Song:

Came across this young man – I was instantly pulled into awe and tears. Just beautiful worship.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1901583583749514

Something Interesting to me:

I have been reading from a White House prayers and proclamation booklet. (download here if you are interested)

A buzz word: Fascism

This word has been thrown around like crazy over the last 10 years. According to google dictionary it means: an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. A bundle of people who are extremely authoritarian, intolerant, or oppressive ideas or behaviors. Also, very intolerant or domineering views or practices in a particular area.

Hmmmm? Let’s look this word up from its etymology – its origin. I have found that words have been co-opted, flipped, even bent to fit and at the very worst redefined all together.

Fascism: 1922, originally used in English in 1920 in its Italian form fascismo. A group, association, literally “bundle.” A “union,” but symbolically “strength through unity.”

Fasces Latin root – a bundle of rods tied around an axe, carried in front of Roman magistrates as a symbol of unity and authority.

Fascist: the anti-communist political movement organized 1919 under Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) a political system that rejected democracy, emphasized nationalism, glorified violence, and centralized power under a dictatorial leader.

Now, the modern usage has expanded from describing Mussolini’s specific movement to a general insult for anything authoritarian, harsh, or rigid. This word has often been stretched into a label for anyone I think is being authoritarian, domineering, or intolerant.

Fascism originally meant Mussolini’s authoritarian nationalist movement (1920s Italy). Over time, it grew to describe similar regimes (Nazi Germany, Franco’s Spain). Today, it’s often used loosely to describe anything oppressive or authoritarian—even outside of politics. That’s why it feels “bent” or “flipped”: the word has shifted from a very specific historical meaning to a vague political insult.

If you can use a word “BUNDLED” to be an insult toward others that detaches itself from the original use to make a thinly veiled connection, it is much easier to gather into the bundle anyone who says, does, and thinks outside of what you think.

Sharing with you:

I’ve heard this word a lot in connection with Charlie Kirk this week. This is probably the best video that has helped me see if that is true or not.

Thanks for Listening,

Starla