DEFEAT FASCISM

 The Three Rs to defeat fascism: READ REBUKE RESIST

Today: Read. Delve into the facts of modern times, how 77,303,573 Americans renounce the life of a man, himself an honored and distinguished veteran, because he once offered forgiveness to those who made a heart-wrenching decision to avoid service in a questionable war now laud the man who called those who served and died in the effort “suckers and losers.” Only by understanding the depth of America’s descent into fascism can we fight it.

DEFEAT FASCISM

 The Three Rs to defeat fascism: READ REBUKE RESIST

Rebuke a political movement that doesn’t respect a shipmate like Lt. Commander John McCain, USN, who spent six years of torture and imprisonment on behalf of our country: Donald Trump said this of Senator John McCain's reputation as a war hero: "He's not a war hero, He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren't captured." Recently, 77,303,573 Americans agreed. We have our work before us.

 Today: Resist. Some experts say that, when captured, resist in every way possible. It can wear down the captors and limit their ability to undertake their worst intents. Right now, we should assist those in the best position to resist. Depending on one’s sentiments, there are organizations, from the ACLU to the Southern Poverty Law Center, to Planned Parenthood and beyond that have the resources to lead the resistance movement. Agree with them fully or not, we need them now.

DEFEAT FASCISM

 The Three Rs to defeat fascism: READ REBUKE RESIST

Today: Read. Last time we read the Sermon on the Mount. Next suggestion. Stay in the Gospel of Matthew. This time go to the 25^th Chapter, verses 32 through 46. This spells out exactly what the Galilean thought about righteousness and it is pretty much the opposite of the new rulers of America preach. Stay on the path. You will block the fascists and annoy the hell out of MAGA evangelicals.

DEFEAT FASCISM

The Three Rs to defeat fascism: READ REBUKE RESIST

Today: Resist the influence of the weak. Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the two men who seek to rule America, have little physical strength or power, actually less that many of their sex and age.

Yet they stand on the quarterdeck of a ship called America, one that is heading into the dark waters of fascism. How did two fat and flaccid men accomplish this?

 As Leo Tolstoy once said, “Power is the collective will of the people transferred, by expressed or tacit consent to their chosen rulers.”

Obsession with evil, obliviousness to evil, and obedience to evil, all transfer power. Millions of individual actions fuel the coming catastrophe.

Today I will not feed fascism. Thereby, I will reduce its power by a force of one. Join me?