The Language of Abuse

If Men Were Angels

Put Them in Trauma

The testosterone-laden TheoBros, Christofascist Patriarchy was on full display.

“If Men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and the next place, oblige it to control itself.” ― James Madison: Federalist No. 51

Leading up to 2025, we were given straightforward descriptions of what was coming. The testosterone-laden TheoBros, Christofascist Patriarchy was on full display. Project 2025 was published and available for anyone to read. The Madison Square Garden Rally was a Patriarchal blowout of anger, vitriol and White Nationalists men who whined about how they “lost power.”

These are the abusers, they use the language of abuse. If you grew up with abuse, you recognize this for what it is. Mixed messages and all-out insanity. You fell on your bike and skinned your knee. You run into the house crying, the skin on your knee is gone and blood is dripping down your leg. The abuser looks at you and tells you, “There is nothing wrong. What are you crying about?” Days later, you were told to carry the laundry basket upstairs and you forgot. Your abuser tells you, “What the fuck is wrong with you? How can you be so stupid?”

This is abuse, it creates trauma. You can see the blood, it is real. But the abuser gaslights you into thinking that nothing is wrong. You forgot to do a simple chore, and you are told you are defective.

“Over a span of five decades, tens of thousands of people, mostly Jews and Muslims, were persecuted. Some 2000 were burnt at the stake. Approximately 40,000 Jews were evicted from Spain. “I am guilty of only one crime. . . that of being too merciful,” Torquemada is reported to have said.” --Russell Vought: American Torquemada

I recently wrote about the most dangerous Christian Nationalist of them all, Russell Vought. Vought (whom James Bruno calls “American Torquemada”) is the chief architect of Project 2025. Vought is an abuser. His self-proclaimed agenda for the people in the U.S. government is to “Put Them in Trauma.”

Only a sadistic and emotionally damaged person would intentionally want to traumatize another human being. These abusers are damaged, and they are abusers because they themselves are victims of abuse. Untreated trauma victims.

“Whenever I see Russell Vought’s face at a hearing or giving a speech, I get the shivers. Cold. Heartless. Calculating. Soulless. The stone mask that is his face. The Arctic gaze that reflects no humanity.” --Russell Vought: American Torquemada

The long history of Evangelical abuse is manifesting now in Project 2025. Generations of patriarchal abuse, both physical and sexual, have created a small minority of people that are severely wounded psychologically and have denied their own abuse and done nothing to work on their own trauma. Like a junkie in need of a fix, they have no control over their damaged psyches and the need to hurt other people. The psychological term for this is Repetition Compulsion.

The country is now in the hands of a small group untreated trauma victims, living out the Evangelical epidemic of abuse.

In Federalist No. 51, James Madison outlined the need for the nascent country to have distinct separation of powers.

There’s Nothing Like Hard Power

“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.” ― Lao Tzu

The title above comes from newly minted head of the U.S. military, Pete Hegseth. We could swap out the word ‘power’ for ‘liquor’ and it may more accurately describe Hegseth’s logic.

Hegseth is a Christian Nationalist, a product of abuse and is himself an abuser. An abuser of alcohol, of women and clearly of other humans given his stance on Ukraine. He is the progeny of Christian Nationalist, patriarchal abuse.

It’s important to distinguish that while Christian Evangelical sexual abuse is rampant, the “Christian Century” has been one of unbridled sexual abuse from the Catholics to the Baptists to the Protestants. But physical abuse is equally prevalent and destructive. Beatings with instruments of torture, paddles, pieces of wood, electrical cords, kitchen objects…these are all too common in Evangelical homes. The patriarchal ‘father’ rules the house and does so with corporal punishment.

“Maybe we should treat biblical passages about spanking the same way we do those about a flat Earth.” –Baptist News: Christians’ promotion of corporal punishment harms bodies, minds and the gospel

This macho, “hard power” vibe permeates everything about Project 2025. These severely damaged humans are determined to act out their broken psyches on the American public. A public that appears to be encompassed in an epidemic of untreated abuse victims. We seem to be living out a new pandemic, a contagion of people that are walking wounded and resonating with the language of abuse.

“Whatever visible form abuse may take, the embedded message which sooner or later takes hold deep within the psyche of the victim is one of unworthiness and unlovability. This is the veiled language of abuse, it’s what the abuser is really communicating through that constellation of abusive behavior. After all, how could these horrible behaviors be purposefully directed towards someone who was worthy and lovable?” -- The Veiled Language Of Abuse

53 Days

“Adolf Hitler dismantled democracy in Germany within 53 days by exploiting the weaknesses of the Weimar Republic's constitution, using legal means to consolidate power, and implementing repressive measures against political opponents. His rise began with his appointment as Chancellor on January 30, 1933, and culminated in the establishment of a dictatorship by March 1933.” –The Atlantic

In the USA, March 13, 2025, will mark 53 days for Russell Vought and Project 2025.

Will there be a Reichstag between now and March 13th? If we follow Hitler’s calendar, that would be tomorrow, February 17th, 2025.

What can Americans do to stand up to what is clearly an authoritarian takeover of the country? Will being like water help us? Will being “loving” toward these damaged individuals help them, help us?

This article on “25 Characteristics of a Loving Person” outlines the characteristics of a loving human. These are people who may have been traumatized themselves but did the hard work to process their trauma(s) and, in turn, became healers. Remember Chiron?

It is difficult to say when most Americans will finally say enough is enough. Right now, most people are saying just stop the fucking madness already, we would prefer to get off the train.

Also, it may be that Elmo Musk is set on global domination. Not just the USA, but he may have visions of himself as the emperor of the world. His ketamine-riddled brain could well be manifesting his dream of being the Earth’s overlord. We know he likes Sieg Heil salutes, so he has that going for him.

Could Musk intentionally be setting up the USA for a Reichstag moment? His Hitler Youth hackers have exposed U.S. data and intelligence on public servers for the globe’s hackers to compromise.

“Over the past month, an unprecedented number of critical government systems, including those at the nation’s nuclear research labs, have been exposed to the open internet. This exposure jeopardizes both U.S. national security and the privacy of millions of Americans.” -- Once-Private Government Networks Are Now Exposed, Making Cyber-Espionage Easier than Ever

Abandon Europe, get in bed with Putin, support the AfD. Elmo is paving the way for the Fourth Reich in the United States.

Vought has promised to use the U.S. military against citizens. Will Jesse Watters be cool with that? Rogan? Musk?

“This past weekend, Elon Musk called me cruel, mean and deceitful. Two and half years ago I called him a welfare queen. You decide.” –Scott Galloway: No Mercy/No Malice

Our only option may be “No Mercy.” Fuck the healing thing, screw the “love.” Abandon your mystic. Will sitting in prayer help? Doubtful. Americans will need to make a shit ton of noise.

We are faced with the deepest spiritual challenge of our time. “What Does It Mean To Be Salt and Light?”

Being Salt and Light is inspired by Matthew 5:13–15: ^“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by people. You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand and it gives light to all who are in the house. Your light must shine before people in such a way that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.”