Prodigy is at its essence: adaptability and persistent, positive obsession. Without persistence, what remains is an enthusiasm of the moment. Without adaptability, what remains may be channeled into destructive fanaticism. Without positive obsession, there is nothing at all.
-- Octavia E. Butler (Parable of the Sower)
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When fanatics are on top, there is no limit to oppression.
-- H. L. Mencken
@QasimRashid And while USians are whining about their prices, they destroy #foodSafety in poorer countries https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/africa-particularly-vulnerable-iran-conflict-disrupts-supply-chains and endanger the poor people of the rest of the world.
But well, that's part of #fascism and evangelical sectarian #fanaticism to crash the world for the survival of billionaires!
The number of countries that hate the USA is growing by the hour. But you still have friends like Netanyahu, Putin or Kim Yong Un.
MAGA attacks show how thoroughly Christian extremism has hijacked the GOP: report
https://www.alternet.org/republican-party-christian-nationalists/
Liberal Current writer Alan Elrod says Christian nationalists have commandeered the Republican Paty enough to now dictate their extremist messaging through the party’s mouthpiece.On Tuesday, the official NRSC account on X, representing Senate Republicans, posted a clip of Texas Democratic candidate ...
“Anyone who maintains absolute standards of good and evil is dangerous. As dangerous as a maniac with a loaded revolver. In fact, the person who maintains absolute standards of good and evil usually is the maniac with the revolver.” — Tom Robbins, Skinny Legs and All
#QOTD #TomRobbins #Quotation #Quote #absolutism #extremism #dogmatism #fanaticism
https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/quote-of-the-day-5420/
Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
-- George Santayana
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