‘Plot Twists in the Geopolitical Culture Wars’

 

Truth is stranger than fiction, as they say.

It is also stranger than the narratives found in most mainstream news stories.

Let’s look first at the Ukraine, the paragon of democratic goodness (or so we’re told).  The fair-haired child of most of the West just gutted its anticorruption offices, amongst other problematic actions:

‘[Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor] Orbán’s critique comes amid growing concern across Europe about democratic backsliding in Ukraine.

‘Just days earlier, the parliament in Kyiv adopted a law placing two key anti-corruption institutions—the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO)—under the direct supervision of the Prosecutor General, a presidential appointee.

‘Critics say this move effectively strips the agencies of their independence, a violation of one of the EU’s central accession criteria.

‘European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos said the law would derail the accession process.

‘Despite this, the bill was approved by the Ukrainian parliament, triggering mass protests in Kyiv and other cities.

‘Beyond the anti-corruption law, Ukraine has also drawn criticism for failing to hold general elections in 2024 as constitutionally required. The war was cited as justification, but critics argue that democratic life should continue, even under martial conditions.

‘Further concerns have arisen over forced military conscription. Numerous reports suggest that Ukrainian authorities have employed aggressive methods to recruit soldiers. A Hungarian-Ukrainian dual citizen, József Sebestyén, was recently beaten to death by recruiters, fuelling Budapest’s anger’ (Zoltán Kottász, ‘Rule of Lawfare: Brussels Ignores Ukraine’s Violations While Punishing Member States,’ europeanconservative.com).

Then there is angelic Ukraine’s proposal to decriminalize pornography to fund its war effort.

Why are we supporting this regime again?  Oh yeah, because the US and other Western governments overthrew her elected government in 2014 precisely to start a war with ‘our adversary’ Russia.

And what has that supposed enemy been up to lately?  All kinds of grisly, grimy, dark things, we’re sure – terrible, horrible things like . . . banning satansim:

‘The Russian Supreme Court recognized the “International Satanism Movement” as an extremist organization and banned its activities in Russia on Wednesday.

‘The decision went into effect immediately, but can be appealed within a month, reports RBC.

‘The Court’s exact reasoning is as yet unknown, as the session took place behind closed doors and the case materials haven’t been publicly disclosed. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia previously made public calls to ban Satanism.

‘The Prosecutor General’s office, commenting on the decision, stated that the participants of the movement publicly call for extremism and the “destruction of churches.”

‘“The followers of the movement adhere to the general principles of Satanism, use common symbols and attributes, and perform occult rituals. The conceptual basis consists of publications that are recognized as extremist materials. The movement is closely associated with manifestations of radical nationalism and neo-Nazism. Along with ritual murders, participants commit other crimes, including those against minors,” the statement said.

‘The same judge, Oleg Nefedov, recognized the international LGBT movement as extreme and banned its activities in Russia in 2023.

‘ . . . According to the expert, marketplaces will have to withdraw products containing symbols of Satanism from sale. These include earrings with inverted crosses, medallions with a Baphomet and a pentagram, various pendants with inscriptions in Latin glorifying Satan, and more’ (‘Russian Supreme Court bans Satanism,’ orthochristian.com).

This is a good point to turn our focus to our corner of the world here in the States, for we have a pronounced satanism problem here.  For instance, there are literally thousands of Christian martyrs and other saints from all of Church history that we could honor every day of every month of the year, yet we choose not to.  But that veneration that mankind naturally wants to give to exemplary men and women will go somewhere, and unfortunately it goes at times to people like the recently reposed Ozzy Osborne, whose heavy metal version of rock-n-roll was full of demonic allusions.  It is stunning how our media organizations like the Associated Press write in praise of him, as though his music career were a positive thing for the US and the rest of the world:

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The rest is at https://thehayride.com/2025/07/garlington-plot-twists-in-the-geopolitical-culture-wars/.

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