BevoAbyss

The level of USA-fascist-Nazi denial in here is astronomical. That fascist dildo of consequences is gonna get y'all. With terms such as "authoritarianism," I can tell a many of y'all read and believe the liberal sacred text -- the holy New York Times. The correct terms are Christian fascist dictatorship or fascist theocracy. Y'all fail to realize that the entire existential function of the Times is keep the liberal intelligentsia in line -- to keep you in line, to narrow down the range of approved of intellectual thought, to believe in American Exceptionalism to justify American Empire. (I said this to a NYT exec who was a friend of mine and it cost a friendship -- and seats in the NYTimes corporate box for the US Open Tennis Tournament. Bummer. But I did get to see a Federer final from the box. That was very cool)

I forgot to add: Hitler and Trump: Millions of blind ass apologists and denialists, like you and many others on this board.

For those who think there are no parallels. I literally put this together in about 30 minutes while eating a sandwich for lunch. Ran out of room on the PPT slide. Feel free to add to the list.

Nietzsche saw it coming. A single sentence to summarize the fanatical religious fascist cult of Trump.

Dude. Get a grip and learn to read and comprehend what I wrote. Increased apathy toward the football team is not "hate." MAGA is hate. -- My apathy is about hardly giving a shit because of the cognitive dissonance and doublethink required to support the team. It is becoming impossible to reconcile being a fan with the obvious UT-SEC move to a region dominated by cultural fascism. It is what it is. And Fascist Cheerleader Frank Drebin loves that! -- Now, if y'all fellow liberals want to look away and still cheer, that's your right. As for Quinn and Arch, they are supporting a fascist misogynist patriarchal anti-science political party that is demonstrably hurting women and soon will be hurting Latinos all across America, plus the LGBTQIA communities and many more to come. -- If these jocks are too dumb to know that, then it seems like a complete fucking educational failure at UT. -- I am betting that the team is filled with MAGA boys, along with the Athletic Department. The political and educational situation is no longer about reasonable discussions between Dems and Republicans. Time's up for #bothsides. This is about facing a full-on fascist regime. We are fighting for the future of any kind of sanity and democracy in America. If y'all can look the other way and want to cheer those dudes, go ahead. I'm increasingly opting out. I have zero desire to watch UT play the Gators from Ground Zero Trump World.

Good for you. Don't go. For all y'all who cheered on the move to the SEC SEC SEC but voted for Kamala -- it seems to me the Trump victory is a dildo of consequences. After all, UT joined the SEC Confederacy, ground zero for MAGA fascism. UT made the bed with Trump-MAGA world, now we gotta lie in it. The move to the SEC was a post-BLM alignment mandated by Abbott, Eltife, etc. Hartzell and CDC are lackeys carrying the water. No surprise Quinn and Arch are Trumpers .... Quinn spewing out Jesus quotes in every post interview out front should have told ya. Arch from SEC world is the clue for him. I would not be surprised to learn that 80-90% of the Athletic Department is MAGA, from CDC on down. I don't know, but would not be surprised. My interest in UT football is falling fast to near zero.

Not much .... across 25 years. Just a long-time writer (books, essays), artist, sometimes public intellectual .... Even been quoted a few times in the holy New York Times. But I'm not famous, just small fry compared to TED talkers, social media influencers, fascist podcasters, celeb writers, etc. Just doing my fucking best to creatively engage and enlighten people. In public arenas. Politics is not my speciality, mine is art and philosophy. But I've been warning liberals for 30 years about the dangers of Republicans+religion only to be told I am an alarmist. Time, and time again. I have failed in that goal. This nation just not believe that unchecked religious power is a problem. But, I am out in the public and trying. Not just a trash talking keyboard warrior.

With all due respect, this is very naive. It is astounding that otherwise smart people do not realize that Trump 2 is an Extinction Event. We are finished as a secular democracy. We are literally handing the nation and rule of law over to a bunch of fascist thugs and incels, led a Mob Boss Mussolini. We are giving the nation over to a criminal dictator. And no one with power is doing a damn thing to stop it. No one! The US is in the Weimar America stage, not in every detail, but in essentials. From mass deportations to concentration camps to far worse to come. The US is a now Christian Fascist state. The apparatus for total domination is being assembled right before our eyes. The ACLU is supposedly ready with all kinds of lawsuits And I am sure the Top Shelf Surly law dogs will correct me and explain how the inexorable Wheels of Justice will still save us.

The Biden administration ... however well-intended ... will go down in history as an abject failure for not dealing with Trump and all the January 6 actors. Merrick Garland had time to go after Google, but not the Fascist Mob Boss Mussolini of America. -- We can assume that Garland and Harris (a former "tough" prosecutor) were following orders from Biden. -- Of course, MAGA would still be around. But the FAFO would be huge. -- After all, what the hell was the purpose of the Jan 6 hearings in Summer 2022? In the end, a complete and total failure.

