Here, we hold up the mirror on the Collective Blame Game. Partisan actors are stoking violence. Jim covers the rules of the blame game, and then reveals the underlying scapegoat mechanism. The churches, alleged purveyors of the Gospel, are instead in the blame game, joined by their violent god. Before long, we may expect partisan paramilitaries too. The way out? First, personhood. Second, recognition of the actual persecutor. Discover the role of the "prophetic witness," and why, long term, we need more libertarians. NOTES South Carolina judge’s $1.5m home destroyed in huge fire - https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/judge-fire-diane-goodstein-south-carolina-b2839996.html Nick Freitas clip - https://youtu.be/OloqfZLTBQA Stephen Miller Tweet - https://x.com/StephenM/status/1974647432299327904 Our most important episode, EP88: René Girard: The Founding of Religion and State - https://youtu.be/dL8Err6K778 Girard Episode Collection - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLop5COwTfeX727RXjBsStfIcnDcieZZzi Also, EP7 (AHO) Rene Girard And Mimetic Desire https://youtu.be/8yvv-3WYKIs Other Episodes Referenced EP139 Charlie Kirk https://youtu.be/932mIgimS-0 EP108 DUI https://youtu.be/OTjTWC1rrnE CHAPTERS 0:00 Theme 0:25 Holding up a mirror 4:24 Rules of the blame 9:19 Party paramilitaries 12:05 Open eyes or bloodshed ratchet 13:57 9-11 16:53 The scapegoat mechanism 21:44 History, let us not repeat 24:40 Scapegoat not ultimately culpable 28:04 The errors of social media shunning 31:14 What The Cross reveals that churches don't 33:29 False religion and no-religion 36:32 Rushing to claim victimhood 37:47 The tongue, wounding the soul 41:17 Protest or lion lays down with the lamb? 44:33 Be the prophetic witness 47:42 Like Daryl Davis, undoing division from inside CREDITS Bill Protzmann is your moderator. This episode is sponsored by Zero Aggression Project. https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ Thank you to Randy Garbin for our amazing episode thumbnails: http://randygarbin.com/ Thumbnail photo: St. Paul's Fire District - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16hcy6hywF/ Use Public Information: This photo was released as part of public safety announcements, news releases, and should qualify for use in journalism or education. Most departments allow free use for media or public dissemination with proper credit (as we've done here). Fair Use: Limited use for commentary or reporting may qualify as fair use (17 U.S.C. § 107) Sometimes, we use ChatGPT to help write the show description (though not today). We are grateful to Sergio at https://www.youtube.com/@KeysofMoonMusic for our intro theme. ► https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10500501 or you can purchase his music on BandCamp: ► https://keysofmoon.bandcamp.com/ ► If you have any questions please feel free to write to Sergio at:
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