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And Who Are You?
American Thinker ^ | 28 Apr, 2024 | J.B. Shurk

Posted on 04/28/2024 4:23:11 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Every once in a while, someone expresses to me the feeling that all is lost. Politics and current events are a daily gut punch, and it is impossible to avoid the cultural revolution exploding just outside our windows. These are, indeed, troubling times for weary souls.

It is no longer sufficient simply to turn off the television, avoid the Internet, and head out to the closest wilderness trail in search of momentary respite, if not tactical escape. Because Western Marxism seeks to politicize everything, it is increasingly difficult to find suitable refuge from the abhorrent hordes of “climate change” cultists, pronoun-obsessed wackadoodles, virtue-signaling simps, racial grievance monsters, Hamas enthusiasts, and other angry, “woke” trolls. While we endure the peak surges of Marxist globalism — a totalitarian system destined to crash from the weight of its own contradictions — it can feel as if we are drowning in unrelenting waves.

Please allow me to offer a lifeline. I know of no better daily exercise than to spend time (1) repairing and maintaining your relationship with God, (2) helping and protecting the members of your family, (3) testing and strengthening your own character, (4) improving your mind, and (5) healing your physical body. I have found that if a person works on these goals each day, it is much easier to silence outside noise and find peace.

There are two chief reasons why this is so. First, these five exercises are not easy, and they are not meant to be. You could spend every second of every day dedicated to any one and never accomplish the task. Maintaining a good relationship with God? Priests and pastors struggle to do so all their lives. Helping your family? That responsibility never ends. Improving your character? Even honorable people sometimes fail...

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To: aquila48

I would love to see some Republicans cross the aisles in the house and senate, and punch some sense into Schiff, AOC, the Squad, Schumer, Ratskin, and other Marxist turds. Our side is entirely too timid for such bold action, but it is sorely needed.


21 posted on 04/28/2024 10:01:12 AM PDT by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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To: Openurmind

NOT the only explanation.


22 posted on 04/28/2024 12:55:40 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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To: aquila48

“They win because they’re ACTIVISTS, we lose because we’re PASSIVISTS!”

Because we just know God will fix it.

Well he is not...


23 posted on 04/29/2024 4:40:05 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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