Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/04/05/marjorie-taylor-greene-eclipse-a-sign-god-wants-america-to-repent.html
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Funny how the people that say natural events are signs “we” need to change, never think it’s a sign that they should change
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Yup. The follow-up should be “So Ms. Greene, are you planning to repent?”
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We’ve known that this eclipse was going to happen for a very long time, so I’d say that it would be one hell of a sign if it didn’t happen.
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It’s quite telling that God seems to be signaling, by way of the eclipse, to the people of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana, and Ohio, all those peoples who are currently swinging into the Republican end of the spectrum… to repent of their ways. HMMM…!!
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Convenient eclipses are a staple of imperialist literature
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I’d compare her to an ignorant Middle Ages bumpkin, but the whole “Dark Ages” angle has been pretty well criticized and debunked. If anything, the Dark Ages are happening right now, when people like MTG go to extremes to remain dimwitted, superstitious and ignorant- despite having easy, virtually unlimited access to knowledge and tools that medieval peasants could never have even dreamed of.
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Boy, all these different predictable, natural/entirely man-made events that are being held up as “God’s will” that e.g. Biden should leave office. Gosh, good thing there wasn’t any sort of Biblical event during Trump’s time as president that could be interpreted the same way!
The sun rose at the expected time this morning - surely this is a sign God wants America to repent! Or eat more cheese. One or the other, definitely.
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All hail the Sun Goddess!
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EmptyG may have just realized this eclipse was coming, but the rest of us knew about it centuries ago. And the earthquake? What does she think God has against New Jersey? If God really wanted to punish New York for not voting Republican, His aim must suck.
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The earthquake was a sign of God’s displeasure with Trump’s latest malarkey, but MTG wants to distract people from that realisation.
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okay. no problem. we can do this.
MTG, if fire streak across the sky apr 21/22, then that is god’s judgement. he thinks you are a woman of ill repute.
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Yet that pandemic thing when Trump was in charge was… not a sign of anything, at all?
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Can she wait until Monday evening though? Would be a shame if she repented and God cancelled the eclipse. I live right in the path of totality and don’t want to miss it.
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We didn’t realize that “representative government” meant that absolute fucking morons would also have to be represented. And I have to admit, she’s perfect for the role.
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The irony being that the Inca could predict at least certain eclipses, while obviously MTG thinks they’re magic!
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Hahaha that can’t be tru…
Looks at the map and sees the eclipse path go straight through rural western NY
Nevermind
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The take-home message from ‘King Solomon’s Mines’ is that if you really need to venture into hitherto-uncolonised regions of Africa, organise your trip around upcoming lunar eclipses.
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