#today's trump tantrum

[the-empress-7]

So it was part of the Sandringham agreement that the royal family would continue to provide royal security to thh couple. And that it was the government, as RAVEC, that evaluated their case, and inspire of the Queens urging, refused to provide full-time security to them.

Then the Canadian govt also refused and issued a Statement saying the same in March 2020.

Then Trump refused and released a similar statement as well in June/jul 2020.

Looks like it was the government of these countries that refused him public funded funded full-time security. The BRf actually tried and had promised him that. So then why is so mad at his family??

I don't get why Harry has been throwing a tantrum about this for 4 years now...his father was actually kinda on his side. Simon Case, his brothers private secretary put this agreement to paper and forwarded it to the necessary authorities. Ed Young,the queens private secretary, who was the liason with RAVEC, wrote an email to RAVEC. Wtf am I missing here? Why has Harry been harassing his family over this?.

You understand the situation clearer than Harry does. You aren’t missing anything. At the end of the day Harry wants to be treated like William, who didn’t quit, who still is a working royal, who still lives in the UK!

And you know what I am pretty sure that Charles is paying for the private security they have to have today. for example, that ex met police officer that follows Harry around everywhere. I’m convinced he’s being paid from Charles’s private pockets.

[honeybeezgobzzzzz]

𓅨 Your Fate is Sealed With Mine: Chapter Eight

Your Fate is Sealed With Mine: Y/N Burgess is the granddaughter of Alex and Paul, and after having spent so many summers at their manor and always wondering why she was forbidden from entering the basement, she descends the steps into the world of the Order. She broke out the being that had been trapped in that glass cage, but what does he want with her now that he is free?

Warnings: Language, Reader Throws A Tantrum/Has A Meltdown.

To Note: Morpheus/Dream x Female!GranddaughterReader, based on Netflix’s ‘The Sandman’, Reader now has long-ish hair for plot reasons (Just so Morpheus can tug on it later).

Word Count: ~2.2k

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Looking at the scratches on your upper arm in the bathroom mirror, you applied another layer of ointment with a frown, wondering why it was taking so long to heal. Three weeks was plenty of time for them to at least scab over. Wounds just didn’t heal this slowly unless infected, which the lines didn’t appear to be. But you were pretty sure that the little black veins coming from the cuts weren’t supposed to be there…

“Worry about that later, you have a mission to complete, Y/N.” You told yourself, looking yourself directly in the eyes. You had decided that after three weeks of toying with the idea of just outright talking to Paul about what was down in the basement, today was the day. Besides, you could always use your wound as a trump card. Getting periodically chased and then banged up by those beasts from hell was wearing you down like an overstretched rubber band. At some point you were bound to snap. Thankfully you hadn’t gotten any more bad scratches, but the bruises and occasional nicks you received stumbling your way through The Dreaming, were getting harder and harder to pass off as hiking injuries. The gouge on your jaw was blatant and no amount of cosmetics could conceal the scab that had formed.

Merv and Lucienne were trying their best to help you stay safe from the beasts, but they could only do so much against the determined beasts. In the end, Lucienne called you an Enigma she was determined to solve. Spending time with the castles janitor Merv had you realizing just how much of a potty mouth the talking pumpkin-headed scarecrow had, and his facial expressions were hilariously accurate to his moods. Then there was the care of their missing king. You found their absolute loyalty to him rather admirable since learning that the king had been missing for over a century. One had to be quite dedicated to remain at their post for this long with a missing sovereign.

Abandoning your bathroom, you rewrapped the bandage around your scratches before tugging down the sleeve of your shirt. Breakfast was at eight o’clock exactly and Alex’s home physical therapy appointment was at nine thirty, that gave you a chance to talk to Paul without causing Alex any distress. You slowly made your way to the first floor and entered the dining room, moving straight for the tea tray first. You fixed yourself a cup of tea and sat down, glancing at your grandfathers.

“Good morning,” You spoke, taking a sip of tea. Paul looked over his glasses at you and Alex’s gaze narrowed on your jaw.

“Good morning, darling, sleep well?” Paul broached cheerfully, trying to cut the tension between the three of you.

“Quite well, grandpapa, and you?” You returned, keeping the fake pretense of calm.

“Very well, very well,” Alex let out a huff, clearly perturbed by your demeanor.

“Out with it!” Alex rasped, looking between you and Paul. “Whatever it is that’s between you two that you’ve been quarreling about for the last three weeks I’ve had enough of!”

Paul looked guilty while you set your gaze on the sigil mounted on the wall across from the table, your lips pursed.

“It’s nothing, darling, really. Y/N and I have simply a disagreement on a matter. It’s nothing to work yourself up about.” A disagreement on a matter? Surely you could have come up with a better excuse or lie than that, Paul. It wasn’t even believable to you.

“It’s about the garden,” You added, looking at Alex who’s eyes shrewdly examined yours. “I think that it needs a change, or perhaps a refresh? It hasn’t been updated or refreshed since before I was born. Surely its design is outdated…”

“It is most certainly not!” Paul exclaimed, insulted by your words. Just the reaction you were looking for. The grounds were Paul’s pride and joy, always had been since he’d been but a mere worker for Fawny Rig. You raised an eyebrow in counter, challenging Paul to refute your words. “The design is classic and the plant choice has been carefully selected to compliment the natural foliage.”

“I’m pretty sure the Columbine is over taking the Iris’s and the pond plants are strangling the lilies. I also believe you’ve managed to cross-breed a new species of moss. May I offer you my congratulations?” Paul scoffed while Herman wheeled in the breakfast cart. Your eyes didn’t stray from Paul’s as breakfast was served.

“Everything alright?” Herman asked, looking between the three of you. Alex let out a grumpy sigh, tapping his cane on the ground.

“Paul and Y/N are arguing over the garden this morning, Herman.” Alex said, his attention switching over to the plate in front of him. Paul snorted at his partner and picked up his fork, ending the conversation. Looking down at your own breakfast, you picked at the food. Garden aside, you were on the edge of your seat. You didn’t like the idea of forcing answers out of Paul, but he and Alex left you no choice. At least the rest of breakfast wasn’t as awkward as it had been at the start. When breakfast was finished, you helped Herman clear up before getting Alex to the room where he had his physical therapy. You made sure that he was set and comfortable before heading off to corner Paul.

You checked the dining room first, but he was no longer reading the morning post there, so you started walking around, poking your head in rooms until you found him. After checking a few rooms, one of the scant maids informed you that he was now in the study, reading. So you headed for the study, steeling your nerves for what you felt was going to be a very difficult conversation. It seemed like he was waiting for you to find him, because when you appeared in his peripheral he patted the spot next to him on the couch. That wasn’t a good sign. You sat down next to him and drummed your fingernails on your thighs.

It was a few seconds before he spoke or moved.

“Your grandfather will be very unhappy when he finds out that I’ve told you, but you have to understand, Y/N.” Paul started ever so softly. “This has tormented Alex for so long, all he wanted was to keep us safe. To keep you safe.”

Safe? Exactly what was down there? What was hidden beneath the manor mortars?

“I don’t understand, grandpapa,” You spoke in confusion. “Protect me from what? What could have such a hold on grandpapa Alex that it has tormented him for years?”

Alex slowly closed the book he had been reading and set it aside. He then reached for your hand and took it, giving your hand a squeeze as he looked into your eyes.

“Before I show you, I need to tell you about your great grandfather, Roderick.” You leaned back in your seat. Your lips pursing together. You had figured it had something to do with what you learned while at the archives.

“I know about his obsession with the occult.” You said, chewing on your lip. “And I am also aware of the Order of Ancient Mysteries.”

“I figured as such, you are our granddaughter… but you don’t know what Roderick did, Y/N.” Paul said, his face gravely serious. “He didn’t just dabble in the occult, he was obsessed with it, and one night, one night he took it too far and we’ve had to deal with the repercussions.”

“What did he do?”

