Nice job Mike! I think Yarvin's done too many drugs -- or something. He is completely and utterly out of touch with American historical/constitutional reality. What a poseur! Theorist indeed! He's a joke.
Trump has become so normalized with his jabbering, his irate social posts, his vindictiveness, his narcissism, that when the King stood up and spoke before Congress, when he spoke so eloquently and sincerely, so intelligently and kindly, so warm-heartedly and friendly, it took my breath away. My head was spinning and my heart was thumping.
It made me sad to realize in a truthful and realistic manner how much influence and sway and infiltration trump has over our country—-how he chips away at pure decency right before our eyes day and night, and how I thought I was removed from it all- because I have no respect for him, dislike him immensely, and typically don’t listen to him—-still…he infiltrates every cell in my body, whether it is conscious or unconscious. And he does this relentlessly and after I see these two men, what they have to offer, how they communicate, what motivates them, they could not be any different apart from day and night. As time passes and the filth of trump continues to churn and burn, I realize that the King gave me a breath of fresh air around the fetid stench of trump where he sucks out all the oxygen in the room. I continue to feel our country is victimized by trump. Even traumatized by his violence and vindictiveness. He is a man with an iron grip on this country. Yes there is resistance, but what he is doing to the spirit, to the drive, to the beauty of America is dark, deranged and immoral. He is holding Americans hostage. The King understands his danger. He was telling Americans he understands our predicament and he will always defend the values and principle of our country. He will stand up for America while our own president is tearing it down.
Well said. However I think debating people like Yarvin is a waste of time. He wins just because anyone is willing to pay attention to him not to say he should be ignored but not given such a platform. I speak from experience as a few years ago when I had an underground venue a guy named Gasda asked me if he could debate this guy named Yarvin over the veracity of Shakespeare. I'd need heard of Yarvin and while I wasn't and still am not fond of Gasda I agreed with Gasda taking the side that Willy was real and Yarvin the opposite. It was t so much of a debate as Gasda spewing facts as he saw them and Yarvin not really saying much. N.Y. the tone of the debate I had finally done some homework on Yarvin and spent the entire evening feeling like a jsckass. I also couldn't understand what his appeal was and never will. I met him at many other events since and decided the best way to play it was to keep my opinions to myself and try to learn as much as I could. I even read his substack for a while until I just couldn't stomach it anymore. Somehow he's a cult of personality playing the role of leader to a bunch of mostly GenZ and Millenial white Republican angry entitled kids. It's a standard trope of an older person captivating a bunch of young disenchanted people looking for a place to park their anger and discontent. And while I always encourage dialogue and will be anti polarizing til my grave there's a time and place for everything and I regret having let that "debate" take place on my soil. So it goes. Life and learn. Ignorance is no excuse. Anyway thanks for this. I look forward to more .
Ok, I know the origin of the bell, but I don't understand the symbolism of it that you are invoking...
Nor do I, thank you 🙏
Nice job Mike! I think Yarvin's done too many drugs -- or something. He is completely and utterly out of touch with American historical/constitutional reality. What a poseur! Theorist indeed! He's a joke.
Trump has become so normalized with his jabbering, his irate social posts, his vindictiveness, his narcissism, that when the King stood up and spoke before Congress, when he spoke so eloquently and sincerely, so intelligently and kindly, so warm-heartedly and friendly, it took my breath away. My head was spinning and my heart was thumping.
It made me sad to realize in a truthful and realistic manner how much influence and sway and infiltration trump has over our country—-how he chips away at pure decency right before our eyes day and night, and how I thought I was removed from it all- because I have no respect for him, dislike him immensely, and typically don’t listen to him—-still…he infiltrates every cell in my body, whether it is conscious or unconscious. And he does this relentlessly and after I see these two men, what they have to offer, how they communicate, what motivates them, they could not be any different apart from day and night. As time passes and the filth of trump continues to churn and burn, I realize that the King gave me a breath of fresh air around the fetid stench of trump where he sucks out all the oxygen in the room. I continue to feel our country is victimized by trump. Even traumatized by his violence and vindictiveness. He is a man with an iron grip on this country. Yes there is resistance, but what he is doing to the spirit, to the drive, to the beauty of America is dark, deranged and immoral. He is holding Americans hostage. The King understands his danger. He was telling Americans he understands our predicament and he will always defend the values and principle of our country. He will stand up for America while our own president is tearing it down.
Well said. However I think debating people like Yarvin is a waste of time. He wins just because anyone is willing to pay attention to him not to say he should be ignored but not given such a platform. I speak from experience as a few years ago when I had an underground venue a guy named Gasda asked me if he could debate this guy named Yarvin over the veracity of Shakespeare. I'd need heard of Yarvin and while I wasn't and still am not fond of Gasda I agreed with Gasda taking the side that Willy was real and Yarvin the opposite. It was t so much of a debate as Gasda spewing facts as he saw them and Yarvin not really saying much. N.Y. the tone of the debate I had finally done some homework on Yarvin and spent the entire evening feeling like a jsckass. I also couldn't understand what his appeal was and never will. I met him at many other events since and decided the best way to play it was to keep my opinions to myself and try to learn as much as I could. I even read his substack for a while until I just couldn't stomach it anymore. Somehow he's a cult of personality playing the role of leader to a bunch of mostly GenZ and Millenial white Republican angry entitled kids. It's a standard trope of an older person captivating a bunch of young disenchanted people looking for a place to park their anger and discontent. And while I always encourage dialogue and will be anti polarizing til my grave there's a time and place for everything and I regret having let that "debate" take place on my soil. So it goes. Life and learn. Ignorance is no excuse. Anyway thanks for this. I look forward to more .
Well, Yarvin missed the actual timing of the Magna Carta by about 400 years. So, a genius he is not.