Posted on 06/03/2023 4:51:13 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Every time I go to London, I visit the Tower of London and sit in the little room below grade level, where Thomas More spent his last months. I am reminded often these days of Thomas More and King Henry VIII and the kerfuffle over Anne Boleyn. More, you see, would not sign the oath and proclaim the legitimacy of the marriage of the king to Boleyn because of the inconvenient matter of Henry’s divorce from Catherine. More, good lawyer that he was, determined that his safety resided in him saying nothing — keeping his mouth shut. For a time, it was enough.
And then it wasn’t. Only a statement affirming the marriage and the succession of children, if any, of the marriage would do. And when his devout Catholic conscience would not permit him to assent to the marriage, he found himself convicted of treason and ended up with his head on a stake on London Bridge.
I am not concerned about ending up on a stake of a Chicago bridge, but I also find myself where silence is no longer permitted by the DIE fascists who control every one, it seems, of our institutions. Compelled speech is the order, and I do mean order, of the day in every business endeavor.
And now it is June, and all institutions must proclaim their approval of and solidarity with the modern-day version of Henry’s ill begotten marriage — post the rainbow flag, everywhere and anywhere, or be considered a bigot. On corporate websites, on email, on Facebook profiles, silence is no longer okay. Only in-your-face, loud and thunderous approval of that to which you are indifferent or do not approve will be accepted. And why?
The 2SLGBTQIA+ mob need your affirmation. Like Henry, they know there are issues with the
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What companies refuse to go along with the DIE rating crap which are actually competitive with the likes of Walmart, Amazon? Most of which source from China for low cost items, so why not just go to temu.com for such?
Will those fighter jocks engage when the rabble surrounds their family?
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