“He tried to summon Death.” Tried to? Well he obviously wasn’t successful and ended up summoning something else… and the only reason you could believe what he was talking about was because of your dreams and everything that had happened to you recently. Paul stood up and tugged on your hand. “Come, darling, it is time you see what is in the basement.”

You stood up from the couch and let him lead you towards that basement door you had always been told to never go near. As he punched in the code to the door, that nauseating pit of dread in your stomach rebelled and you started feeling physically sick. You walked down the stone steps and every step you took felt heavier and heavier. Your heart started to race. Reaching the bottom of the stone stairs, Paul took a right and moved forwards a few steps before stopping. He looked at you.

“Please, darling, don’t judge us until you have the full story. This has been quite difficult, especially for Alex.” You didn’t like how he said those words and looking down at the arm he gestured towards the end of the metal and stone hall, you started moving forwards. Judging by the way the basement was set up, it probably was used as a dungeon when it was first constructed. Approaching the open gates on the left, you looked at the security guards sitting at a modern table, minding to themselves. You slowed down and Paul wrapped an arm around your shoulders. “If you don’t want to see, I completely understand.”

“I’m through wondering,” You told him. He gave you a firm nod and you both turned and walked down the stone steps of the brightly lit room. You froze in place the moment your eyes caught sight of what was in the middle of the room. It felt like your heart had stopped or your blood had turned to ice. Feeling like you were going to throw up, you were caught in silver blue eyes staring into yours, trapped behind a cage of glass. “What have you done.” You whispered those words so softly you almost didn’t hear them yourself. It couldn’t be coincidental that the man that had plagued you nearly your entire life, was the very man trapped in the basement of Fawny Rig.

His gaze pierced into yours as if to say ‘finally’. You were compelled to step forward in a trance, approach him in a mindless state, entirely captivated by his beauty and frightfully vibrant eyes. But the horror and dread that rotted away in your veins kept you rooted in your spot. You felt petrified, your body shaking with visible trembles. All those years of torture, pain, and suffering, condensing into this one moment that stole your breath from your lungs. But what you felt was dichotomous. Beyond the horror and fear was an impenetrable feeling of possession. You were his.

“How long?” You finally whispered, looking at Paul. “How long has he been down here?”

Paul looked entirely uncomfortable with that question, but answered honestly.

“It has been over one hundred years… but Darling, you have to understand. He is dangerous—“

“You and I need to have a word upstairs.” You spoke, your voice now eerily calm. “Now.”

You gave the man that haunted you in both your waking hours and dreams, one last look before turning around and striding from the basement. Paul reluctantly followed behind you. As you walked, you could feel your body quivering with rage and horror. It was an indescribably dreadful feeling and one that shook you to the core. You knew exactly who he was and his imprisonment was far worse than what your grandfathers’ probably thought. You walked your way to the study, not wanting your incoming shouting to disturb Alex. The moment the study door was shut you exploded.

“Do you have any idea what you have done!?” You exploded, rounding on Paul like a viper poised to strike. “Never mind that you are keeping him locked up in a glass cage like an animal, unwilling and in such state!”

“Darling he is a very old, very dangerous being!” Paul argued back. “After Roderick summoned and trapped him, we could not guarantee that upon letting him free, he would not retaliate!”

“Well of course he’ll retaliate! He’s being held against his will!” You argued back, running a frustrated hand through your hair. “This is… bloody hell you’ve no idea what you’ve done by keeping him trapped.”

“Y/N, you must understand, Roderick, when learning that he could not get the being to cooperate with him, performed another spell. He’s bound to the Burgess line and will pick someone to bind himself to! We’ve no idea what will happen when he is freed and we don’t want anything to happen to you. We don’t want him going after you.” Your anger broke ever so slightly. You were still shaking at the revelation of course, but he and Alex were trying to make sure that you wouldn’t be hurt.

“Grandpapa,” You whispered, turning your eyes to him with a defeated look in on your face. “It’s already too late for that, who do you think he chose?” Paul’s face turned ashen, for it was that moment that he realized that you knew far more than he or Alex had anticipated.

“That went better then expected,” Fred spoke, adjusting himself in his seat. “Expected ‘er to go off on ‘em right there.”

“Yeah well, she wanted to talk, didn’ she?” Ernie replied, looking at Fred. “From the look on her face I suspect that the mum isn’t to happy.”

An explosive voice erupted from above and the pair glanced at the ceiling. There was more yelling, floating down from the ceiling like snow from the sky, the voice of Y/N Burgess quite clear and irate. Even the being, still and statuesque as ever, lifted his eyes upwards. Ernie cocked her head as the shouting intensified.

“Right mad, she is.” Fred chuckled with a small laugh. “Always took her to be a firecracker.”

They both looked to the man they were guarding, he was back to sitting cross legged in the center of his cage. They both shivered. In all their years of guarding, they had never seen his eyes blazing such a frightening silver glow.

Date Published: 9/9/22

Last Edit: 5/29/23

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#morpheus x reader #dream of the endless x reader #dream the endless x reader #lord morpheus #sandman x reader #the sandman netflix #dream the endless #dream of the endless #morpheus #the sandman

[survivoreddie]

Hey I just want to let you know that I really enjoy you causing chaos in the fandom. It’s literally been the funniest thing to watch these past couple of weeks. The comments alone on twitter leave me in tears as these people show why they are fans of Oliver (i.e. both throw tantrums when people don’t like the storylines). Also, it’s so funny seeing people dragging/shading you on twitter, but are continuously talking and using those stills that you dropped. I hope you drop the 7x05 script after this episode because these people need a reality check. But I do want to end this message by saying I really appreciate both your main and side blog as I have been following, I believe, since season 4. Hope you have a great day!

Sorry but I wasn’t aware of people dragging me or shading me on Twitter and this may be the funniest thing I have experienced today 😂

Twitter stan being against what I say or do just tells me I’m on the right side of history, it would be like Trump hating on me, it is a compliment babes, keep it coming.

Thank you for your words 🫶🏻

#ask #are we all trying to act as if Oliver doesn’t hate them? 😂 #they literally drove him away that app and are acting as if they have any morals #they really do believe they are activists just because they put a watermelon on their username #this is really the funniest thing ever I laughing out loud

[speedygal]

We say farewell to twitter.

We remember when it wasn't there until it was we remember how unique it were, how familiar, how open, how it was there for us and the entire world during the 2020 election. how it was there with us during 2021 during the historic event where Eugene Goodman saved senators by using himself as a distraction. The site that told us then unknown Michael Byrd shot a insurrectionist trying to enter when being told directly not to.

It was there with us when the ballots were being counted, when trump threw a tantrum, it was there for us when we watched shows drop and unfold before our eyes and unite together on how much we liked it. We watched as the site changed and we changed with it, it was there for us when it showed us the numerous falcon nines flying off and delivering starlinks and landing.

It was there for a long time. It went down a couple of times but it always got back up. It helped us bring shows back with campaigns, it helped us learn about the world around us, it was used by a puppet that was his undoing, it was our greatest asset, and we have watched it wither away.

We say farewell to a old friend who'll is leaving us today.

Farewell, Twitter. Thanks for being with us as history unfolded.

#twitter

[thecorbyin]

Funny/weird things my TF2 alters do/have done

Scout

Begged my friend to let him take a bite out of their fried chicken leg and cried when they said no.

Ate shaving cream on accident.

Flirted with my friend and then screamed at the top of his lungs with horror when he found out she was 15.

Tried to stop a period with... bandaids. Not kidding.

DOESN'T WASH HIS FUCKING HANDS after going piss.

Threw a tantrum at all of my friends because our world doesn't have Bonk!.

Soldier

Fronted just to scream at the wall for like 5 minutes.

My friend (the same one Scout begged for chicken) was working on their school computer. We sit in front of them. Soldier turned around, grabbed the back of their laptop, and slammed it onto the desk so he could see the screen. My friend pulled it back up. Soldier slammed it back down. Repeat like 20 actual times until my friend sighed, pulled up pictures of WWII, and gave the laptop to Soldier so he could look at them.

