Posted on 05/12/2024 6:22:23 AM PDT by SJackson
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was rebuked as an "elite" during a recent Oxford Union debate, where she argued that populism in the United States is a threat to democracy.
Pelosi — a self-described "devout" Catholic — said during the April 25 debate that certain Americans, whom she considered to be "poor souls who are looking for some answers," refuse to accept the answers Democrats give them on particular topics due to their beliefs about "guns, gays, [and] God."
Challenging Pelosi's position in the debate about populism, Winston Marshall, a musician who was once a part of Mumford and Sons and now hosts the "Marshall Matters" podcast for The Spectator, spoke in opposition to the Oxford Union motion that "This House Believes Populism is a Threat to Democracy."
The Oxford Union at the UK's famed university holds itself as a defender of free speech, and has hosted events with numerous U.S. politicians in the past, including former Republican House Speakers Newt Gingrich and Kevin McCarthy.
Marshall argued at the April 25 debate that the meaning of the word "populist" has been changed by "elites [who] have failed" to align with their own narrative.
"'Populism' has become a word used synonymously with ‘racist.’ We've heard ‘ethno-nationalist,’ we have ‘bigot,’ we have ‘hillbilly,’ ‘redneck,’ we have ‘deplorable,’" Marshall said. Pelosi had argued in her remarks that contemporary American populism currently had an ethno-nationalist character.
"Elites use it to show their contempt for ordinary people," Marshall said.
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I see why her and the Pope get along so well.
...Like the days of Noah all over again :-(
Absolutely - Days of Noah - Days of Lot
Scoffers and Mockers - Days of Noah
Homosexuals in the streets - Days of Lot
We are definitely in the Days of Noah and the Days of Lot
Luke 17:26-32
New King James Version
26 And as it was in the Days of Noah, so it will be also in the Days of the Son of Man:
27 They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the Day that Noah entered the Ark, and the Flood came and destroyed them all.
28 Likewise as it was also in the Days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
29 but on the Day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained Fire and Brimstone from Heaven and destroyed them all.
30 Even so will it be in the Day when the Son of Man is revealed.
31 In that Day, he who is on the housetop, and his goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn back.
32 Remember Lot’s wife.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+17%3A26-32&version=NKJV
I used to be SPARTACUS, but now I am CERTAIN!
On the other side of a great gulf fixed.
Genesis 18:20-21
20. Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
21. that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."
Genesis 19:4-7
4. Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom--both young and old--surrounded the house.
5. They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them."
6. Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him
7. and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing.
Leviticus niv
18:22 Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.
20:13 If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable.
They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
Isaiah 3:9 The look on their faces testifies against them;
they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it.
Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.
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2 Peter 2:13b Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight.
They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.
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Ezekiel 16:49-50 "`Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom:
She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
They were haughty and did detestable things before me.
Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.
1. But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
3. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
4. For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;
5. if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;
6. if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
7. and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men
8. (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)--
9. if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.
10. This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings;
11. yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord.
12. But these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish.
13. They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.
But there IS hope!!!
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
9. Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived:
Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders
10. nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
11. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Her response was. Yes. Hijacked. But we accepted it.
Sure, Nancy, you accepted it, as evidenced by the frivolous impeachments, investigation, lawfares etc.
It is time for us to face it: the woman is bat-shit crazy!
Can I, like, carry your schoolbooks?
Good one.
| An old cowpoke went ridin’ out one dark and windy day. Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way. When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw - Plowin’ through the ragged skies and up a cloudy draw. Yippee-I-aye | A choosey mom went ridin' out - in her hybrid Chevrolet. In gridlock traffic she rested - frustrated by delay. When all at once a countless crowd of human lives she saw - All tossed into a bucket by the full force of the Law. Yippee-I-o |
| Their brands were still on fire and their hoofs were made of steel. Their horns were black and shiny, and their hot breath he could feel. A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky - For he saw the riders comin’ hard, and he heard their mournful cry Yippee-I-aye | Their hands were still attached but cut up by knives of steel. Their eyes, no longer shiny, wished for things they'd never feel. A bolt of fear went through her as she heard their silent cry - coming straight for her - and she felt that she was going to die. Yippee-I-o |
| Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, their shirts all soaked with sweat. They’re ridin’ hard to catch that herd, but they ain’t caught ’em yet. ‘Cause they got to ride forever on that range up in the sky, On horses snorting fire – as they ride on hear their cry. Yippee-I-aye | Their faces gone, their lips are blue, they'll never poop or sweat, Their souls now cry from Heaven - as their pleas have not been met. But they'll be with GOD forever, in the big house in the sky. Have you made plans to be there? You know someday you'll die. Yippee-I-o |
| As the riders loped on by him he heard one call his name' "If you wanna save your soul from Hell a-ridin’ on our range. "Then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will ride: "Tryin’ to catch the Devil’s herd across these endless skies." Yippee-I-aye | As her child crawled on by her, she heard it call her name. It said, "Mommy; PLEASE I love you. And forgive you just the same. "So won't you change your ways today or Satan will grab your hide. "And you'll be lost forever - never to have me by your side." Yippee-I-o |
Pelosi a typical democrat hack has a huge hunger for money and power communism fits well with them as leaders of it liberty is their largest stumbling blok.
The founding fathers of America seen the same problem in their time it’s what gave birth to the Constitution to protect us from a communist government.
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