A Wave of Hatred

“I want you to just let a wave of intolerance wash over you… I want you to let a wave of hatred wash over you. Yes, hate is good… Our goal is a Christian nation. We have a biblical duty, we are called by God, to conquer this country. We don’t want equal time. We don’t want pluralism.”

— Randall Terry, prominent anti-abortion activist, with whom the Republican Party ended up staunchly allied over the Terry Schiavo case.

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“The greatest crisis we face is not child killing, it’s not the sodomites, it’s not land tax, it’s not the intrusion of the federal government into our lives, our families, as they crush our liberties. The greatest crisis we face tonight is a crisis of leadership. We are facing a crisis of righteous, courageous, physically oriented, male leadership. Male leadership!

“God established patriarchy when he established the world. God established a patriarchal world. If we’re going to have true reformation in America, it is because men once again, if I may use a worn out expression, have righteous testosterone flowing through their veins. They are not afraid of the contempt of their contemporaries. They are not here to get along. They are not even here to take issue. They are here to take over!”

From Orcinus via Puddingbowl blogmarks.

With that first quote, I expected it to continue, “strike me down with your weapon, and your journey to the Dark Side will be complete.”

Impending Nonviolence In Mexico

Exciting story. Vincente Fox and company have jailed the shoo-in leftist candidate Manuel Obrador for a trivial matter (building an access road to a hospital despite a court order not to) — a transparently political move to knock him out of impending elections.

That’s basic slimeball politics, not news. However, the cool part is that Obrador seems to be preparing to lead a campaign of Martin Luther King Jr-style nonviolent civil disobedience in response.

That’s exciting. This could be a big deal. It also guarantees that this will be almost completely off the U.S. media’s radar, unfortunately. (Michael Nagler‘s The Search for a Non-Violent Future gives many examples of significant and effective nonviolent action which made no impression on the consciousness of America, including the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, which was almost entirely the result of coordinated, well-planned nonviolent protests.)

Nonviolence has never been tried in Mexico before. I’ll be interested to see how it goes.
Via Puddingbowl blogmarks.

This is the first good political news in about five years…

‘Satanic orgies’ desecrated graveyard

Satanic orgies’ desecrated graveyard

via Fortean Times.

The thing that got to me is this sentence:

“And it’s obvious that orgies are taking place, as the area where they go is littered with used condoms.”

Cause you know, sure, they worship Lucifer, Beelzebub, Prince of Darkness, and conduct dark sacrifices, smashing headstones in a graveyard, but they don’t have sex without condoms! That would be irresponsible.