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johnregan3.bsky.social
Middle-aged, Middle-class, Midwestern white guy. Please don't judge me too harshly. ADHD’er, War Veteran, Exvangelical, Liberal, Ally.
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“The evil was not in bread and circuses, per se, but in the willingness of the people to sell their rights as free citizens for full bellies and the excitement of games which would serve to distract them from other human hungers which bread and circuses can never appease.” — Juvenal (55 - 128 CE)

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[youth pastor voice] you know who else fell and rose dramatically in the span of three business days?

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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

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You used to be able to nail 95 theses onto any door you felt like, but not anymore. because nails too expensive due to steel tariffs.

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Great advice. Do not speak his name.

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"A demagogue has come to power and is ripping everything down. But what’s likely to happen is that the demagogue will start making mistakes, because incompetence is built into the nihilistic project. Nihilists can only destroy, not build." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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"Sometimes, being a good Christian meant being a bad Roman. So before you accuse people of being unpatriotic, ask yourself which empire they're actually serving." ~Stephen Mattson

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All public school teachers are evil atheist commies and that’s why I’m demanding they teach your children the bible

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I’ve been studying civil rights protests for 20 years. With new mobilization against Trump’s agenda, I’m sharing a thread summarizing my research on how nonviolent & violent actions by 1960s activists and police influenced media, elites, public opinion & voters. 1/ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Nonviolent resistance is quantitatively more effective than the alternative: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

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"We have some difficult days ahead. But it doesn't matter with me now. Because I have been to the mountaintop...Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will (4-3-68)." #MLK #PrayForAmerica

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I thought this was a chart measuring the amount of Sheer Folly afoot

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“Before you tell me about your religion, first show it to me in how you treat other people. Before you tell me how much you love your country, show me how much you do for others. Before you tell me what you value, show me how you live and give.” - Cory Booker

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First time in 23 years we’ve been on vacation alone. I love this woman so much.

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I think this is a question on the NCLEX

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fascism is stopped when enough people say one of two things: 1) "nah, I'm not doing that" 2) "nah, you're not doing that" a lot of people want to imagine how they'll say the second thing, but you should *really* start practicing the first one

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Lying can be strategic 👇

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Don’t change your behavior until they force you. Don’t put on your own chains before the jailer even arrives.

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