Bravo John! Another beautiful, word suppository; cathartic to our souls when inserted and digested by higher consciousness. Bravo! How will we protest? What are we protesting? Will we need weapons of destruction? Or will we simply need to WOKE from our faux worship of mythologies and tribal traditions--comprised primarily of ideologies based in fear--shame--lies, and hate. And wake up to the fact that the Evangelical, Christian Jesus is no more real than pseudo beliefs that promote his existence, that Flags do not canonize superiority, Church Steeples do not make its infrastructure holy, and that tribal traditions are less likely to woke and more likely to welcome fascism. How did America get to where it is today? And what can we do to change the direction we find ourselves destined? With answer, I ask, how can American citizens continue to worship religions over reality, denial over honesty, lies over truth, fantasy over reality, blindness over seeing, withholding over giving, hate over love, and then expect different results? Fascism needs darkness and ash by which to birth. tRump needed a swamp of deniars and liars and their religions they wallowed in in order to birth his hateful rhetoric. Hell, Christians have always sucked off a nipple of hate and shame, guilt and confession—so naturally they were primed for Christian Nationalism. Whether it be human or letter or thought, if it does not promote, encourage, and support equality and justice for all, then it is NOT FOR THE AMERICA WE BELIEVE THE CONSTITUTION INTENDED WE’D HAVE. Leave your churches behind. The church is guilty of hate. Walk. You do not need mythology to know love or truth. Listen to your intuitive voice! And stop with the “Freedom of Speech,” rhetoric. Stop. It’s not rocket science. Just stop using words of attack, defense, or debate. You know truth. You know what is true. And you know how to hold a boundary. So hold it—the very act of keeping your boundary is where true protest begins. We protest by guarding our boundaries from all humans, words, and thought, that do not promote, encourage, and support equality and justice for all. Republicans, MaGats, White Supremist, and all bigots. We protest by holding our boundary and by knowing what is true. Holding and knowing what is true. Always reminding ourselves, Republicans have NEVER NEVER NEVER supported policies which promote, encourage, or support equality or justice for all. Never. So forget how to be nice. Forget about turning the other cheek. Christian Nationalist expect Democrats to be nice. They depend on it! They count on it! Stop being so nice and start identifying their beliefs and ideologies and policies for what they are—REBELLIOUS—MANIPULATIVE—DECEITFUL--for their laws and policies always favor injustice and inequality. And as for a Republican’s image--REBEL masquerading as a law abiding patriot. EVIL masquerading as a warrior for all that is good. HATE masquerading as a crusader for god. LIAR masquerading as truth, and DESTROYER masquerading as keeper of the faith. So who and what do we protest? We protest against everything Republicans represent: Corruption, toxic energy, hateful bigotry, determined inequality and injustice for all, gerrymandering, anti-abortion, anti-democracy, LGBTQ oppression, President replaced by king, oligarchs, election fraud, voter suppression, climate change deniers, and deniers of reality.
If Democrats are guilty of anything, we are certainly guilty of normalizing Republicans policies as simply different viewpoints. But the problem is, the difference is not insignificant—its anti-human. The kind of difference that leads all humanity away from equality and justice straight into the loins of fascism.
What a brilliant piece of writing. There is a lot to unpack here but I can tell you that you hit raw nerves all over for me as I was a very involved member of an evangelical free church for 20 years. I left when God opened my eyes to the absolute hypocrisy of the institution. Whatever I did receive from my membership - it was not true spiritual growth, only religious dogma. In the era of trump where the hypocrites are on full display, it has brought me closer to the God of the universe and because of it I have become a concerned citizen, a better steward of the earth, more empathetic toward others, and more sincere attempts to make the world a better place for all. And that is a good place to be............
True love that passeth all understanding is not found within the walls of religious mythologies—you must go outside the camp to find and to worship the true essence of love. It is outside the camp where our intuitive voice will guide. And it will always alert us to what is true and what is false. What is equality and justice and what is not. And it is outside the camp that we are emboldened to protest. Gaslighting be damned!
John - as I was sharing your Substack post from yesterday "We the People Dissent", I added this note to my post before I saw your post from today:
"On the eve of the day that, as long as I have lived, is one glorious celebration of the freedom we have in this country, my heart is so heavy with the thought that this may be the last celebration of our independence 250 years ago from a king; and the end of independence and freedom for all of us with the possibility of felon Trump's agenda called Project 2025. There will be no celebration of July 4 in the future when so many will be stripped of their right to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. Yes, this sounds dramatic, but what I write is the God's Honest truth. Please help me to prevent the end of freedom for all as we know it, and Please ALL of you register to vote if you have not, and then vote Democratic on every spot on every ballot! Your vote is your voice! BE LOUD!!!!!!"
Thank you for validating the true grief that I feel regarding this very possible loss and what it will mean to the lives of my family - particularly my grandchildren - and my friends; and well, I guess all of us as we are all in the same boat together.
