When Fighting Monsters…

As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork, being shared by an acquaintance, and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

“I’ve been separated from my parents!”
“Because of Trump’s Nazi border policy, right?”
“No, they got caught with a plastic straw!”

My Commentary: Well, that’s awkward…

Virtue-Signaling Isn’t About Moral Consistency

I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…

Laura and George Bush with Michelle and Barack Obama

Ralph Nader Asks Former First Ladies: Why No “Heartfelt Concern for Tens of Thousands of Children Killed or Seriously Maimed” by Their Husbands’ Wars?:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/06/22/ralph-nader-asks-former-first-ladies-why-no-heartfelt-concern-tens-thousands

(Andrea Germanos) Noted consumer advocate and author Ralph Nader on Friday offered a sharp retort to Laura Bush and Michelle Obama in response to the former first ladies levied criticism at the Trump administration’s cruel immigration policy that separated immigrant children from their families.

“Would be nice if Laura Bush and Michelle Obama had expressed similar heartfelt concern for the tens of thousands of children killed or seriously maimed by the wars of their husbands in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere,” he tweeted.

(Read entire article here…)

My Commentary: Because virtue signaling isn’t about moral consistency, or justice… It’s about public displays of manufactured outrage.

Lectured by a Child-Murdering Lizard on the Merits of Compassion

I originally posted the following information and commentary to my Facebook wall…

Colin Kaepernick, of the San Francisco 49ers, kneeling during the National Anthem, in protest of police brutality and racism

Colin Kaepernick, of the San Francisco 49ers, kneeling during the National Anthem, in protest of police brutality and racism in America

Obama Asks Kaepernick to Think About Pain He’s Causing Military Families:
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/obama-colin-kaepernick-anthem-228880

() President Barack Obama wants Colin Kaepernick to think about the pain he’s causing military families the next time he takes a knee during the national anthem.

(Read entire article here…)

My Commentary: *sigh* Nothing like being lectured by a lizard on the merits of compassion!

Why doesn’t this child-murdering war-pig think about the pain he is causing the human race** with his Crimes against humanity?

**(those of us who actually place value on innocent human life)

Even the military doesn’t seem very pleased with their orders…

US Military Suicides Rates Remain Stubbornly High for 7th Year:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/04/01/us-military-suicides-remain-stubbornly-high/82518278/

Triggered by Military-Themed Meme

The following correspondence originally took place on my Facebook wall, upon my post, “But… Muh ‘Orders’!”…

Rayn: But, muh orders!

“Killed your family… It’s okay, though, because I was ordered to”

Morgan S.: come one naw..

Morgan S.: please remember you have a servicemen as family.

But… Muh “Orders”!

As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “V is for Voluntary,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

“Killed your family… It’s okay, though, because I was ordered to”

My Commentary: But, muh orders!