Tried to purchase an absurd amount of cream cheese online. Became upset because we dont have a credit card. Tried to purchase a credit card online.

Asked my friend if she was a communist and then threw the apple he was eating at her when she said yes. Then he picked that apple up off of the floor and continued to eat it. And then threw it at her a second time. And then ate more of it off the floor.

Played Meep City on Roblox and got really upset when people called him a Trump Supporter. Also told about 50 people on there that he would fight for their "God given rights to be LGBT". (nice)

Sniper

Listened to Lola by The Kinks for about two hours on loop, then turned on Jimmy Hendrix. Got very mad when I turned off Jimmy Hendrix.

Tried to eat tree bark.

Told my cousin he would break into their house and beat the shit out of their mom.

Pointed to my friend and said "that sheila is a crazy bitch." Outloud.

Yelled at all of my friends for calling his accent gay.

Cried over the fact that Pixel (my cat) is small.

Spy

Intentionally started drama between two of my friends and still happily asks me for updates.

Observed all of my friends for about 5 minutes and decided he likes none of them.

Drinks cranberry juice like it's a fine wine.

Refuses to front when we're eating school food because it's "repulsive".

Also cried over Pixel being small.

Demoman

Woke up not knowing where he was, screamed in fear, and then left front immediately after.

Fronted just to call my friend a "wee lil cunt" and then left again.

Medic

Asked my cousin for one of his teeth, became confused as to why he declined.

Befriended a literal walking corpse from my friend's system.

Tries to "kill my friends with his mind". (He just stares at them for like three minutes and then gets disappointed.)

Talked about TF2 with my friend and then laughed when they asked if he and Heavy were "good pals." Informed them that he's dating Heavy. Laughed harder when my friend's mouth dropped in shock.

Heavy

He's never fronted on his own but sometimes he comes into the frontspace while Medic is there to show him a funny picture of a bird.

Engineer

Fronted at work for like two seconds today to steal a piece of bacon and shove it in his mouth. I respect the grind.

Got pissed off at my Theatre Tech teacher for taking 40 minutes to explain how to work a machine he already knew how to work.

Gets so mad when we listen to anything that isn't country music.

Pyro

Burned our hand on accident and then cried for 15 minutes thinking they would get in trouble.

Listens to nothing but things like "Do you Believe in Magic", "Lollipop", "Mr Sandman", etc.

Tried to wear a plague doctor mask to school to cover our face.

Eats sweets for every meal and cannot be trusted to eat meals in front alone.

#tf2 #team fortress 2 #soldier is like the strangest one #but scout is also really weird #medic is medic

[xoxoemynn]

Blanket fort day (cw: death)

Yesterday I was feeling mopey for no reason.

Last night I found out someone I was friends with in college died. Unclear what happened, but it was sudden. We were never super close but he worked at a bar by me and I'd often see him there and it just feels like the rug got pulled out from under me. He was a nice guy and he was so young. :(

This morning both of my (high risk) parents tested positive for COVID after getting it from my nephew who was visiting from another country. His parents are of the "COVID isn't that bad, it's all a conspiracy to make Trump look bad, just take some Ivermectin" variety so I've got some Feels about this.

And today I'm bracing myself for a temper tantrum from our biggest pain in the ass client.

Pleaseeeeee just let me stay in the blanket fort today pleaseeeee.

#personal #tbd

[worldofwardcraft]

The unraveling of Mr. Trump.

December 29, 2022

When Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a Special Counsel to prosecute him, Donald Trump responded with a barrage of unhinged rants and over-the-top attacks. There then followed the House January 6 Committee referring him to the Justice Department on four (count 'em) federal felonies and the state of New York preparing to dismantle his corrupt business empire. Add in the ongoing investigations of his criminal behavior in Georgia and New York, plus the defamation lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll, and it's no wonder Trump is completely coming apart at the seams.

According to The Washington Post, ever since his announcement he was running again for president was met with a reaction that was, to be generous, lackluster, he has been "increasingly isolated" in his Mar-a-Lago hidey-hole. The Post went on to report that Trump is surrounded by just a couple of "sycophants," one of whom regularly phones around to ask his allies to call Trump to "boost his spirits with positive affirmations."

But the occasional pep talk from a pal can only go so far in alleviating Trump's psychological deterioration. Which is why his downward mental spiral was on full display over the weekend in a series of splenetic tantrums posted on his failing Twitter knock-off, Truth Social. Mostly, he continued to display his unceasing fury that the 2020 election was "rigged" and "stolen" from him. But he also has other manias. Here he is on Christmas Eve.

Merry Christmas to EVERYONE, including the Radical Left Marxists that are trying to destroy our Country, the Federal Bureau of Investigation that is illegally coercing & paying Social and LameStream Media to push for a mentally disable Democrat over the Brilliant, Clairvoyant, and USA LOVING Donald J. Trump, and, of course, The Department of Injustice, which appointed a Special "Prosecutor" who, together with his wife and family, HATES "Trump" more than any other person on earth. LOVE TO ALL!

He followed this message of goodwill toward men with an outburst of demented harangues on Christmas Day about how criminals are pouring in on the southern border, how great everything was when he was president (but "today, we are a nation in decline, a failing nation!") and how awful the House select committee is.

Like some mad King Lear raging on a wind-blown heath, Trump now spends much of his non-golfing time crafting these psychotic ravings. Which prompted Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe to suggest that if Trump were to be indicted, his lawyers should have him "plead insanity." Sounds like good advice.

#trump upset #trump indictment #trump meltdown #trump mental health

[h3r3s-a-st0ry]

Book Banning | An Essay

Banning books is a harmful act of censorship. The idea of book banning is not only an infringement upon the first amendment, but it also disproportionately affects minorities, including LGBTQ+ persons and black Americans. Banning books is old-fashioned, unlawful, controlling, and silences communities most in need of a voice. 

PART I: The History

Though the first book ban in the United States is difficult to track, most can come to an agreement that the first widespread book ban was Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, due to Stowe’s abolitionist themes. About ten years after the Civil War, Anthony Comstock, a government official, convinced the United States to pass a law prohibiting the mailing of pornographic materials. But Mr. Comstock’s definition of “pornographic materials” is absolute ludicrious: anatomy textbooks, doctors’ pamphlets concering reproduction, anything by Oscar Wilde, and The Canterbury Tales. And yet, this law passed, and the then-slang term for banning was dubbed “comstockery” due to his influence (Brady).

Then, in the court case, The United States v. One Book Called Ulysses (1933), the judge overturned a federal ban of James Joyce’s Ulysses, which had been in effect since 1922. This book was originally banned due to explicit depiction of sex, though the judge decided that the depiction of sex, even if unpleasant, should be allowed in serious literature. There were numerous court cases following this one, trying their definition of pornographic materials, though it was ultimately decided that these books that continued to be challenged were not pornographic or excessively violent, but they were simply depicting the real world. Yet, there are people today who still struggle with the idea of letting the nation freely read whatever they please, and though many consider book banning to be something of the past, in the year 2021 we have seen hundreds of attempts to ban works of literature due to citizens being unhappy with the message of the book, or even the authors’ sexual orientation and/or race. 

PART II: Infringements Upon Human Rights

The same people who threw tantrums over Donald Trumps’ ban from Twitter are the same people who don’t realize, or refuse to admit, that book banning is a form of censorship. The First Amendment provides that “Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise. It protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances” (The White House).

Books that are most targeted for bans typically contain violence, disrespect for parents and/or family, are sexually explicit, exalt evil, lack literary merit, are unsuitable for a particular age group, or have offensive language. Book bans usually take place in educational settings, which is further discussed in PART III, but there are people who attempt to ban books world-wide. Frequently challenged books include Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe, Lawn Boy by Jonathon Evison, All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson, Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, among hundreds upon hundreds of others (Meckler). But, typically, books are challenged in the educational setting, as book ban court cases typically only take place on the state and local levels, and are rarely ever upper priorities.