Bravo John! Another beautiful, word suppository; cathartic to our souls when inserted and digested by higher consciousness. Bravo! How will we protest? What are we protesting? Will we need weapons of destruction? Or will we simply need to WOKE from our faux worship of mythologies and tribal traditions--comprised primarily of ideologies based in fear--shame--lies, and hate. And wake up to the fact that the Evangelical, Christian Jesus is no more real than pseudo beliefs that promote his existence, that Flags do not canonize superiority, Church Steeples do not make its infrastructure holy, and that tribal traditions are less likely to woke and more likely to welcome fascism. How did America get to where it is today? And what can we do to change the direction we find ourselves destined? With answer, I ask, how can American citizens continue to worship religions over reality, denial over honesty, lies over truth, fantasy over reality, blindness over seeing, withholding over giving, hate over love, and then expect different results? Fascism needs darkness and ash by which to birth. tRump needed a swamp of deniars and liars and their religions they wallowed in in order to birth his hateful rhetoric. Hell, Christians have always sucked off a nipple of hate and shame, guilt and confession—so naturally they were primed for Christian Nationalism. Whether it be human or letter or thought, if it does not promote, encourage, and support equality and justice for all, then it is NOT FOR THE AMERICA WE BELIEVE THE CONSTITUTION INTENDED WE’D HAVE. Leave your churches behind. The church is guilty of hate. Walk. You do not need mythology to know love or truth. Listen to your intuitive voice! And stop with the “Freedom of Speech,” rhetoric. Stop. It’s not rocket science. Just stop using words of attack, defense, or debate. You know truth. You know what is true. And you know how to hold a boundary. So hold it—the very act of keeping your boundary is where true protest begins. We protest by guarding our boundaries from all humans, words, and thought, that do not promote, encourage, and support equality and justice for all. Republicans, MaGats, White Supremist, and all bigots. We protest by holding our boundary and by knowing what is true. Holding and knowing what is true. Always reminding ourselves, Republicans have NEVER NEVER NEVER supported policies which promote, encourage, or support equality or justice for all. Never. So forget how to be nice. Forget about turning the other cheek. Christian Nationalist expect Democrats to be nice. They depend on it! They count on it! Stop being so nice and start identifying their beliefs and ideologies and policies for what they are—REBELLIOUS—MANIPULATIVE—DECEITFUL--for their laws and policies always favor injustice and inequality. And as for a Republican’s image--REBEL masquerading as a law abiding patriot. EVIL masquerading as a warrior for all that is good. HATE masquerading as a crusader for god. LIAR masquerading as truth, and DESTROYER masquerading as keeper of the faith. So who and what do we protest? We protest against everything Republicans represent: Corruption, toxic energy, hateful bigotry, determined inequality and injustice for all, gerrymandering, anti-abortion, anti-democracy, LGBTQ oppression, President replaced by king, oligarchs, election fraud, voter suppression, climate change deniers, and deniers of reality.
If Democrats are guilty of anything, we are certainly guilty of normalizing Republicans policies as simply different viewpoints. But the problem is, the difference is not insignificant—its anti-human. The kind of difference that leads all humanity away from equality and justice straight into the loins of fascism.
What a brilliant piece of writing. There is a lot to unpack here but I can tell you that you hit raw nerves all over for me as I was a very involved member of an evangelical free church for 20 years. I left when God opened my eyes to the absolute hypocrisy of the institution. Whatever I did receive from my membership - it was not true spiritual growth, only religious dogma. In the era of trump where the hypocrites are on full display, it has brought me closer to the God of the universe and because of it I have become a concerned citizen, a better steward of the earth, more empathetic toward others, and more sincere attempts to make the world a better place for all. And that is a good place to be............
Thank you Deb
True love that passeth all understanding is not found within the walls of religious mythologies—you must go outside the camp to find and to worship the true essence of love. It is outside the camp where our intuitive voice will guide. And it will always alert us to what is true and what is false. What is equality and justice and what is not. And it is outside the camp that we are emboldened to protest. Gaslighting be damned!
John - as I was sharing your Substack post from yesterday "We the People Dissent", I added this note to my post before I saw your post from today:
"On the eve of the day that, as long as I have lived, is one glorious celebration of the freedom we have in this country, my heart is so heavy with the thought that this may be the last celebration of our independence 250 years ago from a king; and the end of independence and freedom for all of us with the possibility of felon Trump's agenda called Project 2025. There will be no celebration of July 4 in the future when so many will be stripped of their right to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. Yes, this sounds dramatic, but what I write is the God's Honest truth. Please help me to prevent the end of freedom for all as we know it, and Please ALL of you register to vote if you have not, and then vote Democratic on every spot on every ballot! Your vote is your voice! BE LOUD!!!!!!"
Thank you for validating the true grief that I feel regarding this very possible loss and what it will mean to the lives of my family - particularly my grandchildren - and my friends; and well, I guess all of us as we are all in the same boat together.
Beautifully made clear!❤️😭
Thank you, John!!