There ain't no creature on the entirety of Planet Earth more smug and condescending than those Christians waltzing out of the megachurches on Sunday in Texas -- thinking they are on the fast track to eternity in their invisible God's palace. .... all the while, they make the lives of young women a nightmare and support mass deportation, Christian fascist rule, and environmental destruction. Houston underwater from global warming -- with the Big Oil skyscrapers and mighty megachurch steeples poking from the sea -- will be the ultimate dildo of consequences.

I am already hearing from friends on the East Coast ..... Trump signs are now being posted high up on utility poles in LIBERAL urban neighborhoods. -- Posted very high so signs cannot be taken down except with very tall ladder. -- The symbolism is obvious. But y'all keep on truce seeking. (Modified scene from War of the Worlds)

This morning, I gave a guest lecture for an art class at a large university in a big city. The topic had to do with art and technology, which fit the prof's syllabus. (The date had been set since the summer). We probably should have moved it back, given the outcome of the election. But the prof thought my talk would be a nice break from all the politics. Let me tell you what I saw: I walked into a medium-sized lecture hall at 9:15am. 60-70 students. Most all the student's faces were filled with sadness, grief, distraught, and looked just flat beaten. -- Especially the female students. It was beyond grief, beyond fear ... perhaps a catatonic state of resignation of the coming HORROR. It was a SHOCKING scene. One that I will NEVER ever forget. The (untenured) prof had told me the university has a policy about being neutral on political discussions (in case I said anything). I did not want to get the prof in trouble, but I could not ignore what was before my eyes. After I got the podium and put on my remote mic, I said something to the effect of: "Hi everyone, I can tell you are deeply saddened. I feel it too. My girlfriend and I have barely slept the last two nights ... she is numb, distraught, and sometimes in tears. As we all know ... something important happened on Tuesday. "I am told that the university has a policy of being neutral in political discussions. Sorry, but that is utterly impossible. (Immediately, several women began instinctively nodding their heads in agreement. Some dudes, too.) "Now, I do not want to get your professor in trouble. Let me just say this: "I am against everything going down in this country since Tuesday night. And I mean EVERYTHING! -- (Yes, I shouted a bit .... and this seemed to break through the catatonic state. Some faces changed expression. Others sat up, etc. It was clearly something they did expect to hear ... especially from a white dude possibly around the age of their parents/uncles, etc "This is horrifying, terrifying, insane, and beyond belief. But, this era was not unforeseen. As many writers and thinkers have noted, Fight Club was a key warning 25 years ago. This danger has been building. I am sorry the news media and other institutions have failed to alert you and society to the dire danger now surrounding us. Just know I get your sadness and I am going to do my best against this world for a better future? How, in my works, I am not sure. But, we must be creative in thinking about how to save your future." (far from a perfect little speech, but it was the best I had without getting prof in trouble. The students need to know the system is insane.) I then proceeded to my talk, which went great, but Q&A was kinda subdued. Not surprising. If you had seen the faces of the students, especially the females, you would know there is: NO FUCKING TRUCE Not here, not anywhere. (No, I do not have any quick solutions, there are none. But, I am certain there no kind of intellectual-philosophical truce possible. None. You don't bargain your soul with fascists.)

Hey, look: It's a thread where everyone can kumbaya themselves to the fact that they are living in a Christian Misogynist Fascist Nation-State. Lulz. Brisket and I (and some others) warned y'all of this.

Oh, I agree 100%. It still makes sad that this is the all-too-real situation -- that there is so much hate directed toward each other among UT alums.

Y'all should know where I stand on these issues. I am 100% against fascism, Trump, MAGA. Always been over the edge, past brisket. But let me also say this, something I wanted to say in here for a long time: That University of Texas alums talk to each other like this makes me sad. Very sad. I deeply love everything that UT has provided me with for my education and my career. I always felt, wrongly and naively it seems, that UT alums would all share a common and friendly bond because of our great university. But religion, billionaires, propaganda, politics, legacy media, and social media have destroyed that possibility. It all makes me deeply sad. Just know this: If I am driving down the highway and I see a car with flat tire (or broken down) and that car has a Longhorn sticker, I am 100% stopping to offer help. No questions asked. And when the tired is changed or the tow truck arrives, and we part ways, I will say to that Longhorn: Hook'em.

Sad? Why? Hell, they already own the Supreme Court for decades. They got Roe overturned, a Reagan era dream. Bush's "faith based" policies are now all MAGA. Another Trump win and they get to implement their Christian 2025 Gilead wet dream. And don't forget the tax cuts for billionaires. (as they crash the economy). Looks like a lot of Reagan era to me.