PART III: Schools

In numerous sources, people claim that children’s literature is the primary target for book banning, as many parents want to censor what their children read and learn in the classroom, which is understandable. 

But there is a difference between restricting access and banning, as most schools are coming to realize. Banning is not constitutional, but restricting access is. That is to say that school libraries cannot physically remove a book from the shelves, but they can restrict access to it, or require parent permission for the child to be able to read it. However, schools are unable to ban books from notorious/generally accepted authors, such as Mark Twain, J.K. Rowling, R.L. Stine, Judy Blume, or Robert Cormier (Webb).

Another court case, Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District v Pico (1982), ruled 5-4 that public schools can bar books that are pervasively vulgar or not right for the curriculum, but cannot remove books simply because they dislike the ideas within those books (Webb). Many people remember that over-told story where one teacher from the south refused to read a book about evolution since the idea of evolution went against the beliefs of the Bible, a prime example of what this law is protecting against.

There’s also the issue of parental involvement in their children’s education. Many parents wish to ban books in the name of being a good parent, protecting their children from the horrors that life will bring them down the road. Is this protecting or just temporarily shielding?

The simple solution is the development of a strong parent-teacher relationship. Typically, teachers do not have much control over the literature chosen, as it must coincide with the education curriculum. But, as long as the teacher is transparent and honest about the material being discussed within the book and the classroom, it shouldn’t be an issue.

Oftentimes, the banning of these books in the classroom, which typically target LGBTQ+ authors/themes, is just a cowardly action to avoid having serious conversations about life outside of the classroom, even though that should be the aim of education in the first place: to prepare students for life after school.

PART IV: Who is Banning Really Censoring?

Banning books silences voices that are the most in-need of being heard. There’s a lot of politics involved in the book banning dilemma. Generically, conservatives move to ban books involving race, sexuality, and gender. But there are also liberals who move to ban books that “marginalize minorities or use racially insensitive language” (Harris), such as the infamous To Kill a Mockingbird, which heavily discusses racism and why society has so much work to do towards equality, but uses racial slurs as is consistent with the time period of this book being written. Recently, a Tennessee school district removed a book about the Holocaust: a topic heavily discussed in history classes, which is paramount for a full understanding about the inhumane actions taken against Jewish individuals.

Most targeted books for banning in 2021 were by or about black or LGBTQ+ persons, according to the American Library Association (Meckler). As previously mentioned, this censorship removes the possibility for discussion and better understanding of topics that are in need of discussion for better comprehension at a young age, such as gender expression, race/racism, and sexuality. The lack of these conversations will only lay the groundwork for increasing bullying, disrespect, violence, and attacks against others. 

Homophobia and racism is likely the driving force behind book banning. One example of homophobia playing into the banning of books involves the Mayor of Ridgeland, Mississippi, who had recently withheld funding from the Madison County Library system. “He would not release the money until books with LGBTQ themes were removed,” says the library’s executive director (Harris). 

It seems that for every step forward American society makes in regards to gender expression, LGBTQ+ rights, and equality, there are two steps backward, returning to transphobia, homophobia, and racism. Now that these groups are finally able to tell their stories, something that had rarely happened in literature, they are once again being silenced due to a prejudiced political climate. 

Book banning should be something of the past, as it does not benefit anyone except the silencers. This form of censorship blatantly defies the First Amendment, as it silences the press and also other communities that have only recently been able to express their feelings and experiences without being met with gruesome repercussions. The banning of literature, especially in schools, will create an unaccepting environment with increased bullying and prejudice, undoing any work that had previously been done for equality rights. Not only does this harm students, but by going through all the motions to get a work of literature banned— a work of art that an author may have spent years of their life on— instead of just having a conversation about the abnormal themes of the book, or the language used, shows that these people are cowards and/or do not understand enough about the content material themselves, which actually shows that these books are a necessity in order to move toward a progressive, educated society. 

Work Cited

Brady, Amy. “The History (and Present) of Banning Books in America.” Literary Hub, 22 Sept. 2016, lithub.com/the-history-and-present-of-banning-books-in-america.

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#book banning #bookbanning #controversial books #controversialbooks #banned books #bannedbooks #short essays #lit #literature #writing #reading

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<b>Trump</b> backs off Nato threats if European members pay 'fair share': Latest updates

New Post has been published on https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-news-today-tantrum-truth-social-ohio-b2515453.html&ct=ga&cd=CAIyGjUzM2UwMTY5ZmFhZTIwMGQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw045e2uItJ8IHoBuPBkHr1d

Trump backs off Nato threats if European members pay 'fair share': Latest updates

Former president told Nigel Farage in GB News interview that US would aid European Nato members if they increased defence spending · Key Points.

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[sleepingintheflowers]

Today was A Day. It started with Faye having a routine check up but between her 1 year and now she's decided she is scared to death of the doctor and from the moment we left the waiting room until the moment she was back in her car seat and the car was on, she SCREAMED HER HEAD OFF. We're talking tears streaming, red face, barely taking the time to breathe... full on tantrum! and that was just for being weighed and measured! Shots were a nightmare. The entire thing wiped me out and then I had a whole day to get through.

I voted. I'm undeclared so I get to pick my primary. I did my part to try to stop Trump by voting for Haley. I don't have high hopes, but hey. I tried.

I'm trying to watch the Bruins now but I can barely focus. I think I might just go to bed.

#natalie's exciting life

[realhankmccoy]

true. this really sums up how Trump and Peterson were able to capitivate the simple minds of all their cucks and convert them into parrots. the prejudice was there all along... all it took was somebody who said they could amplify their heartfelt, sincere hatreds and get away with it.

Trump and Peterson, in many ways, issue permission slips for wannabe Simpson children to be sexist, racist and bash faggots in the hallways. That's not the end of it, though, as there's always even more harmful and primitive permission slips that Trump could issue, which he sometimes does, and then his cucks kill somebody or invade the capitol.

to trump and his cucks, this feels like strength. to a grown man, it looks like weakness and babyhood... like turning on the Jerry Springer show and seeing what idiot is feeling strong and powerful and wanting to throw a chair in a temper tantrum today.

none of Trump and Peterson's cucks will ever be as inspiring with a pen or with a micropohone as Trump and Peterson are to others. but they aspire to be, very much so.

#trump #heinlein #robert a. heinlein

[anthonybialy]

Boomer and Bust

Couldn’t they find a more sincere phony?  Aging dolts rally behind Donald Trump as revenge on whippersnappers for the crime of starting life later.  And they don’t even realize they’re inflicting retribution.  Boomers remain on track to be the most likely generation to believe anything.  Meanwhile, nobody believes them for good reason.  Someone tell them they’re wrong about everything so they believe it.

One age group stubbornly never learned suspicion.  It’s the one that’s sure they know everything.  A rather useful life skill remains elusive to era representatives who need it most.  Their children picked it up despite not having the best example, which is a testament to the power of overcoming a dreadful upbringing.

Fans of the most dissonant music couldn’t learn to seek harmony.  I thought hippies distrusted everyone and everything.  But they sold out without being suspicious of anyone but comb users.  Putting faith in whatever authorities claim is how to feel free.

All-time Boomer Trump is the savior for worshipers of everything false.  The perfect candidate for self-indulgent dupes expresses their aimless anger in a way they can’t always articulate.  Subscribers to physical newspapers and empty Trumpian blather simply know they’re ticked about something.  They don’t know what it is or how to fix it, but their rage prevents them from conducting an audit.

Being bolder about lying works in one sense.  Trump is the worst sort of politician, which is just another irony for the list.  A network game show host doesn’t even try and certainly doesn’t learn anything about the subject; it’s like he’s running his real estate empire.  Government shouldn’t be run like a business in this particular fraud’s case.

But why craft mendaciousness with care when blurting obnoxiously is easier?  His target audience fell for it as if they were being told his secret to making them think he’s worth 11 figures.  Claims doesn’t equal worthwhile results, of course.  The most deflating path to nomination yet is brought to you by the same dopes who bought the Trump board game to entertain themselves on weekend evenings by role-playing as their golden savior.  An example of losing by winning is too complex for those who think sufficient electoral votes are all it takes to succeed.

