The Horrors Will Persist

How could we have expected anything different?

How the fuck old AM I?

I remember when the holy right were VERY CONCERNED about PREVENTING teen pregnancy. Now they enforce it for children with single digit ages. Then hide her away with only word about her life sentence.

A man somewhere did this. What is his name? Where is his face? Where is the media showing the world the stark truth of a full-term 9 year-old child? It’s certainly not to protect her, and not to protect the child she eventually delivers. We’re Gilead without the snappy uniforms. Yet.

From where I sit, this conservative insistence on under-educating children on age appropriate sex education was to deprive them of the information they needed to protect themselves from predators while others can’t be bothered to notice or care while it happens, or worse assist.

As below, so above: This nightmare didn’t happen overnight. It’s been eroded over time, and stunting us with a substandard state-approved education, not to mention a very carefully curated history and cradle to grave propaganda machine, has left us ill-prepared to defend ourselves against predators, while others can’t be bothered to notice or care while it happens, or worse assist.

Notice it in all the scopes of your life. Predation and commodification are the system, and even though it’s not free, as we are born into tremendous debt, we are still the fucking product. We buy and sell pieces of ourselves, and increasingly our humanity, to those who use it to further subjugate us.

We do this willingly.

The best prisoners don’t know they are prisoners. Do you know yet? It is time to notice what is happening right now and filter out the bullshit because we’re being herded.

The cult of no matter who has done fuck all other than run off anti-establishment voices.

The gems are showing who they are too, and should form a better party, please, but after this shit is addressed.

The cult of standing militias are the one ones conducting domestic terrorism on behalf of the authoritarians. They’ve raised themselves a cute little incel nazi army wrapped in “religion” Jesus would have some shit to say about today. Especially the child rapes.

And just now, they want women making more babies, while also kidnapping presumed immigrant women and babies, and coming soon, YOU! They are pointedly removing supports for the most vulnerable while pushing eugenic views. Women may now be turned away from hospitals for any reason. Men may not. Childbirth has tremendous health risks, but at least predators will have daughters left in their care with no oversight until their prepubescent uterus blows out.

Child marriage is still legal in over 30 US states.

They are all bowing to a lunatic being muppet fisted by oligarchs and architects of the WORST plans for us, while arbitrarily making decisions about who may be considered a true and worthy citizen of this clown shoe factory fire. Who stays and who goes. Who lives and who dies. What the law is this week.

You can probably trust the neighbor you’ve never said more than hi to more than anyone in support of the government. Hell, you can trust the next homeless person you see more. Fun fact, every veteran I have known uttered the words “fuck the government” at some point. Long before this shit.

Our situation seems abusive because it is. The lunatics are running the asylum.

They are narcissists who lack self-control. Without accountability, abuse escalates. Even in an online bitch-slap fight between men in diapers. Already people are poking around about Epstein and ballot recounts. Stable geniuses, indeed. Their mouths and social media posts are working for the prosecution. Don’t rest on your laurels because it’s not going to happen fast enough for children they are holding in captivity with actual criminals, or those starving in Gaza.

It was never going to come down to a generalization, gender, cult, or any other damn -ism. That was always static to keep us distracted and divided if not docile. Just don’t look up was the bit that mattered.

It always comes down to good vs evil.

You cannot objectively say it is “good” to let terrorists, because they happen to be the domestic variety, kidnap people. Just as we cannot say it is “good” for Israel to eradicate Palestinians for their land or Russia to fuck with Ukraine. There is no “good” war. There are assholes with inflated egos and deep pockets sending poor people’s children to invade a piece of dirt, and with any luck decent leaders uniting their people, and their allies to defend against it because it is the “good” and correct thing to do. Didn’t they used to teach us to fight bullies? Why the fuck are some of us defending them?

Oh, and a whole lot of grift in between to create all of these war profiteers. We can’t forget them.

I’m proud to report people are dismantling Russia’s railway system piece by piece. Every little bit helps. Ukraine is demonstrating how to work smarter not harder where it counts. It seems to be going swimmingly now that a rat isn’t privvy to their plans.

Find a way to resist doing the will of those doing evil in your name while charging you for the privilege. It can’t and shouldn’t look the same for everyone, that’s a terrible strategy. Each to their own ability. If you see something, do something, as we see others are. If you see a need fill it because doing nothing and relying on someone else is what has allowed all of this to happen.

It’s not going to course correct on its own. Complacent is complicit, as I say.

Our elected (maybe) “officials” are the shittiest employees ever! Fire their asses and give all the people who were doing the work before Doge, an imaginary department, drove them off and stole our fucking data, which could use a nice visit from a giant magnet.

Does this need to be addressed legally? Certainly, anything to slow it down. That doesn’t absolve us of OUR civic responsibilities. Nobody’s asked us to testify.

The days of saying it could never happen here are over. It’s happening now, OBVIOUSLY, but what’s worse, it’s BEEN happening. It’s just less covert now. Having a literal nazi run this country has funny way of revealing the bigots and self-centered, by emboldening them to slither out from their rocks and show how quickly they turn on the vulnerable, or refuse to act to stop it.

Record time. Good work. Do better humans.

Aside from the pussy henchman hiding behind masks, hedging their bets against accountability from US when it implodes, which shows how committed they are to the cause, they just want to terrorize people because they’re sick fucks who should be on state watch lists and denied entry (since we have all of that great face recognition tech)

Which should be destroyed after we’ve weeded out these asshats.

This is what Google Search AI (somewhat creepily, but I’ll allow it for the “Respecting the Rights of Others” bit) said an American’s constitutional responsibilities are (emphasis not mine):

An American's constitutional responsibilities encompass several key areas, including obeying the law, respecting the rights of others, participating in the political process, and potentially serving in the military or holding public office. The Constitution itself doesn't explicitly detail these responsibilities in the same way it outlines rights, but they are implied by the document's principles and the civic obligations of citizenship.

Here's a more detailed look:

• Obeying the Law:

  A fundamental responsibility is to abide by all laws, from local ordinances to federal statutes. This includes paying taxes, following traffic rules, and respecting the legal framework of the nation.

• Respecting Rights of Others:

  Citizens are expected to uphold the rights of others, including freedom of speech, religion, and the right to a fair trial.

• Participating in Government:

  Citizens can actively participate in the political process by voting, contacting elected officials, joining civic groups, and engaging in public discourse.

• Potential Military Service:

  While currently a volunteer military, Americans may have a responsibility to serve if called upon by the nation for defense or disaster relief.

• Holding Public Office:

  Individuals may also have a duty to serve in public office if elected, contributing to the governance of their communities and the nation.

While these responsibilities are not explicitly stated in the Constitution itself, they are integral to the principles of a functioning democracy and the civic duties of American citizens.

Me again: I was thinking more along the lines of the second amendment, defending tyranny, foreign and domestic, but ok. There have been a lot of interpretations of that over the years, including a 2008 ruling, which I just learned about here: https://constitution.findlaw.com/amendment2.html.