“If you repeat a lie often enough, it gets accepted as truth”— Joseph Goebbels-Hitler’s propaganda minister

I would rather be socializing with friends, family, and the big wide wonderful world, than writing about insanity. Being stuck at home, and witnessing the insanity unfolding within our Presidency, parts of our government, and our citizenry drives me to make commentary, and offer alternatives to chaos and division. Pointing out the divisive attitudes of others is itself not divisive or judgemental, it is known as sanity. FACTS MUST BE HONORED, not drowned out with lies. We must be willing to be critical of those we love, or we are just another brick in the wall of the conspiracy of silence.
 
We have to see the dirt on our windows, before we become inspired to clean them.  It is people who call their dirty windows the “truth” which makes our world chaotic and dangerous.

I was quite the rambunctious child.  Trouble was my best friend and companion, and he was a deadly partner for a child trying to avoid getting yet another painful whipping from my father’s belt.  Like any hyperactive child, I rarely questioned in advance my decisions, and I acted impulsively to achieve my goals, which might be to get candy bars, give my sister a bad time, or steal the extra loose change from my father’s pockets to buy a little toy or trinket.

I knew when I was misbehaving, and I also knew that if I wanted to avoid a good beating for my latest malfeasance, it was imperative to avoid suspicion, or, if under suspicion, manipulate my parent’s viewpoint away from suspecting me through lying or other forms of deception.  I really learned how to spin a good tale or two, or to blame others for my own mistakes.  The key was not to get caught red-handed, and then my stories for my self-defense could get some traction.

Modern day child psychologists might remark that my mischievous activities were unanswered calls for love, but the truth was that the calls were made to the wrong number, through the wrong medium and understanding..  My child mind believed that these little thefts, these little lies, these little assaults against my sister, were all justified, and my real objective remained to get my way, while minimizing extra parental oversight, painful discipline and behavior change. Eventually, as I aged, normal maturation and the acceptance of personal responsibility for my life and my choices made the need to lie and to manipulate others recede far from my awareness.

When it is more important to promote erroneous points of view, rather than facing established facts, accepting reality and making subsequent changes in perceptions, this creates personal chaos, and is indicative of the magical thinking of children, or mental illness as adults. Q’Anon is a propaganda forum where intellectual, emotional and spiritual maturity would not be welcome.  Q’Anon has vilified an entire innocent group of American society, and accused them of eating babies, among many other outrageous statements.. “Save our babies” is the rallying cry for these perverted souls.

