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I know what they’re going through. I’ve been through it.
Posted on 09/11/2025 9:00:53 AM PDT by shadowlands1960
Seán Ono Lennon @seanonolennon
I am against violence. I am against celebrating violence. I’m praying for peace. I’m praying for healing. I’m praying for the family, especially the children. I know what they’re going through. I’ve been through it.
I’m deeply scared for this country. The way some people are reacting on both sides is dangerous. If I had one wish right now it would be for everyone to please just step back and take a breath and remember we are all just sophisticated apes trying to coexist on a rock hurtling through space.
If we cannot tolerate polite and reasoned disagreement then there is no hope for our society.
There is a famous quote falsely attributed to Voltaire that however does sum up a principle of enlightenment philosophy, ‘I disagree with what you say, but I would die to defend your right to say it.’
The ideas of people like John Locke and Voltaire and Thomas Paine are what lead to the American Revolution which then inspired the French Revolution. They introduced the World to the idea that individual rights were important and should be protected from Monarchs (tyrants and dictators), and ultimately led to the idea that a country should be governed by its people NOT by the Church and NOT by a King.
If citizens don’t protect and respect each other’s right to disagree, then we cannot have a democracy. If we do not protect our right to disagree then we’ll get violence.
We do NOT want a society where violence is the way we win arguments, because then nobody wins. Everyone loses.
We are ALL losing right now. The whole society is losing together. Losing to violence. It’s unbelievably sad. It took so much work to get us here. We can’t throw it all away like spoilt children.
I did NOT agree with Charlie Kirk’s views on MANY important topics. I know he helped get Trump elected and people hate him for that. But he was a conservative Christian. What do you expect a conservative Christian to believe? How can those views surprise you? He argued those views calmly, reasonably, and considerately as far as I’ve seen.
But no matter what he did not deserve this. His wife did not deserve this. His kids did NOT deserve to have their world torn apart!
The way some people are being so cold and uncaring and even celebrating is disturbing and repugnant to me. It is making me physically ill. If you are celebrating the murder of a non-violent man for his opinions then you are NOT the better person. Look in the mirror. Imagine telling his kids how you feel. Step back. Take a breath. Remember we are all humans. We are all just flickers of consciousness in an endless eternity. Love IS the answer. I really mean it.
We are quite literally ALL in this together. If this ship sinks we ALL drown. Look around you. Everyone you see is a shipmate. We have to figure this out. We have no other choice.
10:34 AM · Sep 11, 2025 ·
Now let’s hear from Ja Rule.
No, Sean ... we're not apes. That's a satanic lie.
We're men and women made by God in His own image and likeness. That's one of the Truths Charlie Kirk spoke of ... and which leftists deny ... and for which leftists killed him.
Stopped reading after “apes”
I’ve heard it said that John Lennon liked Reagan, as they once met during a Monday Night Football game, and Reagan spent some time explaining the rules of Football to John, and that for the most part, he renounced a lot of his leftist idiocy of the late 60’s/early 70’s.
Leftists haven't really changed since then.
Sorry, but I’m thinking that what goes around has finally done a 360. What happens next, who knows?
Yes.. the American and French revolutions don’t match up. the latter was a preview of hell.
Actually, I’ve gained a great deal of respect for Sean over the past few years. He’s much more level-headed than one might expect. He’s also put out some pretty good music with his band: “Ghost Of A Saber-Toothed Tiger” (GOASTT)
“Remember we are all humans.”
This is the problem. I don’t think those who oppose us see us a humans. Rather, we are an impediment to their goals, and a virus to be eradicated.
Yes.. I doubt Sean is a Christian..but to be fair, CS Lewis who is much loved on this site also believed in evolution..he just believed it was ‘God directed.’
Hey lennon, how about further explanation on "both sides".
I don't recall any assassination attempts on any leftist a'hole recently or otherwise.
lennon, just another mouthpiece for his fellow fanatic leftist terrorists.
Thanks for posting. Thanks to Sean Lennon for speaking.
the French Revolution was a preview of every communist or socialist revolution that followed, each one another orgy of violence, destruction, and mass murder.
They utterly reject(ed) God. Hell is God’s ratification of a Man’s final rejection of Him ... so yes, very much a preview of Hell.
He’s probably referring to people on our side saying a ‘line has been crossed’ etc... in that sense ‘both sides’ hold. In the big picture we are the injured party here.
the French Revolution was a preview of every communist or socialist revolution that followed, each one another orgy of violence, destruction, and mass murder.
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