Timothy Snyder (On Tyranny) writes about “Modern revenge culture, explained by Mrs. and Mr. Alito.”
Here are the Alitos as caught on recordings: Mr. and Mrs.
An aside: the Sacred Heart flag that Mrs. Alito would like to fly is widely understood as a counter to the pride flag. A cursory search will confirm that. See, for instance, a comment left on a webpage selling a Sacred Heart flag.
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
The Alitos and revenge
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Her comment about wanting to put up a flag to counter the pride flag is just so... awful. She "has to look at" the pride flag for a month. How terrible!
Chris Hayes, I think it was, though it may have been Alex Wagner or Rachel Maddow, pointed out that the "shame" flag Mrs. Alito was fantasizing about is meant to be the opposite of "pride."
I hadn't understood that, somehow: I just heard her saying "Shame!" to all of us for our godless ways or whatever, but I think whichever MSNBC person it was who said that is correct. She hates the idea of Pride, as in LGBTQ+ Pride, and instead thinks it should be Shame. And set on fire, too.
I have to wonder why she reached for the Italian for”shame.” Something her Italian-American husband mutters?
I think it’s important to know that the flag she wants to fly in June is hardly an idiosyncratic choice. Like the Appeal to Heaven flag, it has a meaning widely understood. Heart vs. LGBQT+. I think Jesus would weep.
I don't have a flag pole. But if I did, I could fly both a catholic heart flag and a pride flag.
I see that when people are talking about folks grouching about returning to being a Christian country, they seem to not know that when Jefferson said not to have an official religion, and folks said "OK, no denominations, but could we vaguely say a Christian religion?"then he replied no, we must not even do that. Strange how the founding fathers were so smart compared to us today.
Strange too how they could be so idealistic and yet so aware of human weakness, building in checks and balances without being cynical.
I've seen just two upside-down flags here in downstate Illinois — two tiny ones placed at the entrance to a driveway I see on my everyday walking route. I’m waiting to find out what I do if I pass them when the householder is outside.
To adapt William Blake, There is no national [he wrote natural] religion. :)
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