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Q’Anon is the latest in a long line of propaganda techniques to manipulate the minds and hearts of unconscious and susceptible individuals who don’t care, or don’t have the time, to research what the truth might be. Q’Anon, and conspiracy theories in general, play to the dark corners of the human mind, where unconscious hatreds and ignorance reigns supreme. People seize upon the propagandist’s and marionette’s specious or false reasoning, hatreds, and fears, because it appears to give support, and legitimacy to their own. . Alex Jones and his evil and infamous “Info Wars” show is a living example of the proliferation of lies and their presentation to the ignorant masses.  This abhorrent mismanagement of reality led to the rise of Nazi Germany, and the Holocaust.
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“I call the media ‘fake news’ to damage their reputations, while elevating my own agendas in the minds of those who don’t know or care what the truth is”—-Donald Trump (2016 – 60 Minutes interview).
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It is no wonder that Donald Trump supports Q’Anon, and refused to repudiate any of their outrageous and insane statements. Together, they feast at the same outhouse, and drink from the same sewer.  Dark people and dark thoughts take pleasure when they can stick their middle finger up to the truth, and feel some measure of mutual support while doing it.
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When we have so-called Christian religious adherents clinging to Q’Anon theories, we can really grasp the threat against democracy and civilization that is bubbling up within the swamps of the unhealed and irrational minds of far too many Americans. These are the same “believers” that worship false idols, and still have “Santa Claus Gods” or “voodoo dolls Gods” vs the acquired understanding and intelligence that arises through spiritual maturity and understanding. They truly are atheists, having substituted hateful, spiteful, wishful thinking for the philosophies of their prophets. These Q’Anon believers are the foundation for the new American Taliban terrorist.
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When we have unconscious Americans walking in lock step with Donald Turnip, and all of his fantasies and conspiracy theories, we see the disease of the human spirit rising up within our own country. When people would rather accept an outrageous lie, because it is being promoted by a cult leader, like a Trump, or a Hitler, reality and rationality become targets, and corruption and destruction reigns supreme.
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When I was a child, and I got caught in a lie, I would try to justify and support them by creating even more outrageous lies. I would do almost anything to avoid having to accept personal responsibility for my mistakes, because I knew that there would be some punishment meted out, to help “correct” my thinking. Modern day child psychologists might remark that my mischievous activities were unanswered calls for love, but the truth was that the calls were made to the wrong number, by the wrong kind of communication device.
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Q’Anon conspiracy advocates are also calling out for love, yet they mistakenly believe that the rest of the world needs to crawl under their rock with them in order to feel loved. Q’Anon and some of the spiritual ghettos of Trumpville are a world dominated by the minds of manipulative, lying children that never grew up, trying to avoid being seen for who they really are, and trying to form Folie à deux’s with other lost and ignorant souls..They have invited into their minds a form of psychosis or shared delusional disorder, characterized by symptoms of a delusional belief, and sometimes hallucinations, which are transmitted from one individual to another.  These demons of thought are transmitted from one individual to another through social media, or by the mob mind phenomenon, among other possible methods..
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“Oh, and by the way, you are not going to like what comes after America . . .” — Leonard Cohen
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When it is more important to promote your own point of view, rather than facing established facts and accepting reality, then know that you are a creator of chaos and insanity. The wayward Trump, and Q’Anon supporters need more oversight, and the desire to change abhorrent beliefs and behaviors needs to be encouraged and supported..One can only wonder what embedded traumas or educational insufficiencies would convince a person to resist reality and to instead create hellish fantasy worlds to live in with other hypnotized, colluding, and conspiring individuals.
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IT IS TIME TO GROW UP, AND STOP LYING TO EACH OTHER, AND TO YOURSELVES, Q’ANON, AND, MANY CURRENT TRUMP SUPPORTERS.
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Start learning how to love yourselves, and each other, stop creating false narratives that breed division and conflict where there is none, and the need for shame, lying, and deceit will eventually be dissolved.
Categories: Musings

Bruce

Presently, I am 67 years old, and I am learning how to live the life of a retired person. I am married to Sharon White, a retired hospice nurse, and writer. Whose Death Is It Anyway-A Hospice Nurse Remembers Sharon is a wonderful friend and life partner of nearly 30 years. We have three grandsons through two of Sharon's children. I am not a published writer or poet. My writings are part of my new life in retirement. I have recently created a blog, and I began filling it up with my writings on matters of recovery and spirituality. I saw that my blog contained enough material for a book, so that is now my new intention, to publish a book, if only so that my grandsons can get to know who their grandfather really was, once I am gone. The title for my first book will be: Penetrating The Conspiracy Of Silence, or, How I Lived Beyond My Expiration Date I have since written 7 more books, all of which are now posted on this site. I have no plans to publish any of them, as their material is not of general interest, and would not generate enough income to justify costs. I have taken a deep look at life, and written extensively about it from a unique and rarely communicated perspective. Some of my writing is from 2016 on to the present moment. Other writing covers the time prior to 1987 when I was a boy, then an addict and alcoholic, with my subsequent recovery experience, and search for "Truth". Others are about my more recent experiences around the subjects of death, dying, and transformation, and friends and family having the most challenging of life's experiences. There are also writings derived from my personal involvement with and insight into toxic masculinity, toxic religion, toxic capitalism, and all of their intersections with our leadere. These topics will not be a draw for all people, as such personal and/or cultural toxicities tends to get ignored, overlooked, or "normalized" by those with little time for insight, introspection, or interest in other people's points of view on these troubling issues. There also will be a couple of writings/musings about "GOD", but I try to limit that kind of verbal gymnastics, because it is like chasing a sunbeam with a flashlight. Yes, my books are non-fiction, and are not good reading for anybody seeking to escape and be entertained. Some of the writings are spiritual, philosophical and intellectual in nature, and some descend the depths into the darkest recesses of the human mind. I have included a full cross section of all of my thoughts and feelings. It is a classic "over-share", and I have no shame in doing so. A Master Teacher once spoke to me, and said "no teacher shall effect your salvation, you must work it out for yourself". "Follow new paths of consciousness by letting go of all of the mental concepts and controls of your past". This writing represents my personal work towards that ultimate end.