First, let’s have a clip from an underappreciated movie:
Among the reasons for my admiration of Victoria Jackson is her willingness to accept small, unattractive parts like that and play them to the hilt. But let it rest for now.
I am alternately amazed and appalled by the depths to which we – Americans – have sunk in the name of “tolerance.” I shan’t enumerate the varieties; I might not live to finish counting. Let it suffice to observe that the Gospel of Moral Relativism has birthed more monsters than Satan commands.
The telltale consequence is how hard it is to shock us today. Intoxication? Casual theft? Adultery? Abuse of children? Exploitation of the elderly and disabled? Deliberate racism against / exclusion of Christians, men, or whites? Promotion of violence for a political purpose? These things all seem to have entered the category of “just another ho-hum day.”
The percentage of days when I find myself thinking “Why not haul the Barrett .50 up to the top of a tall building and express my sentiments that way?” has grown disturbingly high. I keep to myself nearly all the time now, so I needn’t deal with the irrationalities and lunacies rampant among us. And I once called myself a libertarian. Go figure.
Would you like to know what set this off? Recently the USA Fencing Women’s competition for the April North cup was held. It’s a sport in which I take an interest, as you might have discerned from the Realm of Essences novels. But who faced off for the title? Two men.
Two men will vie for the women's title in the @USAFencing April North American Cup tomorrow.
This is 1 week after Stephanie Turner refused to compete against a man. @tedcruz — hold USA Fencing accountable. Revoke their NGB (natl governing body) status. pic.twitter.com/5stClGRaFR
— Jennifer Sey (@JenniferSey) April 10, 2025
I want insane asylums back.
I want judicial commitment back.
I want the vigilance committees back.
I want the civil-rights laws repealed – all of them.
I want “He needed killin’” restored as a defense to a charge of murder.
Sorry, Gentle Reader. It all got to me and I simply had to vent. You know how it is with us old guys. I feel better now. Anyway, the mental disorder that has turned these United States upside down is tolerance. Give that a few cycles on your mental merry-go-round. Add a few drinks and have a nice evening.
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Seems we are on the same barge today Fran. I posted a much more subdued scrip on the same vein,,,,
Just want my country back (when we DID have asylums and something that resembled a justice system.)
It ain’t ever going to be that way again.
Do you need a spotter?
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(chuckle) First I need to choose a suitably high perch in a well-populated district! 😁
I’m just a simple country boy with simple solutions. Take a plant and deprive it of water and it dies. Quit playing in their sand box and create your own. When enough money and support is withdrawn from an organization it dies. Now that’s a cultural revolution that will solve the problem.