ugh life

[tielan]

I'm not sure I actually slept last night. I put a 'Sleep' spotify playlist on and it ended up playing all night. I woke to it at 5am. (Which is slightly better than 4am.) But I don't feel like I actually slept in the end.

Just watching things get worse in the US. The deeper they go the more horrific the plots become. And the legislative branch isn't going to do a thing, because a spine isn't something that conservative politicians appear to have.

The country is hemhorraging democracy as the world watches.

And the Australian PM is cheering it on. Won't condemn the coup attempt, won't restrain his deputies and ministers who are all OHNOES WE GONNA LOSE OUR PLATFORM - they're the Australian politicians on FB with the most interaction: one way they spread their lies about. It's all the white supremacist types - the ones who hobnob with them, the ones who say awful things and then 'don't really mean it'.

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The Conservative Cult Of Victimhood by David Frum: some interesting observations.

The Roman Road From Insurrection by Russell Moore, from the SBC

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And of course it's now past 11pm and I haven't gotten ready for bed yet.

Comments

[rose_griffes]

I linked Russell Moore's essay on Facebook. I have friends and family who are far too close to the conspira-kook side of things, so I hope a religious voice talking sense will have impact.

[tielan]

One of the hardest things is to accept that some people are too far gone to be easily recalled back - either in the realignment of their perceptions of reality, or in their bitterness about the way it's ending.

But yes, for those who aren't so hardened, or who might have drawn back at the prospect of insurrection, here's hoping the voice of reason holds sway.

There are actually some pretty good articles on Christianity Today, of all places. I can't check them any more - I've used up my free articles. But there was one talking about 'being good losers' and a few others that I didn't get to read before it told me I had to start paying.

[aome]

I am REALLY disappointed to hear about the non-reaction from the Australian PM. I didn't realize you guys had such an awful leader, as well. Ugh.

[tielan]

The man is Trump lite. He's been baldfacedly lying to the media for the last couple of years now, playing politics. Really, at a guess, I'd say that Scott Morrison is on track to be a very effective autocratic demagogue in short order.

If someone could get Biden to thwap him upside - or, hey, send Kamala over and get her to "Excuse me, I'm speaking" him! We'll take that. We'll very take that.