Spectre's Sayings Tumblelog

... Just some random stuff I find interesting: Catholicism, politics, D&D, Porsche, Humor

[irishironclad]

Congratulations. You are getting prayed for. Please do not resist.

[thelegendofsqam]

Reblog to pray for the person you reblogged this from whether they want it or not.

[why-bless-your-heart]

Christus Resurrexit!!!

[spectre]

Resurrexit sicut dixit, alleluia!

[renee-writer]

You're a 19 year old kid.

You are critically wounded and dying in the jungle somewhere in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam .

Its November 14, 1965 . LZ (landing zone) X-ray.

Your unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense from 100 yards away, that your CO (commanding officer) has ordered the MedEvac helicopters to stop coming in.

You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns and you know you're not getting out.

Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you'll never see them again.

As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.

Then - over the machine gun noise - you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter.

You look up to see a Huey coming in. But.. It doesn't seem real because no MedEvac markings are on it.

Captain Ed Freeman is coming in for you.

He's not MedEvac so it's not his job, but he heard the radio call and decided he's

flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire anyway.

Even after the MedEvacs were ordered not to come. He's coming anyway.

And he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 3 of you at a time on board.

Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses and safety. And, he kept coming back!! 13 more times!!

Until all the wounded were out. No one knew until the mission was over that the Captain had been hit 4 times in the legs and left arm.

He took 29 of you and your buddies out that day. Some would not have made it without the Captain and his Huey.

Medal of Honor Recipient, Captain Ed Freeman, United States Army, died at the age of 81, in Boise, Idaho.

I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing,Medal of Honor Winner Captain Ed Freeman.

Now... YOU pass this along.

Honor this real hero.

[glacialdrip]

Let no man be left behind. RIP Brother

[jollyrancher33]

Thank you....SIR!!!

[designchic75]

🥲❤️🇺🇸

[spectre]

OK, when did they change the spelling of "Psych!" to "SIKE"?

[howl224tgeundying]

Environment this, chemicals that, plastic straws and eggs.

Meanwhile the worst ecological disaster since the BP incident and now they not only tried to stay silent but are now trying to silence others about it.

[dryiffsrevitalizingtailholetonic]

Uhm the government is only evil and incompetent when there’s an R next to the President’s name and right now the letter is D, so the government is good, pure and looking out for us in all the right ways. Please get your facts straight before spreading disinformation.

[cheshireinthemiddle]

Lol i literally just reblogged a post commenting about how the media can just say "conservatives dont like this" to try and get people to ignore legitimate issues.

[siryouarebeingmocked]

[riflebrass]

When the story broke I saw a few leftists blaming this on Trump loosening regulations on the railroad. As soon as it came out that the restrictions he lifted were completely unrelated to what happened in Ohio that stopped really fast and now blaming this on the Democrats is being called in poor taste.

[spectre]

When Republicans screw up, that's the story. When Democrats screw up, the Republican response is the story.

[everkings]

oh god I have zero points, I am pointless and ancient and gentle 

[dduane]

1 point. The AOL email addy.

[theknightlywolfe]

I’m zero points old.

[xscreamingcicadax]

1, maybe 2.. No boom box and I feel like I had to deal with faxing something once? But I dont remember.

[takineko]

I’ve never navigated with a paper map because I was terrible at understanding how. So I only have 1 point.

[getawarrant]

0 points, almost forgot that we did have some encyclopedias when I was growing up. Admittedly, I only used a rotary phone like a couple times, it wasn’t a normal thing for me, and the typewriter was my mom’s and I never used it for school, just got to play around on it as a little kid.

[mornington-the-crescent]

1. Never had a MySpace.

[spectre]

1. Never had a MySpace account.

[catchymemes]

[jeters-stuff]

[perfectquote]

“Nobody ever really knows how much anyone else is hurting. You could be standing next to somebody who is completely broken and you wouldn’t even know it. That’s why you should always try to be kind.”

— thespilledquotes

[nebulously-burnished]

My edit

[spectre]

So, Italy has elected a centrist as their new Prime Minister, and as usual, the far left wackos in the media are showing their sexism by calling her "far-right" and "fascist."

[people-who-think-they-know-guns]

You’re right Shannon they should have let those men into their home and do what ever they wanted.

Fuck the nra and fuck that Moms demand action bitch.

[spectre]

[googlemenot-deactivated20230921]

[meatmensch]

y'all what is a movie from the 80s that is YOUR movie? like for whatever reason. it’s incredibly nostalgic, you love it a lot, it just makes you feel good, you connect deeply with it. basic answers welcome

[spectre]

Real Genius

[spectre]

Watch: British veteran ARRESTED by 5 cops for "homophobic" Facebook post that "caused someone anxiety"

Watch this ... it's almost hard to believe this is real:

[the-garbage-void-deactivated202]

I think the reason I find a lot of paladin type characters unsatisfying today, or just paragon types in general, is because a lot of the people who write these characters or who obsess over them have no real understanding of what being a good person actually requires.

The way a lot of these characters are written it's as if their own innate goodness somehow shields them from human error and vice, as if they were simply born with prettier souls than everyone else. Many writers will even go so far as to remove any mention of a higher power or divinity for these characters to answer to other than their own heart. Or if such concepts are mentioned, the divine will just meekly agree with whatever their supposed servant does instead of holding actual standards that their chosen is meant to follow. It implies that being Good is something you simply are.

This is a narcissist's idea of what holiness is; the fantasy that you can be heroic without effort or accountability. That if you simply do what you think is right that you cannot go wrong. This is a prideful mindset. I'd even go so far as to say a Satanic mindset because the worst people in history were the ones who convinced themselves that they were infallibly good. That they did not have to answer to anyone for their actions.

Good can sometimes be easy or come naturally. But not always. Being a good person requires choosing to do the right thing on a consistant basis, relentlessly, even in situations where it costs you something or where there is no reward for choosing it. It requires admitting that YOUR standards and values and desires are not the universal good, that your heart can and will lead you astray. It means accepting that there IS something bigger than yourself. It requires facing the ugliest parts of yourself again and again, the parts you most wish to ignore, and fighting them with tooth and nail. It means confessing to the existence of your worst sins and repenting of them. Being a truly good person first requires accepting that you are not one. It requires accepting that you are not God and submitting yourself to Him.

Being good is the hardest thing you can ever be and that is why I find so many of these modern "heroes" so bland and emotionally dishonest. There's no struggle. They have no vices to wrestle, no sins to atone for. They never suffer for their choice to pursue goodness or are tempted to abandon the quest. They never struggle. They never undergo the death to self. They are pseudo-saints that crown themselves themselves with glory instead of being crowned by The Supreme Good for their humility and love. They are fake heroes that are empty imitations of holy people at best and demonic caricatures of them at worst.

Virtue is not something you innately possess. It is something you submit to.

[that-catholic-shinobi]

“Don’t @ me” “y’all” “stay mad” are you black sweetie? Because otherwise stfu with your catholic ass disrespecting our way of speaking amongst friends. You are not our friend.

Y’all i’m finna be real wit you

I don’t care

[under-the-arch]

lol anon is big mad

[disgruntled-foreign-patriarch]

also cute for thinking they can "own" language.

[the-davest-of-uncles]

I'm from the South. We y'all everbody. Get over it.

[mornington-the-crescent]

I’m from the north. And until English develops a proper second-person-plural pronoun, “y’all” works just fine for me.

[spectre]

@mornington-the-crescent "You" has always been a proper second-person plural pronoun. It's the fact that it has to do double duty as a second-person singular pronoun too (ever since "thou" retired) that's the problem.