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applegrove

(130,065 posts)
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 06:34 AM Oct 21

Jojo from Jersey on Speaker Mike Johnson:

https://jojofromjerz.substack.com/subscribe?utm_campaign=email-subscribe&next=https%3A%2F%2Fjojofromjerz.substack.com%2Fp%2Fholy-shit-mike-johnson


Because I sure as shit am not a biblical scholar, but I know enough to know this: Moses didn’t block the Red Sea to protect the pharaoh. He didn’t stand at the edge yelling, “You’re hurting Pharaoh’s feelings.” He didn’t roll his eyes at the Israelites and say, “Who paid you to march?” He lifted his staff, split the damn water, and got shit done, something you wouldn’t understand if God personally handed you a to-do list and a GPS.

You are not Moses. You are not righteous. You are not brave.

You are a coward in cufflinks, a fraud in a prayer circle, a malfunctioning sermon in human form. And history will remember you as exactly what you are, the man who mistook cowardice for faith, corruption for leadership, and silence for salvation.

And when the truth finally floods the gates you’ve been guarding, I hope you can swim, Mike. Because the sea is rising.


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Jojo from Jersey on Speaker Mike Johnson: (Original Post) applegrove Oct 21 OP
Nicely put, Jojo! n/t lastlib Oct 21 #1
Mic Drop! Chasstev365 Oct 21 #2
Outstanding! MyOwnPeace Oct 21 #3
Mikey Mouse ain't Moses.That's for damn sure. oasis Oct 21 #4
"a malfunctioning sermon in human form" Ray Bruns Oct 21 #5
Mike Johnson works for the Devil! MacKasey Oct 21 #6
Pretty clear who Johnson's true lord and savior is. Paladin Oct 21 #7
Question for you Bob_in_VA Oct 21 #13
The first 546,932 times he proclaimed it in public. Paladin Oct 21 #15
In C. S. Lewis's "The Screwtape Letters" soldierant Oct 21 #20
Yes, the demon Screwtape describes how many self-righteous self-described 'religious' persons serve Satan dedl67 Oct 22 #23
I recognized that that was from the toast - and yes, I agree. soldierant Oct 22 #24
You go, girl! Joinfortmill Oct 21 #8
The thing about JoJo is.... COL Mustard Oct 21 #9
And "alleged" Grindr user NCDem47 Oct 21 #10
"Moses Mike" JoseBalow Oct 21 #11
Thank you, JoJo. You ranted for me duhneece Oct 21 #12
Is there a linkthat doesn' require subscription? nt BWdem4life Oct 21 #14
I know no shortcut around substack. I'm not that internet literate. applegrove Oct 21 #17
Well put. Will have to start following her. nt wiggs Oct 21 #16
JoJo can f#cking write godsentme Oct 21 #18
Damn, preach it! You hit that nail on the head! 1WorldHope Oct 21 #19
Sheesh, you're good! calimary Oct 22 #21
I know it. applegrove Oct 22 #22

Paladin

(32,234 posts)
15. The first 546,932 times he proclaimed it in public.
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 10:23 AM
Oct 21

Hey, I never said I believed the little scumbag...

soldierant

(9,267 posts)
20. In C. S. Lewis's "The Screwtape Letters"
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 10:35 PM
Oct 21

he suggests that demon basic training includes learning to "transform yourself into an angel of light as a parade ground exercise." Johnson must have been blinded by the light.

dedl67

(158 posts)
23. Yes, the demon Screwtape describes how many self-righteous self-described 'religious' persons serve Satan
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 07:22 AM
Oct 22

"All said and done, my friends, it will be an ill day for us if what most humans mean be "Religion" ever vanishes from earth. It can still serve us the most delicious sins. Nowhere do we tempt so successfully as on the very steps of the alter."

Screwtape, page 15 of "Screwtape Proposes a Toast" by C. S. Lewis

Mikey, he's talking about you.

duhneece

(4,473 posts)
12. Thank you, JoJo. You ranted for me
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 09:33 AM
Oct 21

..so I don’t have to this morning.
Thank you, too, applegrove.

calimary

(88,925 posts)
21. Sheesh, you're good!
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 01:32 AM
Oct 22

“…You are a coward in cufflinks, a fraud in a prayer circle, a malfunctioning sermon in human form. And history will remember you as exactly what you are, the man who mistook cowardice for faith, corruption for leadership, and silence for salvation.
And when the truth finally floods the gates you’ve been guarding, I hope you can swim, Mike. Because the sea is rising.”

Holy Cannoli!, applegrove! Absolutely MASTERFUL.

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