Their flak is not merely unaccomplished in theory.  Trump has spent about half a miserable century dragging down everyone into his classy pit for success, including a rather repulsive presidency that fittingly ended with a legendary tantrum.  The subject in question could do nothing but pout after seducing enough voters once like they’re Eastern European models who need green cards and still have them beg to save the republic.

There couldn’t be anyone else who’d be better at president than Joe Biden.  We don’t have 10 billion options like the sole alternative’s totally real fortune.  You couldn’t choose a third thing.  We must adhere to binary thinking that’s inherent to the Hannity generation.  Remaining convinced he’s a fighter after he ran from every single conflict won’t deter zealots who don’t want to make a second choice.

Truth is anything that sounds comforting.  That’s untrue, of course.  But a stubborn faction still believes only what they wish.  The professionally oblivious taught today’s 

telling them exactly what they wanted to hear like a brave honesty purveyor.

Nobody deserves less faith than the putzing entity that demands it most.  A perfect record of incompetence won’t stop Boomers from seeking their needs met at every moment.  Anyone slightly connected to conservatism can tell you how insecure antisocial Social Security is as lousy as it is involuntary.  The person who calls everyone else RINOs is half afraid to scare Boomers and half dedicated to government providing a pittance.  It’s all Trump.

People equipped with free will refuse to snap out of conditioning.  Singularly hard-headed 1950s kids still inhabit a world of three channels.  Viewers could go mad thinking of missing what the other two are showing.  Lack of choice is comforting.  Having life programmed for you was apparently what they liked best.  Nostalgia means refusing to search for preferred entertainment or truthful updates.  It’s much easier to have facts dictated to them even if they’re technically lies.

Ceaseless Trump lickspittles claim they want a fearless defender of authenticity in a display of how funny they are.  On top of that, they want one person to dictate it to them.  Even more appallingly, the person they chose thinks putting his name in gold is all thriving takes.  The question of whether the embodiment of the self-absorbed age bloc truly believes his ceaseless falsehoods would be fascinating were he an interesting individual.

People are the same in every era.  It’s not a compliment.  Terrible idiots are the one constant through history.  Grouping individuals because they happened to be born in nearly adjacent years disregards consistent patterns since the first generation decided the second were a bunch of ungrateful bums.  I typically hate generational separation as if humanity alters radically depending on the decade.  But this slot has earned their spankings.

Competing by age is a loss for every participant from whippersnapper to geezer.  There’s nothing worse than aggrandizing Greatest Generation blather.  But it’s certain who the worst generation is.  As a hint, they are full of themselves and not suspicion.  Used book sale patrons thankfully won’t have searches plagued for years by empty Tom Brokaw volumes about how those born after World War II kept the universe from collapsing on itself.

The forwarded email generation believes every single word they read.  Their last infliction will cause even more harm to the point where it’s irreparable.  Leaving a legacy isn’t always soothing.  It’s tough to feel comfortable when so many aging bores seek revenge without having done anything to provoke it.

Their final gift looks to be a slightly older loser on track to win because they can’t detach themselves from manipulative salesmanship.  A carnival barker surely has your wallet’s best interests in mind.  Forget about carrying less cash thanks to online banking: that’s the only thing doddering Boomers don’t trust.

#Boomers #Donald Trump #president #2024 presidential election #RINO #entitlements #2024 presidential race

[bllsbailey]

Not Your Father's Democratic Party

The Democratic Party is a group of insufferable children, spoiled and entitled, throwing a constant series of temper tantrums without interruption. They are the brat kid in your child’s class, constantly indulged with hugs and reassurances that they’re “special” and important, when what they really need is a butt-reddening series of spanks that make it difficult to sit for a week. That won’t happen because leftists don’t have any adults on their side. 

Well, maybe that’s overstating it a bit – they have adults, but they aren’t interested in acting like one. They are more interested in an agenda über alles approach to life, written in its original German because, well, that’s who they are. 

Along those lines, the Democrat Party has allowed their fringe to run wild and destroy lives. Now they not only control the party, they are the party. 

Conventional wisdom in the media is that “The Republican Party has moved so far to the right…” This is never backed up with any facts, just stated as if it were true because it was said. But if you think about it, the Republican Party of Ronald Reagan is pretty much the Republican Party of today in almost every way except tone. 

The attitude of the rhetoric has absolutely gotten more pointed; harsher. For years, when Republicans were attacked by the fascistic left, they took an almost apologetic approach. Only Reagan could turn a friendly sounding rebuttal into a smiling stinger that left a mark, other Republicans just cowered, wanting to be liked by the people beating them.

Donald Trump changed that. Hit him and he’d hit back, sometimes with a brutal observation or takedown everyone knew to be true to no Republican had the guts to say, other times with the equivalent of “You’re fat and ugly.” One is less productive than the other, but both leave a mark. 

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Democrats have been doing this forever. They got away with it because who was going to call them on it? Journalists? Television comedians? They weren’t about to be critical of their own team, especially when they were engaging in the tactics they, themselves, pioneered. 

As the left has gotten more radical, they’ve gotten more insistent that it is the right who’ve changed. The party of Reagan was pro-life, pro-border security, pro-growth, pro-America, pro-marriage and traditional family and anti-communist. Democrats used to have a fairly large contingent of members who were a couple of those things too, now they have none. 

It’s like sitting next to someone on a long bench, then sliding all the way down to the other end of the bench and complaining that the other person has gone so far away from you. Yes, there is a chasm between the two of you, but they’ve barely moved. It’s about perspective and who frames it more than the reality. 

Just a few years ago, no Democrat would allow their cities to burn, the neighborhoods they govern to be destroyed by a band of anti-American goons; they would have shut it down the second anything destructive started to happen. Now, they fundraise for bail money for people who throw firebombs at police and burn local, black owned businesses. But it’s Republicans who’ve changed?

Most curious is how there is literally no one on the left willing to be critical of it. There has been no “Sister Souljah moment,” no Democrat willing to tell this violent mob, or the entitled brats on college campuses, or arrogant and ignorant Members of Congress that this country is not the horrific, racist, sexist, homophobic root of all evil in the world they chant it is. 

Not one Democrat stands up for the country against this destructive mob, they embrace it.

This is not the party of JFK – someone who served this country, who was anti-communist. He wasn’t perfect, but he wasn’t anything near what that party is now. Their 1960 nominee would not even be allowed a daytime speaking slot at their convention today. 

As you hear Joe Biden whine about how the Republican Party has changed, as him how? Look up everything he’s spent his career advocating and ask if any of what he said he supported in his first presidential run in 1988 is something he supports today. His only legislative “accomplishment” in four decades in the Senate was the 1994 crime bill, which he had to denounce because Democrats no longer support the idea of imprisoning criminals. 

So, ask your liberal friends one simple question: Which party changed again?

Derek Hunter is the host of a free daily podcast (subscribe!) and author of the book, Outrage, INC., which exposes how liberals use fear and hatred to manipulate the masses, and host of the weekly “Week in F*cking Review” podcast where the news is spoken about the way it deserves to be. Follow him on Twitter at @DerekAHunter.

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Judge Threatens To Send Alina Habba To Jail During Carroll Trial

In a heated moment Friday during the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial, Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan threatened to send Trump lawyer Alina Habba to jail.

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"You are on the verge of spending some time in the lockup. Now, sit down," Judge Kaplan warned Habba.

The moment came in the midst of yet another evidence dispute in which Alina Habba and her partner, Michael Madaio, argued to include a slide showing tweets they had not entered as evidence.

Habba has appeared not to understand how to introduce evidence throughout the entirety of the trial.

Today’s incident came just before closing arguments began during the civil defamation trial.

E. Jean Carroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan, told jurors that Trump has no respect for the rule of law.

"Donald Trump, however, acts as if these rules or law just don’t apply to him," she said.

