Your vlog is the best medicine in the world. Literally life saving . You should get the Nobel peace prize. You have stopped many crimes and wars BEFORE they began. Thank you! 🤪
Sadly, if we wait a few more months….. this delightful thought experiment may actually end in arrest! The GOP is fascist to the core and is being pandered to by the SCOTUS… we need the irreverence you are espousing! Thank You!
Thank you Bad Bunny, I played this album on my folks Stero after Sunday dinners with Grandma and Aunts and Uncles, cousins and friends after Church when I was 15 because it was So relatable And relevant for what was happening to my older friends or brothers of my classmates and the sons of my parents social circles. We had a big cozy family living room and I had that record all set to play as soon as they all retired to sit and converse after dinner . When I announced that I had a special record of a folk singer I had been introduced to they were receptive because my family Loved all kinds of muscle and I grew up in a household where diversity was encouraged instead of discouraged. They knew I was already a social activist at my school as well as participating in war moratorium and bringing home war vets who were definitely not the same gentle and open people they had been before their tours in Vietnam. Arllo was Brilliant to write and compose a story put to s singalong tune about getting drafted and I had just lost my first summer love when his letter arrived to inform him his number had been picked i was horrified And heartbroken at the thought of this 150 ib Boy going to boot camp and possibly ending up in the jungles of Nam.
He became a medic after claiming consciousencious object-oriented, and paid dearly for it during his training at a southern boot camp.
He Also came home as a broken and drug dependant veteran of an immoral as they all are, war.
As my family sat in silence , patiently listening to Arlo sing and recite his tale of woes and dread, smiles appeared, toes and fingers began tapping, and near the end of my sneaky DJ capture, singing broke out around the room as we all sang along with Arlo in two part harmony just like he asked his audience to..Good Times-Bad Times we've always had our share, but this Surreal Trump regime is about as bad as it gets for All all us Americans. Your reminder of m first conflict with authoritarian government divisiveness gives me hope that we Shall overcome this one together if we just keep listening to the music that keeps us singing and dancing together Peace ✌️
Sounds like your summer love was given a 1-A-O draft classification, which was what most draft boards tried to force on objectors. That allowed them to be drafted into noncombatant roles (mostly medic). And unfortunately, boot camp and Vietnam were hell for most all of them.
I managed to get the 1-O which meant I couldn't be grabbed by the military but still called up to serve in venues like mental hospitals. In short, the system was rigged to make your life miserable if you insisted on not having to go kill random strangers. The war ended before my number came up.
Add to your offenses the now banned use of the words: climate change, green energy, emissions, clean/dirty energy, tax credits. There will likely be more additions to the list.
So, let's figure this out. According to Trump, Democrats are Antifa. Exactly why, then, would they have been at January 6, rioting to overturn the results of an election that Democrats won?
Sharp writing, but discernment reminds us that wit without grounding risks collapsing into performance. Declaring yourself “illegal” for opposing fascism makes for satire, not substance. The Constitution still stands, and human decency doesn’t require theater to be real. Courage is holding to principle without exaggeration; collapse is mistaking drama for proof.
Your vlog is the best medicine in the world. Literally life saving . You should get the Nobel peace prize. You have stopped many crimes and wars BEFORE they began. Thank you! 🤪
Sadly, if we wait a few more months….. this delightful thought experiment may actually end in arrest! The GOP is fascist to the core and is being pandered to by the SCOTUS… we need the irreverence you are espousing! Thank You!
Actually im so inspired by this that I’m heading out right now to turn myself in for being guilty as charged!!!
Can you imagine?
If a few hundred thousand;
Or a few million, did this?
It would be a sort of;
dystopian Alice's Restaurant.
Priceless, I can't wait for part 2 !
Waiting with baited breath for Part II. (LOVE THIS!)
"And friends, somewhere in Washington
enshrined in some little folder, is a
study in black and white of my fingerprints.
"And the only reason I'm singing you this
song now is cause you may know
somebody in a similar situation, or you
may be in a similar situation, and if you're
in a situation like that there's only one thing
you can do ...
"And that's walk into the shrink wherever
you are, just walk in say "Shrink, you
can get anything you want, at Alice's restaurant."
... and walk out.
"You know, if one person, just one person
does it they may think he's really sick and
they won't take him. And if two people,
two people do it, in harmony, they may think
they're both f****ts and they won't take
either of them.