Nah ... Trump was racist and fascist in 2016 and 2020. Just because you didn't see it, does not mean Trump was not a fascist. All that was needed was to truly open your eyes and mind and know some history. -- People in my artsy-intellectual circles were saying he was fascist -- Mussolini style -- during the 2016 campaign. I was saying it in 2016. Almost no one believed us. -- 99.99999% of American were in denial. Hell, even today, the vast overwhelming majority of Americans, media, and pundits are in denial. "Trump is a fascist" is not said in the polite worlds of legacy, mainstream media, corporate boardrooms, art museum cocktail parties, church socials, and so on. -- In 2016, the American Exceptionalism myth blinded everyone, still does for most. The Apprentice Show was a BS smoke screen "You're Fired!!" was code for "Fuck You! I am a dictator." -- in 2020, Trump was leading a mass death campaign -- via Covid -- and no one was saying it is fascist. But it was. Don't forget, the early deaths were in heavily populated urban Democratic areas. Since 2016, Trump has been continually acting like a fascist dictator... mostly baby steps beginning in 2016. Well, let's see no one is stopping me, so let's ramp it up into 2020 and beyond. No one has stopped him yet, so he's dialed up to full-on Fascist, 100% all the time. -- Musk was watching all this and said, why not, I will publicly be the fascist I am on the inside. Bottom line: Trump is a fascist, was a fascist, and will always be a fascist -- by any dictionary definition. The larger problem is why so much of America refused to believe what is right before their eyes. And now it might be too late.

Jane Goodall is absolute greatness! Top 5 of the most important scientists of past 100 years. That Jane Goodall editorial about apes/humans was filmed 56 years ago. It was called Planet of the Apes. One of the most profound and prophetic sci-fi films of all time.

About Republicans voting for Harris. Anecdotal, but interesting story: Last night, I got a call from a friend in Baltimore for a business trip last and visiting family over the weekend. He told me the following: Was in a cafe/coffeehouse near his hotel. Two 65-ish men sat down at the table next to him. They were "Republicans for Harris." -- They did canvassing for Harris among Republicans in PA. Optimistic about what they saw. -- Had "Republicans for Harris" signs in car window. Said that 90% of driver responses were positive, though they said 5-6 Trumper-MAGAs were pissed and shot them the finger and yelled at them. -- They told my friend that they expect 10-11% of Republicans to vote for Harris nationwide. So, here is my question, followed by a comment. Question: If Harris gets 10% of Republicans, how does she not win in a landslide? Are the polls not considering the "R for Harris" voters? Comments: That also means 90% of Republican voters are voting for a Christian fascist dictatorship. Come on Surly Republicans and conservatives, tell me how this is going away after Trump? I'll answer. It is not going away. -- The Republican Party is a Christian Fascist party. They want to end secular democracy. END OF STORY.

If Kamala wins, I sure as hell ain't partying at lame ass Chili's. I imagine Brinker Corp is run by a bunch of Trump-loving MBA pricks. Probably lots of SMU grads. Win or lose, I am going to an immigrant-owned Mexican restaurant and chow on some great food, washed down with tequila.

So Joe Rogan endorsed Trump. Just another Musk-loving Bro Fascist. I'm glad Kamala blew him off. Fuck that fascist.

Spot on. Only they have been telling us for 532 years, since the genocide began in 1492. It's only a surprise to those who have had Christianity literally baked into their consciousness from birth by Mommy, Daddy, Grandma, Grandpa, neighbors, the local church, free pass from media, and so on. They are completely brainwashed, but have no idea, because of the religious environment all around them.

If that Selzer Iowa poll is correct, then it's clear to me: It's not that male pollsters can't see a clear winner. It is that they don't understand most women... especially about Roe. In other words, typical men.

History says, yeah, they are real Christians. Violence and death are a feature, not a bug of "fake" Christians. The "peace" you enjoy now is the anomaly--after 400 years of "freedom seeking" Christians and their capitalist brethren from Europe waging a genocidal war across North, Central, South America and wiping all opposition to Christian capitalist empire. -- Killing tens of millions of indigenous peoples, literally 96% died from 1492-1900. History shows that when Christians (and most religions of the world) have total power, they kill and kill and kill. To purify, to cleanse, to subjugate "sinners" in the name of God, Bible, and a BS concept of "freedom." Colonize, conquer, and convert those left alive. And tell them they are living in "freedom," all the time. How many brown people of a different religion died from W's (a "good Christian" prez) post-9/11 War in Iraq and Afghanistan in name of "freedom"? 4-5 million. Not only mass death, but W authorized a torture regime. Unchecked, MAGA will do the same. Mass deportation will only be the beginning. The only reason any of the endless Surly religious apologists are Christians is because all those supposed "good" Christian ancestors waged a genocide and seized continents y'all live on.

Okay. So you say they are "stupid" but not racist. Then how about enablers of racist mass deportation. Is that better? Sorry, but times up for excuses and apologia. Democracy, however imperfect, is at stake. For the record, my brother and I hardly ever talk or text (except when UT is stomping OU) anymore. -- That's because's he's Houston Oil & Gas MAGA bro and I'm not. Says his vote for Trump is all about O&G for America. BS. This makes me very sad. -- But, I refuse to normalize or sanction those views from any friends/family ... when they look away and ignore the sheer destruction of democracy by Trump-MAGA.. -- In 2016, maybe. Not anymore. I simply do not allow MAGA-GQP-Trump supporters in my life ... for the same reason I do not allow Nazis or skinhead punkers. I am sad about the situation with my brother, but I am overall happier because I am doing the right thing -- to stay sane in an insane world. As I posted a couple of days ago: