This Present Darkness @thsprsntdrknss@metalhead.club

This just in: rich white snowflakes are so scared of the threat to their patriarchy that they have to ban critical thinking.

https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/texas-legislature-bans-critical-race-theory-from-classrooms/

Ya know, one basic idea of Christianity is that we can't EARN salvation, but we live "holy" lives as gratitude for it.

I see a lot of people saying "God bless America" but I don't see a lot of calls to act in a manner worthy of that blessing. God has blessed America tremendously. Are we being grateful for it? Or would Jesus smack the shit out of those same people parroting those words?

Ya know, I’m as pro-gun as the next mentally-stable American, but two spree shootings in one day? Might be time to admit that whatever we’re doing isn’t working. We’ve got a problem and it needs to be addressed.

“Free market means private businesses can do whatever they want and consumers can vote with their dollars.”
“No not like that.”

If you're more concerned with "owning" someone who disagrees with you than you are with helping them understand why their viewpoint is wrong, then congratulations on being part of the problem.

That applies no matter your belief or the subject.

Me, upon bumping my acoustic guitar and causing the strings to resonate: “don’t take that tone with me.”

Same band, same message, different song

https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=i4FqGPRQWFM

If you like metal and social justice, you gotta get to know this band.

"Hey, hi, I'm ready to die."

https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=Gsy5sJy5_34

He gave me a voice that speaks out,
But paired it with a mind filled with doubt.

Old: the point of a trial is not to undo the crime, dumbass. The point is to hold the criminal responsible and send a message. You don't try murderers to bring back the victim, you do it to hold them accountable and let people know this shit isn't tolerated.

New: Were they unclear on what exactly they were voting on? Or was I? Cause I thought the question was "is he responsible?" not "is this whole trial even right?"

I'm surprised that Congress voted to acquit, not because I actually expected them to do the right thing but because that would've been an easy way to remove Trump from the playing field.

I also read last night in MSN that many R's voted to acquit even though they felt him responsible because they felt it unconstitutional to impeach a politician after he's left office. This raises one new question and re-begs one old:

Fox News: "The virus isn't even that dangerous! Stop ruining the economy and disrupting daily life!"

Also Fox News: "They're saying schools can reopen even if teachers aren't vaccinated!? What the f*ck?!"

I love the hypocrisy of mainstream media.

“There’s no way anyone would believe such outlandish propaganda.”
*remembers QAnon*
“Oh.”

This is love, this is not treason.

https://invidious.xyz/watch?v=Lsgbb23z27w

I just realized how well Breaking Benjamin’s “Dear Agony” works if you replace those words with “anxiety.”