"And three people do it, three, can you
imagine, three people walking in,
singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and
walking out. They may think it's an
organization.
"And can you, can you imagine fifty people
a day, I said fifty people a day walking in,
singin' a bar of Alice's Restaurant and
walking out. And friends,
THEY MAY THINK IT'S A MOVEMENT.
Thank you Bad Bunny, I played this album on my folks Stero after Sunday dinners with Grandma and Aunts and Uncles, cousins and friends after Church when I was 15 because it was So relatable And relevant for what was happening to my older friends or brothers of my classmates and the sons of my parents social circles. We had a big cozy family living room and I had that record all set to play as soon as they all retired to sit and converse after dinner . When I announced that I had a special record of a folk singer I had been introduced to they were receptive because my family Loved all kinds of muscle and I grew up in a household where diversity was encouraged instead of discouraged. They knew I was already a social activist at my school as well as participating in war moratorium and bringing home war vets who were definitely not the same gentle and open people they had been before their tours in Vietnam. Arllo was Brilliant to write and compose a story put to s singalong tune about getting drafted and I had just lost my first summer love when his letter arrived to inform him his number had been picked i was horrified And heartbroken at the thought of this 150 ib Boy going to boot camp and possibly ending up in the jungles of Nam.
He became a medic after claiming consciousencious object-oriented, and paid dearly for it during his training at a southern boot camp.
He Also came home as a broken and drug dependant veteran of an immoral as they all are, war.
As my family sat in silence , patiently listening to Arlo sing and recite his tale of woes and dread, smiles appeared, toes and fingers began tapping, and near the end of my sneaky DJ capture, singing broke out around the room as we all sang along with Arlo in two part harmony just like he asked his audience to..Good Times-Bad Times we've always had our share, but this Surreal Trump regime is about as bad as it gets for All all us Americans. Your reminder of m first conflict with authoritarian government divisiveness gives me hope that we Shall overcome this one together if we just keep listening to the music that keeps us singing and dancing together Peace ✌️
Sounds like your summer love was given a 1-A-O draft classification, which was what most draft boards tried to force on objectors. That allowed them to be drafted into noncombatant roles (mostly medic). And unfortunately, boot camp and Vietnam were hell for most all of them.
I managed to get the 1-O which meant I couldn't be grabbed by the military but still called up to serve in venues like mental hospitals. In short, the system was rigged to make your life miserable if you insisted on not having to go kill random strangers. The war ended before my number came up.
"Some folks are born made to wave the flag
Hoo, they're red, white and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief"
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord"
Love the idea, I’ve apologized to everyone on Substack for being an Antifa member, everyone should join me in this confession… nicely executed Rook!
And I’m so inspired that I’m heading out right now to turn myself in for being guilty as charged!!!
So fucking proud to be a WOKE, Feminist, ANTIFA, member. LOLOLOL
Add to your offenses the now banned use of the words: climate change, green energy, emissions, clean/dirty energy, tax credits. There will likely be more additions to the list.
Brilliant! Thank you!
I am hoping millions of people wear tshirts saying I’m ‘Antifascist’ on No Kings Day. Millions and millions.
working on a sign: old white hippie still hates fascist pigs
OMG!!! LOL!!! That’s the funniest sh*t I’ve heard today!!!!🤣🤣
Thank you for making me laugh at the most ignorant administration there has ever been!!!
Next thing you know it will be illegal to fart!!!
Um...yeeaaah. I believe there is a bill being proposed that. 😏✊😎
So, let's figure this out. According to Trump, Democrats are Antifa. Exactly why, then, would they have been at January 6, rioting to overturn the results of an election that Democrats won?
"Somewhere, the printer made a noise like it was trying to get out of this too."...hilarious!
Sharp writing, but discernment reminds us that wit without grounding risks collapsing into performance. Declaring yourself “illegal” for opposing fascism makes for satire, not substance. The Constitution still stands, and human decency doesn’t require theater to be real. Courage is holding to principle without exaggeration; collapse is mistaking drama for proof.
Great! Yes, inspire everyone to confess. Overwhelm them with guilt. 8647... Thanks from Australia!
I’m already so inspired that I’m actually heading out right now to turn myself in! I just can’t carry the burden of being antifa any longer!
Good luck. Please let us know what happens. Record it on audio or video if possible.
Oh, Rook, you scamp!