Posted on 03/15/2021 2:22:59 PM PDT by rktman
There are days when you wake up wanting to conquer the world.
Today I woke up like this, like a rebel. With the temptation to do something subversive. Something really transgressive, that breaks the mold, that makes the entire universe feel a chill. Something definitely historical, countercultural, provocative, wild and criminal.
Determined to do so, at first my pulse trembled at the thought of possible consequences. Retaliation is becoming more and more prevalent. The stakes are becoming increasingly higher. But I have remained steadfast in the purpose of exercising my freedom, whatever the cost.
So, while holding my breath, with my face covered by a ski mask and in the dark with the blinds closed, I tiptoed to the television, took the remote control, swallowed hard, entrusted myself to the Archangel Saint Michael, and did it, without looking back. I watched “Dumbo.”
What can I say — life belongs to the risk-takers.
(Excerpt) Read more at westernjournal.com ...
Now you been done seen ‘bout everythin’.
They have managed to invade everything with fear. The worst thing about cancel culture is not the sleaze of censorship. The worst thing is the contagious madness of prudence, that is, self-censorship.Thanks for posting it. It is good to see this is by a Spanish author, too.Nothing spreads faster than apprehension. The fear of seeing, hearing, writing, saying or even thinking something that is outside the canons dictated by those invisible faces of the bleach gang, which thrives on erasing the work of others.
"The Bleach Gang" -- a perfectly apropos description.
Yup. Good stuff and a sad state we are in.
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