Defiance is good. Defiance is necessary. Defiance keeps us from going down the same deadly road as the German Nazis in 1936. Now is not the time to be quiet. Keep pushing. Keep shouting. Keep resisting. Together, we can stop the unthinkable from happening again.
As Germany was beaten beyond recognition, the entire world came together and said, “Never again.” Our grandparents and great-grandparents realized that the price they had paid for ignoring what was happening was too high. Too many people from too many places had died. Too many cultures were destroyed, never to return. Too many fears and dangers were unleashed. Even as the US used nuclear weapons to end the war against Japan, there was a rush to make sure that never again would such a horror be unleashed on anyone for any reason.
But being born in the USA doesn’t mean what it did to our ancestors. We’ve developed an Us vs. Them mindset that keeps us committed to destroying ‘the other side,’ apparently not realizing that who we’re destroying are our brothers, sisters, aunts, and uncles. Despite science confirming from every direction that race is an imaginary human construct, we still play games with the lives of people who have skin of a different color, cultures of different traditions, clothes of different styles, and food of different flavors. We have developed a greatly mistaken concept that only people ‘like us’ are good and that everyone else has to either fall in line or leave.
Yesterday afternoon, the Punk’s son, Eric, tweeted then deleted the following:
“Any and all who dare to defy the American Golden Age, heed this warning: You WILL lose. Tow the lone, or we WILL run you down! The gloves are off, and we’re not playing around this time. For now, it’s tariffs, but trust me: We can, and will, do SO MUCH WORSE.”
Be sure that the White House Communications Department was scrambling to make sure that the tweet was deleted as quickly as possible, but even the fastest hands couldn’t prevent it from being captured and an alarm sent out. The alerts on my phone went nuts.
Obviously, Eric wasn’t paying attention in history class. For that matter, neither was his dad. We are duty-bound to remember, in vivid detail, the horrors of fascism and its effect on the world. We cannot afford to dismiss the signs of fascism simply as ‘political opinion.’ Nothing we have seen the past week is going to make America or any other country ‘great.’ Fascism kills everything it touches, even its originators.
The World Says ‘No.’
Oh hell, it’s Monday. The dogs have already said “fuck it” and gone back to bed. The cats are ornery as hell with the twins especially up to no good. The Super Bowl lineup is set with a repeat of the Eagles/Chiefs game from two years ago. And over the weekend, not only did the world stand up to tell Felonious Punk ‘No,” on multiple fronts, even Republicans are starting to question the direction being taken. [Punk] should rethink revoking former officials’ security details, Tom Cotton says. Cotton is Arkansas’ loudest nitwit. This may be the first time he’s ever questioned a Republican administration. South Carolina stalwart Senator Lindsay Graham said that pardoning the January 6 rioters, “Sends the wrong message.”
Defiance is good. Defiance is necessary. Defiance keeps us from going down the same deadly road as the German Nazis in 1936. Now is not the time to be quiet. Keep pushing. Keep shouting. Keep resisting. Together, we can stop the unthinkable from happening again.
Today is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps by Ukrainian forces. Even as world leaders gather to hear the stories, the number of survivors is dwindling, and right-wing Nationalism is taking a new hold across Europe. There are still plenty of reminders. The rail tracks of Auschwitz still cross the area as aging reminders of horror. The now-empty camps sit as silent memorials to the millions of lives lost. New this year, an Anti-extremism center opens in the former house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss, who was sentenced to death for “just following orders.” Even the pope warned of the dangers of antisemitism.
As Germany was beaten beyond recognition, the entire world came together and said, “Never again.” Our grandparents and great-grandparents realized that the price they had paid for ignoring what was happening was too high. Too many people from too many places had died. Too many cultures were destroyed, never to return. Too many fears and dangers were unleashed. Even as the US used nuclear weapons to end the war against Japan, there was a rush to make sure that never again would such a horror be unleashed on anyone for any reason.
But being born in the USA doesn’t mean what it did to our ancestors. We’ve developed an Us vs. Them mindset that keeps us committed to destroying ‘the other side,’ apparently not realizing that who we’re destroying are our brothers, sisters, aunts, and uncles. Despite science confirming from every direction that race is an imaginary human construct, we still play games with the lives of people who have skin of a different color, cultures of different traditions, clothes of different styles, and food of different flavors. We have developed a greatly mistaken concept that only people ‘like us’ are good and that everyone else has to either fall in line or leave.
Yesterday afternoon, the Punk’s son, Eric, tweeted then deleted the following:
Be sure that the White House Communications Department was scrambling to make sure that the tweet was deleted as quickly as possible, but even the fastest hands couldn’t prevent it from being captured and an alarm sent out. The alerts on my phone went nuts.
Obviously, Eric wasn’t paying attention in history class. For that matter, neither was his dad. We are duty-bound to remember, in vivid detail, the horrors of fascism and its effect on the world. We cannot afford to dismiss the signs of fascism simply as ‘political opinion.’ Nothing we have seen the past week is going to make America or any other country ‘great.’ Fascism kills everything it touches, even its originators.
NEVER FORGET.
And don’t let it happen again.
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