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royal

A thought for this Holy Week.

Crucifixion was not about execution; not really. There are much easier ways to accomplish that. It isn't even about torture, though it was torturous.

Crucifixion is a means of shaming someone into oblivion. It is an extreme form of bullying: one in which the Roman goons assert dominance by publicly degrading their victim to death.

There are several clues in the gospel stories that the shame of crucifixion was far worse than we imagine.

I say this not to dwell on suffering. But if you have suffered shame and degradation; if you have been disposed of and mocked and your reputation destroyed; you are in the best of company. They did this to Jesus. And the shaming of this righteous man is turned right back on his bullies in the crucifixion. The mirror Jesus holds up to our lives, that we might see ourselves more truly, now casts that shame back on them.

God is the bullied one, and the one who stands against all bullies. He endures even this for our sake; and in the end, his Father raises him from the grave to new life. He is vindicated. And in him, so are you.

#crucifixion#abuse#jesus
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JesseLex

The most frustrating thing about our nation today is that Trump's highest approval is regarding his deportations. He has 49% approval there.

Think about that. All the outrage that is being down about lack of due process, no warrants, and putting people into concentration camps, and roughly half the nation is cheering it on.

#Politics#Immigration#Immigrants
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Farhad

In a searing piece for The New #Arab, #Palestinian #journalist Abubaker Abed, from #Gaza, writes:

“For 538 days, I mistakenly believed that the #Muslim world would come to our aid… I ask you now: How can you rejoice while we are wrapped in shrouds? How can you wear your finest clothes while we are wrapped in shrouds? How can you enjoy sweets while the children in my neighbourhood draw food in the sand?”
mondoweiss.net/2025/04/gaza-is…

#Genocide #Israel #BDS #Shame #Politics #SaveGaza
@palestine @lebanon @israel

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WIST Quotations

A quotation from Lincoln

It really hurts me very much to suppose that I have wronged anybody on earth.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1858-10-13), Lincoln-Douglas Debate No. 6, Quincy, Illinois

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/3203…

WIST Quotations · Speech (1858-10-13), Lincoln-Douglas Debate No. 6, Quincy, Illinois - Lincoln, Abraham | WIST QuotationsIt really hurts me very much to suppose that I have wronged anybody on earth.
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WIST Quotations

A quotation from Molière

ELMIRE: However high the passion which inflames us,
   Still, to confess its power somehow shames us.
 
[Quelque raison qu’on trouve à l’amour qui nous dompte,
On trouve à l’avouer toujours un peu de honte.]

Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite [Le Tartuffe, ou L’Imposteur], Act 4, sc. 5 (1669) [tr. Wilbur (1963)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/moliere/76055/

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Francisca Sinn

This is absolutely wild, a massive & total failure by #CTV.

The fact that #RachelGilmore is incessantly targeted & harassed by right-wing, Poilievre supporting agitators & trolls *is* part of the election. The attacks on journalists, the misinformation, disinformation, threats & silencing is *in of itself* an important part of the news of the #election happening in #Canada right now & CTV, instead of reporting on it, has decided to duck for cover. #shame

mastodon.social/@CdnCurmudgeon

HT @tantramar

MastodonCanadian Curmudgeon (@CdnCurmudgeon@mastodon.social)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdPiBNiedQg "CTV cancelled my fact-checking segment on Fridays — after they reached out to me and they announced it — due to extreme right-wing backlash. "That backlash included a person from Pierre Poilievre’s team." #cdnpoli
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