2023 archive
The Golden Rule, per Evangelical
They-Call-Themselves Christians
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Do unto others.
Aside:
They worship no Jesus that I know.
A Unified Theory 0
Methinks F. T. Rea may be onto something.
Phoning It In 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice reports
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
Base Desires 0
At the Kansas City Star, Melinda Henneberger argues that Donald Trump poses a much greater danger to the survival of democracy than most politicians and pundits are willing to admit. She presents compelling evidence and I commend her piece to your attention.
One bit, in particular, caught my eye: an explanation of why, despite Donald Trump’s long and documented history of duplicity and venality, despite his fomenting an insurrection, despite his demonstrated disdain for the rule of law, his base continues to support him with such fervor and enthusiasm:
Follow the link for the complete article.
The Oath Keeper Swears an Oath He’ll Keep 0
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society’ 0
And, again, politeness becomes child’s play.
It’s the guns, folks. Too many guns.
The guns are the lowest common denominator in gun deaths.
We need to learn from Australia and regulate them.
The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0
Thom discusses a PragerU video that, in addition to being a lie, is a classic case of projection.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another case of neighborly politeness . . .
. . . another reminder that “accidental” and “negligent” are not synonyms.
The report goes on to say that, at least as of this writing, the “responsible gun owner” in question is being held–er–responsible–likely methinks because it didn’t happen here in NRA Paradise.
Officers arrested a 61-year-old man at the scene. He is charged with weapons offenses including careless use of a firearm, criminal negligence and assault with a weapon.
The Delusionist 0
He deludes himself just as he deludes his dupes, symps, and fellow travelers. The sad part is that his dupes, symps, and fellow travelers are willing, nay, eager to partake of the delusion, because of, well, to be blunt about it, America’s original sin of racism.
Drill down deep enough, and you will find that racism is the core of his appeal.
I’m a Southern boy who grew up under Jim Crow.
I know racism when I see it.
Establishmentarian Thought Police 0
You may have heard of “little libraries,” those tiny enclosures containing books that persons put in their yards to make books available to their neighbors. There are some in our neighborhood, in fact.
Now comes the wife of an Arkansas pol to appoint herself little library censor, sneaking about substituting Bibles for books that she doesn’t think others should read.
And, in more news of closed minds closing others’ minds . . . .