Trump evidently was intent on proving Kaplan right as he got up from the defense table and fled.

While Trump was exiting the courtroom, Judge Kaplan stated: "The record will reflect that Mr. Trump just rose and walked out of the courtroom." Despite Trump departure, Judge Kaplan ordered his remaining attorneys, including Trump's advisor Boris Epshteyn, to stay in the courtroom and to remain seated. 

Throughout the trial, Donald Trump has acted disrespectfully to the court and the proceedings, and this moment was no different. Previously, Judge Kaplan chastised Trump for making several audible comments during testimony. Then, Trump attempted to rewrite history during his short testimony yesterday, claiming once again that he never sexually assaulted Carroll, even though a jury previously found him liable for sexual abuse. Trump's attempts were quickly stopped by Judge Kaplan. 

Trump's latest tantrum comes as a jury will likely order additional, potentially significant, monetary damages for the statements Trump made about Carroll. 

[debunkingtherightwing]

Walshed Up: Debunking The December 13th 2023 Edition of the Matt Walsh Show.

Well, we started talking about two new right wing figures on the blog today so I figured in this time of change we should go back to our roots; and those roots involve talking about how dumb the stuff Matt Walsh says is. On December 13th, Matt was was talking about the important issues that effect American's today. Stuff like healthcare, gun violence, the high cost of living and-

Oh for gods sake

Oh right, I forgot that this is Matt Walsh we are talking about. Instead we get Matt taking to the airwaves to declare that the right ending the boycott of Bud Light that was brought on by one Instagram post with a transwoman in it would be a massive mistake. A good part of this episode is basically Matt throwing a tantrum and the other part is Matt demonstrating a stunning lack of empathy towards well...pretty much everyone really. So, let's get into it shall we?

Transphobia Warning; Obviously, it's Matt Walsh.

01:46: "Well if you're on the Right than you know the phrase 'This is why we lose' has become something of a cliche these days. Anytime anyone on our side does anything we don't like we're bound to declare 'This is why we lose!' as if that person is now a symbol for America's cultural decline. And in many cases the this is why we lose charge can be off-base or at least overwrought and overstated, but not always. And so today we begin with an actual case of 'This is why we lose'."

Oh for crying out loud. I am getting really tired of this Bud Light boycott being portrayed as anything other than a gigantic temper tantrum.

To put it into perspective, this is over a single Instagram post with a transwoman. I don't see how this could possibly be framed as anything other than brazen bigotry. Even if it's framed with the usual nonsensical concerns about "trans-ing the kids" or whatever, Bud Light is a beer which is of course targeted at adults!

I'm not a fan of InBev just like how I'm not a fan of most major corporations, and there are valid criticisms of the company. But this isn't one of them.

02:25: "Now, we know that some notable figures on this side of the aisle were never on board with the boycott in the first place, famously Donald Trump Jr defended the beermaker from the very beginning saying that Bud Lite is on our side despite appearances and we shouldn't punish them for their brief foray into trans propaganda."

If one Instagram post is "trans propaganda", then the people pushing for that propaganda aren't trying at all!

Speaking of the people pushing for trans propaganda, who are they and what is "trans propaganda"? Is merely seeing a transwoman enough to turn hordes of men trans in Matt's bizarre word? Does he think that there is a shadowy cabal of trans people out to control the world? At the very least he wants his audience to think that.

He then plays a clip of UFC Dana White declaring that you should be drinking "gallons" of Bud Light. This isn't due to a change of heart on Dana's part, this is due to a deal he made with Bud Light that makes them the official beer of UFC. Not sure what people in this media-sphere were expecting, money's money. That's the free market for you!

He then plays a clip from Kid Rock saying that the boycott should end as well. Then Tim Pool defending it, I was thinking of covering that episode and maybe I will later. Not a Tim Pool fan, if the massive ass post I did on him where I called him a terrible journalist didn't tip you off, but if it means he will shut up about it and I don't have to address it the next time I talk about him I am all for it.

So what does Matt think about all of this?

08:59: "The Bud Light boycott is still on and let me explain why. Bud Light, the foreign owned brand, tried to push trans ideology. It spat in the face of it's own customers."

Seeing a trans person is trans ideology now apparently. Keep in mind, it's not like this was a national TV spot, this was one post and one Instagram story on Mulvaney's own account! Even if it was a TV spot, trans people don't have to hide out of the public eye. They exist and deserve recognition without people like Matt Walsh bullying and lashing out at them whenever they dare to remind us that they exist.

10:45: "If they gave 100 million dollars to some kind of detrans fund, that would be one thing! But why would giving 100 million dollars to Dana White, why would we consider that to be sufficient?"

Matt is conflating a marketing deal with an apology. It wasn't meant to be an apology or an olive branch, it was meant to be a marketing deal. I understand that Matt doesn't want transgender people to exist because he has this bizarre all-consuming hatred for them, but it's a little egotistical to just kneejerk assume that this major corporation is trying to specifically apologize to you and your group when they make a marketing deal.

11:13: "Dana White is not a victim of trans ideology. He's not affected by it."

First of all, giving trans people basic human rights isn't "trans ideology", it's basic human empathy.

Second of all, neither is Matt Walsh! He doesn't need to be a massive transphobe.

He could go out any time and try to meet a trans person, and not in a confrontational and aggressive way like he does in those godawful "[INSERT DAILY WIRE PERSONALITY HERE] DESTROY'S X PERSON WITH FACTS AND LOGIC" videos, and open his mind to the possibility that maybe just maybe trans people are just human beings who just want to get through life like he is. Maybe he'd be surprised at how much he has in common with them, or maybe he'd continue to lack basic empathy for them.

Matt Walsh is my most talked about person on the blog so far, I just keep going back to him, and there's a reason why. Matt Walsh embodies something that a lot of these other people try to hide and that is a pure disregard for empathy for your fellow human beings. He seems to live off of contempt for others, routinely using his show to declare that being more accepting towards transgender people will lead to civilization collapsing and trying to hide behind paper thin "logic" to justify his bigotry.

It must be really sad to live a life that full of hate and anger.

(I probably should have saved that rant for the conclusion but here we are. Onward ho!).

12:21: "Bud Light betrayed it's customers, it has not conceded defeat, it has not apologized at all, and so at this point the entire company is basically in shambles."

InBev stock actually going up. InBev is such a massive multinational company that this is not going to kill them, I guarantee you.

Also, how ironic is it that a guy who mocks safe spaces and calls leftists "snowflakes" (or cupcake in that tweet) is whining about a company "betraying" him because they dared to remind him that transgender people exist.

12:36: "What is their out? Well they would need to apologize for pushing transgenderism. They would need to apologize specifically and explicitly. They would need to grovel at our feet in humiliating fashion and disavow gender ideology entirely."

This statement is so cartoonishly megalomaniacal that I'm shocked Matt didn't do an evil laugh with lightning bolts in the background after he said it. Imagine if he switched the words "transgender" and "gender" for "black ideology" and you'll realize just how insanely bigoted this statement is.

On top of that, does Matt not realize how terrible that move would be financially for InBev? They'd be alienating the entire political left and most moderates. There would be protests and even larger boycotts, including in Europe which Matt so astutely pointed out earlier on is where the company is headquartered. That would probably kill the company, not appeasing Matt and his group of far-right bullies who are throwing a tantrum over an Instagram post.

13:23: "If we fall for it than we deserve to lose, we deserve everything that's coming."

What's coming? A more accepting society? The horror!

Man, this is a profoundly whiny episode of the Matt Walsh Show.

13:56: "So screw them, let them whither and die, let their brand destroy itself."

The entire topic of the episode is that even the right is backing away from the boycott. Soon everybody is going to have forgotten about this, even Matt will forget about this in favor of a new thing about trans people he can complain about that is more profitable and drives more engagement.

14:04: "What are we, feeling sorry for them? 'Oh but I feel so bad for that poor multinational foreign conglomerate'."

"And by the way, I feel so bad for the literal richest man on Earth. Why, oh why are all those cruel leftists being so mean to him?"

