I am no longer an "American Christian", and after recent events, I don't really wanna stand and "preach" some more... but I gotta say one last thing for the day. I wanna give a shout-out to a real Natural_Beauty: she goes by "Lady Jess" on Comic Fury. This is also a shout-out to my soul brothas Matt Zimmer and Jazz Nevermore, without whom I would not be the stronger dude I am today. Nah, man... turn off that organ. And ladies, kill the choir. This ain't church, this is Dreamwidth. I don't need any of that. I just need some eager ears.Good. A'ight, now. Recently, America lost a trailblazer and the oldest female Senator in American history: the late and great Dianne Feinstein. She hails from my 'hood, a former Mayor of San Francisco, California. She will lie in state this Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
Naturally though, while the nation is in mourning, the MAGA numb-nutsacks out there as singing praises. She was anti-assault weapons all the way, and that made her a sworn mortal enemy of this pathetic minority of death-worshipping dipshits.
Lady Jess responded to my lamentations on this heartless derision from the right wing. She said that she recently received the newest copy of TIME Magazine. The thing is, the magazine had the face of another numb-nutsack, the all time king of baseless hypocrisy in social media and apparent apartheid fraternizer Elon Musk. She did what any sensible person these days would do with that mag: chucked it in the trash. I immediately responded with this statement, which I present to all, even those who don't know me, 'cuz I will not stay silent anymore. A wise 80-year old man said: "Silence is complicity." And man, is silence a damning thing these days more than ever. My response:
"That's the way, Milady. โ๐พ
I wanna apologize for the... *ahem*... intensity of this post, it's not how I normally talk. It's just that it infuriates me to no end when it's abundantly clear in any government at any time that dehumanization of those who don't meet the "select hierarchy" takes precedence over fighting for basic human rights for all. That kind of ideology has sparked genocides in the past, like the 1994 Rwandan Genocide in East Africa. I read the books about it, and I'm still horrified that any human could even conceive to push such a narrative -- and by propagandizing it through mainstream media, much like the right-wing is doing in America now, and we've all seen the results.
What really troubles me is your statement about trashing that TIME magazine. That is another part of the problem -- all of mainstream media is giving people who preach this hatred and bloodlust a voice. On online forums -- Comic Fury forums included -- there is a creed that the general community goes by. That is creed is often worded as, "don't feed the trolls". We learn in high school that bullies do what they do because they crave attention. Without the attention, they lose their power and their influence.
Knowing that, I can't for the life of me understand why all mainstream news outlets (CNN and MSNBC are guilty in this too) give these jerkwads airtime or space in their other media. Just on Friday I watched a CNN anchor futilely try to get a Florida politician to clearly condemn Trump's call for Gen. Mark Milley to die by hanging simply because he didn't agree with who I've dubbed the "Turd-in-Chief" on some issue with China. The guy refused to do so, and even tried to pull the typical whataboutism on Democrats. Seriously? When was the last time a Democrat called for a Republican or even one of their own to be killed for something so stupid? When was the last time a Democrat contested an election with violence that killed five of the nation's own top police officers? Why wouldn't the guy address that logic?
Because it's not a matter of he wouldn't. He couldn't. Anyone with even half a brain can put two and two together here. The bully mentality that thrives on attention is clearly at play here, and in the most dangerous way possible. The politician couldn't condemn the threat because if he did, then he too would be put in the crosshairs. That's how it's been working ever since January 7th, 2021 -- defy the bully, or in this case, in the GOP's own words, the Leader, and you will pay... most likely with your life.
President Biden said it perfectly in his address to Arizona to honor the late John McCain, particularly after trashing Trump for his "Hang Mark Milley!" threat, and even made it personal when he condemned Mr. 45's trash-talking about the military he callously accused Obama of disgracing by telling him to his face: "Listen, Mr. 'America's Favorite President'. You don't get to be raised in this country, escape enrollment in the military based on phony excuses, then become Commander-in-chief and dehumanize American warriors who died for your ass. You, who lack government AND military experience, don't get to talk shit about a prisoner of war, a war you never served in. You, who have never served, don't get to decide who in the military dies for treason, when you yourself committed such on January 6th, 2021. And most of all: You have no damn right to diss my son Beau as a sucker and loser, when you faced a global health crisis in Covid-19, even got infected with it -- and ultimately RAN AWAY from your job to 'fix it' in favor of plotting to stay in power and rule as an autocrat... and an illegitimate and immature one at that. You are the only "sucker and loser" here, in every sense of the word. You're a coward, shaking and sweating under your fake blonde toupee because your glory train is on a collision course. You'd best stop the ride, or the crash will come much sooner than you think."
I strongly believe that it's MAGA itself that has the death wish, and come November 2024, that death will arrive on swift wings. America has had enough."
So, there you go. After nearly being screwed by the nation's mental health system and yet finally starting therapy with a therapist who himself believe the system is broken, being singled out for discrimination and refusal of admission by skin color and mental disability at a nightclub in front of my pals by a cocky-ass bowler hat-wearing White guy three Fridays ago (ironically, the club had Black female bartenders), and finally tearing some new assholes (as my buddy Matt so eloquently put it) into a punk-ass bitch on Comic Fury who brought his 4chan bullshit to a hardworking enthusiastic artist's webcomic page to toot his cobweb-clogged horn, I am done with standing by and letting ignorance rape this society, this city, this nation up the wazoo. At the end of last year, I was sickened to see that MAGA fucktards were patrolling polls in many states decked out in their usual gung-ho tactical gear and obligatory AR-15's. Malcolm X was right, to me, this is gonna be the definitive "Ballot or the Bullet" Presidential Election. And I already know who's coming out on top and who's gonna crash and burn. The Turd-in-Chief overplayed his meaty, lumpy orange hand by stupidly letting slip his guilt and his autocratic intentions. You gotta be a flippin' dumbass to broadcast an autocratic agenda, and name it "Agenda 47" to add insult to injury -- geez, for fuck's sake, now you're declaring an electoral victory more than a year from now? What the hell have you been snorting? He's obviously so stupid he had to lie about a lie to cover up a lie and rinse and repeat like 20 times, which always equals a collapsing house of lies.
He fucked up, and all he can do now is stoke fear and call for assassination after assassination. For God's sake, now his punk-ass is decreeing that all of mainstream media reporters be hanged for treason. Guess his sugar high just spiked from all those damn Cherry Cokes. His head's obviously caving in from the fat of all those pizzas and cheeseburgers.
People, there's no need to even worry about this guy becoming President again. Even if lawyers are too cowardly to invoke the 14th Amendment and this dipshit tries another Jan. 6, remember: He's not President anymore. The only army he'll have is a fringe bunch of rag-tags hillbillies with AR-15's and tactical gear. Countless Proud Boys and Oath Keepers (including their leaders) are quite sealed off from his rallying cries now -- languishing in prison where they should've been years ago. He and his redneck rebels will be facing the entire fucking American Armed Forces, commanded by none other than the father of a so-called "sucker and loser". And when all is said and done, the mantle of "sucker and loser" will be placed unceremoniously on the head of the man who will be remembered in world history as America's first (and hopefully only) failed autocrat. He will then writhe in obscurity until his last breath and let me say this: his remains will not be buried among the other American presidents who upheld their Oath of Office. They will be buried at sea, hopefully alongside those of Osama bin Laden.
We are on the side of life, MAGA isn't. And after November 2024, that crusade will die a swift death. To close, I will paraphrase Morpheus from the Matrix film franchise.
This is America -- and we are not afraid.
Peace and love to you all.-- J.D.