However, it wasn't easily available which is the legalese way of saying I couldn't pirate it. Oh well. I guess that's another idea I will have to keep in the back burner.
But then I remember conservative wank movies have existed long before Sound of Freedom. One of those being the Thief of the Night series which might be the godfather for these crappy Pureflix and right wing nutcase documentaries.
These movies have been on my mind a lot lately. They usually come to mind when I see MAGA hats on the news. Our brains are amazing aren't they? That our brains can be so protective that it will accept obvious falsehoods and conspiracy theories if it makes ourselves feel safe. It's fucking depressing, isn't it?!?
For those that are unfamiliar with these types of films, they are a fascinating watch. It's probably the most "victim mentality" I've seen in any media. Yeah, even more than a bad Youtube apology video. I have never seen such a display of victimization from people who have actively played the parasite in Western societies. It's taken to hilarious lengths in Thief of the Night. Like imagine if the Rapture occurred and the remaining non-believing conservatives are corralled by liberals and globalists to be either assimilated or executed. Like there it is, that is the conservative perspective on liberal policy. They conflate anything left leaning as an attempt or beginning step to silence and destroy Christian family values, and that hell fantasy is fucking hilarious. Yeah, fucking social health care and being nice to LGBT people is just the slippery slope to blind folding your granny and blowing her brains out for sharing a "Like This Status if You Aren't Afraid of Loving Jesus" post.
Part of me finds catharsis in that hell fantasy since in that reality I get to play the demon with the branding fork. You mean to tell me I get to treat bigots, conspiracy theorists, billionaires, and mega church pastors like they're subhuman??? That is a pretty good consolation if I don't get Raptured out of existence.
But that's the rub. Alt-right individuals fear monger and assume because they think we think just like them. That we treat them the same way they treat trans people, as ungodly maggots. They conflate our intolerance to intolerance as just as extreme as Nazism and fascism.
I think that's why I find these Christian Rapture movies, as bad as they are, to be oddly therapeutic. They're hate and ignorance is on full display. Just a little common sense breaks the logic in all of these movies. "You mean God gave up his son to save you all regardless of how much sin you had in your hearts? But then later, decided to eliminate some you all anyway in a traumatic (and frankly excessive) display of destruction." It like breaks the entire internal logic of conservative Christianity. God loves all of us, except sinners which just so happen to be gays and socialists. God is a merciful being but plans to subject people to tribulation for not believing hard enough. See, this is why I'm Catholic. Sure, we have our own hypocrisies and double standards, but we at least knocked out some of the really blatant ones with a handful of councils and shit. Non-denominational folks give us shit for having all of these procedures like standing and kneeling, but you ain't going to catch us making dumb movies like this. Ok, Passion of the Christ was a mess. But in fairness, even Catholics think Mel Gibson is a prick too.
God, I should have watched Morbius instead.
This ramble is the sunk cost fallacy at work. I spent so long trying to stream Sound of Freedom in an 'easily available way,' and I didn't want that time to go to waste. So my solution? To watch A Distant Thunder, the second entry A Thief in the Night series, which yielded no material for a review. So here I am, dick in hand, trying to justify my time being fucking wasted.
Actually, that's not completely true. The ending to A Distant Thunder is one of the most unintentionally hilarious scenes I've seen from these movies. Say what you will about those kooky evangelicals, but they make me laugh more in one scene than Adam Sandler has in his entire career.
But that's all I got to say. This is a ramble entry, so I tend to go in not expecting how the blog will write itself. I guess to end it on a positive note we might be lucky enough to see the Rapture next year. And by the Rapture, I mean the Gen Z voter turnout. God, if some of the recent elections are any indication, we are going be drinking good on MAGA tears next year. We might have a semblance of normalcy within the next few years. Wouldn't that be nice.
But let's stay vigilant. We laugh and joke, but the reality is that they still present a problem to our society. As much as we like fun of how the Rapture could make Facebook a better social media platform, the sadder fact is that it would also make the world a much safer place for trans people and the like. It's frustrating that I see some people as lost causes to the point where I feel the only solution is if they spontaneously disappear. No more swamping libraries with book challenges. No more policy from people who think they know more than medical professionals. No more marginalizing people of color all because they hurt your white feelings. No more avoidable gun violence. The list goes on.
Cause at this point, the Rapture can't be any worse than what we're in right now.
... that wasn't ending on a positive note at all. Man, this entry was a disaster. I'm talking about American Horror Story next October.