17:55: "The brand is lame now."

I don't think Bud Light has ever been particularly cool. Now, I'm a Canadian so I don't know how it is in the USA, but up here most people have viewed it as a pretty shitty beer for years.

19:25: "It has to be said. Bud Light sucks anyway. It's a bad product, it tastes like stale rainwater scooped out of a muddy puddle on the pavement."

For once Matt said something I agree with. Doesn't make this boycott any less immature and transphobic but yeah, Bud Light is shitty beer. I think everyone's lives would be improved if Matt dropped the transphobia and just converted this into a beer review show.

Matt then switches away from the Bud Light talk and goes on to the five headlines section of the show. His first segment is on the Satanic Temple display in the Iowa State Capitol. This was before it got decapitated so Matt obviously does not talk about that, he talks about it on the Friday show but I'm probably not going to cover it since it doesn't look interesting enough to warrant doing two Matt Walsh episodes in a row.

21:56: "So there was no attempt to turn them down or fight over this, they were just given exactly what they wanted."

While you might not necessarily agree with this, it is an example of freedom of religion being expressed. Matt even says earlier that they went through all the proper legal channels, so this is completely legal from the standpoint of freedom of religion being respected.

Also, the Satanic Temple doesn't actually worship Satan. They are an atheistic organization that aims to "highlight religious hypocrisy and encroachment on religious freedom."

Matt is basically proving their point by complaining about this and I find that deeply funny.

24:31: "You simply don't allow satanists to set up a satanic alter inside your state capitol."

They aren't actual Satanists, as I stated before.

I can see why Matt doesn't like these guys though. From their website;

"The Mission Of The Satanic Temple Is To Encourage Benevolence And Empathy, Reject Tyrannical Authority, Advocate Practical Common Sense, Oppose Injustice, And Undertake Noble Pursuits."

Empathy and rejection of tyrannical authority? The horror! Those kinds of things are the kinds of things that Matt Walsh does hate though.

24:48: 'Oh but we have a right to!' I don't care if you think that."

Religious rights for my group and nobody elses! I have yet to see an argument from Matt that counters the religious freedom this group has to do this.

25:33: "Obviously the founding fathers would have never tolerated this."

The founding fathers wouldn't have tolerated Muslims having a right to practice their religion. Does that mean we shouldn't let them practice their beliefs freely? No!

The founding fathers wouldn't have tolerated an unsegregated world. Does that mean we should go back to owning slaves and treating people of color as less than human? No!

If every single thing we do as a society is filtered through "Would the founding fathers tolerate this?" we would make zero progress as a society.

26:34: "They are worshipping Satan even though they don't consciously think they are."

So Matt is aware that the Satanic Temple is a satirical organization but doesn't care because these people are actually worshipping Satan without even knowing it...I guess?

Great stuff here.

27:46: "What is a right? Where do rights come from?"

This specific right would be the freedom of religion found in the The First Amendment. If Matt was at least trying to be a reasonable journalist instead of a theocratic fascist (yes, he actually claims he is that. Look at his Twitter) he would know that.

If they are legally considered to be a religious organization, which they are since they got the tax exemption as one in 2019, they have the right to practice their religion and set up legal religious displays.

Also, this argument can be turned around on these guys really fast. What is the second amendment? Who gave you the right to bare arms?

29:03: "So they would say that rights are human inventions, that they are arbitrary human constructs."

Rights aren't arbitrary human constructs. They are based on things like morals, empathy, freedoms, etc. Nobody is saying that they are just arbitrary because there are certain things that most humans can say are bad due to having empathy and generally decency.

29:31: "Well if that's the case, than you wouldn't be able to complain if Iowa had simply said 'No, you don't have the right to put that up here.' because if government decides your rights and then if the government decides you don't have that particular right, it's incoherent to insist you do because insisting that you do is to appeal to a power higher than the government."

Again, those rights are based on basic human morals and empathy for others.

The issue I am having is that if Matt was in the room with me he would probably ask "What is empathy?" and if you don't know, you don't have it.

There's not much else important in this segment. Just Matt calling his fans to arms and repeating the same crap I already addressed.

He then talks about the Kate Cox abortion case and Ann Coulter *GASP* siding with the left! For those unaware, a woman named Kate Cox sought out an abortion exception due to her unborn child having a medical condition that has a low rate of survival for the child and if she carried out the pregnancy, might risk her health and her ability to have more children. She left Texas for an abortion and it has sparked a debate about what should qualify as an exception in states that ban abortion. Read more about it here (From the CBC State Broadcaster no less!). Now, given how much of a paragon of empathy Matt Walsh has been in this episode and given his disgustin-er-controversial opinions on abortion, I'm sure this will be a balanced take. Right!?!

35:50: "Pro-lifers are never motivated by cruelty to mothers."

Even if pro-lifers aren't directly motivated by cruelty to mothers, the actions and legislation created by pro-lifers indirectly causes cruelty to mothers and this is the kind of story that proves it.

What if Matt's wife was pregnant with a child that had this condition? Would he force her to go through with a painful pregnancy that would threaten her health, destroy her fertility, and cause her grief when that child most-likely dies extremely young? Again, to side against Kate Cox in this situation demonstrates a stunning lack of empathy.

36:38: "There's not money to be made in being a pro-lifer."

Methinks the Walshy doth protest too much.

If you're like Matt Walsh and your job is basically regurgitating right-wing talking points, yeah there is money to be made in being a pro-lifer.

36:41: "The abortion industry is a billion dollar industry. And so it is always logical to say that at least a big part of their motivation is that they make a lot of money on this."

As is the case with all healthcare in the states, you have to pay to have an abortion. If we were to have a conversation about how obscenely expensive healthcare is in the United States, that's a conversation I am willing to have.

But if you think about this argument it's a pretty dumb thing to say. Let's say we replaced the word abortion with "dental", would that mean that going to the dentist if you have a toothache is something that should be banned? Of course not!

But I'm sure the argument would be that there's life on the line with abortion whilst a dental surgery doesn't have life on the line. Well what about Kate Cox's life? Does that not matter?

37:36: "The pro-life movement is motivated entirely by love for the mother and child."

If that were true, Matt would be supportive of Kate Cox getting an abortion exception and would be horrified that she didn't get one.

Kate would have had to undergo an extremely painful pregnancy that would put her health at risk if she had an abortion. The child would have a low likelihood of survival, the oldest a person has lived with that condition is 40 years old, and that was an extremely rare exception. It would have been both painful for the mother and the child.

If Matt was the loving and empathetic person he claims he is, he would be for that pregnancy being terminated.

38:06: "This condition, as mentioned in the article, is not always incompatible with life. Babies can live for days, months, years, even decades in some cases. Now that is rare, and the prospects of a long life are tragically small but not nonexistent, so if you abort a child with this condition you are killing him on the assumption that he's going to die anyway."

Firstly, this argument is completely taking away the pain and health conditions that going through with the pregnancy would have caused Kate. Continuing with that pregnancy would pose risks to her life and health.

Secondly, according to the articles I read on this case, Kate's doctors said there was an EXTREMELY slim chance of that child surviving. Even if it did survive for a couple of months, it's death would have caused massive amounts of completely unnecessary sorrow for the family of Kate and Kate herself. Plus, it would most likely cause the child unnecessary pain to be brought into the world and then die that quickly. Even if they do progress into the older stages of life, they would have a constant knowledge that they are at risk of dying extremely young.

To make this argument is to completely disregard the happiness and health of Kate Cox as well as mercy for the child, the thing that Matt claims he doesn't do.

38:41: "I mean, everyone is gonna die."

But not everyone has a condition that would make their chances of survival in birth slim at best and would jeopardize the life of their mother if birth is given to them.

This is such a gross oversimplification of the situation, the key word here being "gross".

39:16: "If you start justifying murder based on the fact that someone is gonna supposedly die anyway, you've opened up Pandora's Box and you've set a precedent that justifies really, any murder of anyone."

