I’m not feeling particularly funny or clever today. Rather than rant away, I’ll let some other people speak instead.
First, some advice.
Always avoid violence; in this age of charity and kindliness, the time has gone by for such things. Leave dynamite to the low and unrefined. — Mark Twain, Advice to Youth, 15 May 1882
We build a fire in a powder magazine, then double the fire department to put it out. We inflame wild beasts with the smell of blood, and then innocently wonder at the wave of brutal appetite that sweeps the land as a consequence. — Mark Twain, Speech, between October 5 and October 17, 1907
Violence is not a catalyst but a diversion. — Joseph Conrad
A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its business, cannot help making celebrities of the people who would destroy it. — Lewis H. Lapham
Nonviolence doesn't always work — but violence never does. — Isaac Asimov
Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
And now, a little commentary. This pair of quotes go together.
I abhor discrimination. The way I was raised was like most Hoosiers, with the golden rule, that you should do unto others what you'd have them do unto you. — Mike Pence
I abhor hypocrisy. — NotNowNotEver
A triplet (this could have been really long set, but I think you get the idea).
As a party, we are better to risk losing without Donald Trump than trying to win with him. Enough already with Mister Trump. — Lindsey Graham, August 2015
We cannot be a party that nominates someone who refuses to condemn white supremacists and the Ku Klux Klan. — Marco Rubio, 28th February, 2016
I abhor hypocrisy — NotNowNotEver
In defense of tRump: He really has shown a lot of promise — broken, impossible and empty.
Up the Resistance!
Memaliciousness
I’m getting lazy, so I’ll just cut and paste away. The regularly scheduled plea for readers. I’ve only had to make two memes so far. You have it within your power to make me work. If you spread the word about Evening Shade and your spreadee announces themselves in the comments, you will become eligible to receive your very, very special noprize of a meme of your very own. All you have to do is jump up and get out there and start carnival barking, cajoling, proselytizing (or pimping, if you are of an irreligious bent). You could even pester and push. Procrastination is not an option — it’s a way of life.
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