Faith heels

 

The calendar says 2023 but in Florida it's 1692 and demons are prowling everywhere.  At yet another hearing about yet another piece of hate legislation, state representative Webster Barnaby -- a name right out of The Crucible -- proclaimed trans people "demons and imps" from another part of the universe, and all over another silly regulation about bathrooms.  It's called the Safety in Private Spaces Act, which sounds like they want to break down the doors of private homes.  Surely rest rooms are public spaces, if that concept even exists in Florida anymore.  When it passes, as it surely must, DeSantis should sign it in front of a row of urinals, his natural habitat.

Could it get nuttier?  Always.  Mayor Jane Castor of Tampa thought it would be a good thing to invite Taylor Swift, who has sold gabillions of records, to receive the key to the city and serve as Honorary Mayor for a day.  This kind of harmless boosterism has been going on for at least a century, but yesterday it hit a snag:  Apparently Swift is a witch who performs "Satanic rituals" as part of her current tour underwritten by the Illuminati instead of some brewery or record label.  According to some very concerned Florida Christians, that is.

Also a feature for a very long time, if not a century, is the way-over-the-top stage show with lasers and pyrotechnics and scary beasts.  As for instance Pink Floyd 1990:

Suddenly it's time to Satanic Panic:  "Satan and his follower do not hide anymore it is all out in the open," tweets Gerald Mirabal, too horrified to punctuate.  That Swift supports both abortion and LGBTQ rights may play some small role in this.  Of Roger Waters, on the other hand, the less said the better.  Anyway, Mayor Castor is a Democrat and is therefore on the escalator to hell already.

Christianity is everywhere under assault, which makes me wonder how it survives.  If you made a pilgrimage to Trevignano Romano in Italy to see the statue of the Virgin which weeps tears of blood, you'll be dismayed to hear that "The Saint," the woman who relayed the BVM's messages like a latter-day Delphic oracle, has skipped town following the revelation that the tears were actually pig blood.  Yeah, and the bones in Thomas Becket's grave in Canterbury also belonged to an animal but that didn't keep generations of believers from making the trip.  Chaucer got a poem out of it, I believe.  Where's your faith, people?  You stop supporting charlatans because of a little science?  This is why so many Americans are working to get rid of science, especially the medical kind.

Take Matt Gaetz.  Please.  Another product of Florida, naturally, the Big Giant Head went on a rant yesterday following Monday's mass shooting in Louisville.  Oh, I forgot, there was a mass shooting in Louisville.  No trans people involved.  Anyway, Gaetz comes down on the mental illness explanation for why Connor Sturgeon legally purchased an AR-15 (God save it!) before opening up at the bank where he worked.  It seems the Democrats, in conjunction with the saucer people Big Pharma, have unleashed "mind-altering drugs" in order to kill real Americans, i.e., straight white people who work in banks.  (Rick Scott says one of the victims was a friend of his, so, you know.)  On his podcast -- good grief, does every asshole have a podcast? -- he explained that the Democrats are telling trans people they're under attack and must kill Republicans.  I think Gaetz may be one mass shooting behind here but it's easy to lose track.  His proof was a voicemail he says he got threatening to kill him if he doesn't stop "coming for the gays."  

In short, there's evil everywhere.  Don't let down your guard, especially around those drag queens.  Burn a book for Jesus.  Keep your mind empty and pure.  Go, the post is ended.