
I nodded that this was true. We had been foolish virgins in the war, right at the end of childhood.
"But you're not going to write it that way, are you." This wasn't a question. It was an accusation.
"I — I don't know," I said.
"Well I know," she said. "You'll pretend you were men instead of babies, and you'll be portrayed in the movies by Frank Sinatra and John Wayne or some of those other glamorous, war-loving, dirty old men. And war will look just wonderful, so we'll have a lot more of them. And they'll be fought by babies like the babies upstairs." So then I understood. It was war that made her so angry. She didn't want her babies or anybody else's babies killed in wars. And she thought wars were partly encouraged by books and movies.
So I held up my right hand and I made her a promise: "Mary," I said, "I don't think this book of mine is ever going to be finished. I must have written five thousand pages by now, and thrown them all away. If I ever do finish it, though, I give you my word of honor: there won't be a part for Frank Sinatra or John Wayne.
"I tell you what," I said, "I'll call it The Children's Crusade." She was my friend after that.

~From the novel Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut 

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Tobias Beecher: [Walking up to Vern Schillinger] Whatcha readin'? Mein Kampf? Well, let me tell you how it ends. The Aryans get their asses kicked!

~From the HBO series "Oz" Season 2, Episode 2, "Ancient Tribes."

I saw this last night.

Kristie Noem is apparently mad she got mocked on South Park.

Here's the thing about these goddamned hypocrites; The "Fuck Your Feelings" crowd has big feelings when it comes to their own egos and narcissism. 

Republicans want all that Woke shit too, but only for themselves.

Same as it ever was, I guess.

For example here's Katie Miller, separated wife of Stephen Miller but also Poly-whatever mates with Elon Musk in literally the grossest Menage-a-Vichy ever thought of, trying to slap a "Live, Laugh, Love" symbol over the Swastika tattoo on her ass.

Seriously, fuck these fucking people.

Or better yet, don't.

Don't fuck these people.

It's not like they apparently know how, know anything about the female anatomy (or even care) or even seem to want to know pretty much anything at all.

I guess this is what happens when you turn everything into some kind of ideological construct or let kids write "Jesus Did It!" as the answer to questions on a science exam.

Although I will say at the moment these fucking idiots are doing the Lord's Work all by their damn selves, busily equating "Conservatism" with Fascism in a comparison that's not only likely to stick, it damn well should.

I managed to be a conservative without being one of these motherfuckers.

But then, I also got out in 2008. Conspiracy theories and racism were hard lines I wouldn't cross.

But now, 17 years later, that kind of shit seems to be all Republicans have left (or want to) besides ecstatic worship of Donald Trump that's slouching towards open worship of golden idols of Dis Pater and Mammon.

But when so much of "Christianity" is little more than a mishmash of misogyny and right-wing bullshit where Jesus has been functionally kicked out of His own religion in favor of an ever-expanding list of conspiracy theory bullshit, I'm not even sure what else to expect.

Christian Nationalism is Christ-less Christianity. 

Jesus said His Kingdom is not of this world.

These Fucking People concern themselves with little else except for worldly matters.

Well, that, and their know-nothing hatred.

That's not how one is given Salvation.

Which I'd argue isn't what These Fucking People want, anyway. You have to want to be Saved.

And that's all it takes, really.

I think, at the end of the day, "Conservatives" would actually prefer endless Devilish hierarchies to the simple equation of one God and one person...whether one insists on Jesus Christ as mediator between these two or some other system.

Here's one last thing to consider;

Do you know why the dude on the White Horse at the start of Revelations chapter six goes forth, conquering and to conquer, while carrying a bow...and no arrows??

Because people let the fucker do it, that's why. The fight comes later.

I've never much liked South Park, but if that's what it takes to twist These Fucking People up, I'm all for it.

You either believe in freedom or you don't.

And freedom is more important than how the means that achieve it "look" to some fucking chud, be they supposedly Democratic or Republican.

Remember that.

If we're not free, if all we are is beholden to whichever "side" happens to be in power, none of the other shit really matters, does it??

Слава Україна!

If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth. And this idea that government is beholden to the people, that it has no other source of power except to sovereign people, is still the newest and most unique idea in all the long history of man's relation to man. This is the issue of this election. Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves. ~Ronald Reagan

Prequel

 [Cassian plays Nemik's audio diary]

Karis Nemik: There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Remember this. Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they've already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And then remember this. The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empire's authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege. Remember this. Try. ~From the Star Wars series Andor, S1.E12 "Rix Road."