This argument runs on the faulty and inflammatory assumption that abortion is murder, which it is not. A fetus is something that has the potential to be a human and I believe personally that personhood begins at birth. This is also a defamatory and harmful statement to Kate Cox. After all, if abortion is murder Kate traveled out of state to murder her child. This is the kind of thing that leads to harassment.

Matt also still hasn't addressed the concerns that forcing Kate Cox to go through with the pregnancy would have caused to her health, almost as if he doesn't care about her and only cares about his movement.

41:10: "The only way to get around this really when it comes to this issue is by arguing that the child in the womb is not a human person, but he is."

Matt automatically gendering unborn children as "he", but we have more important issues to cover.

A child in the womb has no autonomy outside of their mother. In the first trimester, they are nothing but an embryo which has no thoughts and feelings at all. Even in the second trimester, a fetus could not survive without being attached to the womb.

It has the potential to become a person but that isn't the case when in the womb.

42:04: "Why would this be any necessarily be any different, like there are born infant children and toddlers who sadly and tragically and unfathomably are diagnosed with terminal illnesses that are probably gonna kill them pretty soon, that happens every day in this country, it's a terrible tragedy. And yet I'm going to assume, I'm gonna hope and pray, that most people in this country would not be in favor of euthanizing a two year old whose probably going to be dead in the next couple of years because of leukemia"

This is such an insane strawman argument that it should be taught as an example of the strawman fallacy. How on Earth are an unborn fetus with no autonomy and a living breathing child with autonomy even remotely comparable?!

Plus it's leaving out other factors and just basic facts about this case! For example, the fact that it is, say it with me, leaving out the complications that the pregnancy would cause for the mother. Plus a two year old who is going to die in a couple years from leukemia is a completely different thing than an unborn child who is still in the womb and has the potential to become a full fledged person.

Obviously I think euthanizing a child is a bad thing. Man, this episode isn't the worst episode from a journalistic standpoint but it may be from a purely moral one.

Next up Matt does his comments section segment, immediate skip, especially since I haven't watched or covered the episode he's talking about. Matt then decides to talk about "anti-white racism" on college campuses. This promises to be grim.

55:07: "If you replace Jews with white people than we do have the answer to those questions clear as day, that's because a few years ago at the University of Virginia a black student did exactly what I just described. She stood up and she told white people to get out of the student center and she said that because of their skin color that these whites were not allowed there."

This story happened at the University of Virginia and Matt is leaving out key details. This wasn't just a "student center" it was the campus diversity center, a space designed specifically for POC's. There is a normal student center on campus.

And what she was saying was a rather fair point. University of Virginia is a prominently white university so why shouldn't people of color have their own space that they can feel safe in? I get the sense that this woman felt that this space was becoming amalgamated into another space for whites to hang out on campus and felt the need to speak up. Could it have been handled better? Absolutely! Does that mean we should discount what she is saying? No!

It's not like she was rude about it either. Outside of that "Too many white people" remark which was a little blunt and poorly phrased, the overall quote was a pretty respectful explanation of her feelings on the matter. Quote;

"This is a space for people of colour, so just be really cognisant of the space you're taking up because it does make some of us [people of colour] uncomfortable when we see too many white people in here," (Source, BBC News)

So how does Matt characterize this?

56:02: "So somebody films that racist anti-white rant, nobody says anything, no one laughs at this racist or condemns her in any way, it's just silently filmed because everybody's too afraid to challenge this, the only reaction is applause as the white people make their exit."

That is by far in a way the politest "racist rant" I have heard in my life. She was simply trying to lay out the fact that she felt that white people were taking over the only space that POC's have to themselves in the university and why that makes her uncomfortable.

Also, the applause was extremely light. I'd say it sounded like it came from maybe one or two people.

56:21: "Now after this incident it goes without saying that there were no Congressional hearings, no administrators at UVA were forced to resign, nobody was even calling for that."

Because that would be an insanely overblown response. Even if you agree that this was a racist-rant, one student's bad behavior leading to Congressional hearings and administrators leaving would be an insane response.

56:34: "As upsetting as it may be, we shouldn't be surprised by that non-response because systemic anti-white racism on college campuses is open and blatant."

The numbers don't back this up at all. Since Fall 2010, Black student enrollment has declined from 3.04 million to 2.38 million, a 22% decrease (Source, PNPI).

In 2021 there were 571 hate crimes on college campuses, almost twice as many hate crimes as there are days in a year, and race was the main motivator (Source, National Center For Education Statistics).

So, provided they get in at all, students who are POC's are highly at risk of being victims of hate crimes according to the numbers.

56:57: "I vividly remember all the way back in 2007 when it was revealed that the University of Delaware was running a mandatory re-education program that forced 1000's of students living on campus to affirm that all whites are racist."

This was just diversity training, extremely poorly handled diversity training from what I've read about it (and most of the news on it is from super biased sources like conservative funded college free speech organization FIRE), but still diversity training.

It absolutely should have been handled better, but it wasn't a "re-education program". The university however did do some things that were worthy of criticism like bluntly asking students when they discovered their sexual identity, something which someone might want to keep private.

57:23: "They referred to these struggle sessions as 'treatment for white people.'"

They referred to the sessions as treatments yes, which is a very creepy name I must admit, however it wasn't specifically for white people. I couldn't find anything about them being only for white people in even FIRE's report.

Plus, these are two cherrypicked examples that Matt is blowing way out of proportion. If these are the best Matt has to prove that college campuses are racist against white people, this is weak as hell.

58:18: "And that's why the current burst of outrage over antisemitism on college campuses is more than a little bit conspicuous."

"People are talking about antisemitism, what about meeeee?"

Tying this back into the theme of empathy, this shows where Matt's empathy lies, himself. Matt seems completely unable to register that people different from him are also valid, just straight white males. Then again, what else can you expect from a guy who proudly boasts about being a theocratic fascist on Twitter?

Matt goes to talk more about how all college campuses are racist against whites and the episode finally ends.

Conclusion:

Well, this was the first time I got genuinely angry writing one of these posts so there's that. The overall whininess and sheer contempt for everyone that isn't a white Christian male like Matt was extremely blatant and it was painful to listen to.

Like I said before, it comes down to having empathy for people different than yourself. If Matt had that, he wouldn't be boycotting a company over one post that had a transwoman in it or arguing against a woman terminating an extremely painful pregnancy that could literally threaten her life if carried out. While most of the right-wing movement lacks this empathy, Matt Walsh doesn't even try to hide it.

Cheers and I'll see you in the next one.

#matt walsh #right wing bullshit #journalism #conservative bullshit #fact checking #bad takes #conservatives #daily wire #debunking #disinformation #transphobes fuck off #transphobes suck

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🔥 BREAKING: Trumper Charlie Kirk throws HUGE hissy-fit over Taylor Swift, accusing her of being responsible for Democrats’ elections victories this week — and makes a major prediction about the 2024 presidential election…

Charlie Kirk declared today in an unhinged tweet, “Taylor Swift is going to come out in the presidential election and she is going to mobilize her fans. And we’re going to be like, ‘Oh wow, where did all these young, female voters come from?’ We better have a plan for that. All that the Swifties want is swift abortion. That’s what they want. It’s 100%. We act as if she is like Mother Mary or something. Newsflash, she ain’t Mother Mary.”

Sorry, @charliekirk11, but Taylor Swift isn’t going anywhere — and neither is her army of “Swifties” — and they’re going to flood the polls again in 2024 to vote against your cult leader Donald Trump, no matter how many temper tantrums you throw or how many unhinged attacks you launch against Taylor Swift.

Donald Trump not only took away their reproductive rights, but he’s also going around the country and bragging about it.

Trump and his extremist Republican enablers declared war on American women, and now they declared war on him.

When the dust finally settles after the 2024 presidential election, there were only be one victor — and his name will not be Donald Trump.

It will be President Joe Biden, a REAL man who is champion for women’s rights.

#swifties #Taylor Swift #Taylor Swift Politics #Taylor destroyed the Republican Party