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AntiFascist

(13,753 posts)
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 05:06 PM 19 hrs ago

Glory be to god?

Only if your god happens to be Satanic!

By defying the Geneva Conventions in threatening to destroy civilian infrastructure and essentially exclaiming ‘Allah is Great’, President Trump is demonstrating that the American government is no better than the extreme right-wing Iranian regime. When extreme right-wing Evangelism teams up with the extreme right-wing Israeli government against an extreme right-wing Islamic Republic, there are no winners! It can only lead to massive death and destruction.

All one can say to this corrupt tripod of mislead Abrahamic governments is “Thou Shalt Not Kill”!

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Glory be to god? (Original Post) AntiFascist 19 hrs ago OP
For opera lovers (and Shakespeare) Othello by Verdi. Iago singing. usonian 19 hrs ago #1

usonian

(25,432 posts)
1. For opera lovers (and Shakespeare) Othello by Verdi. Iago singing.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 05:46 PM
19 hrs ago

They are all Iago's

I believe in a cruel God
who created me in his image
and who in fury I name.
From the very vileness of a germ
or an atom, vile was I born.
I am a wretch because I am a man,
and I feel within me the primeval slime.
Yes! This is my creed!
I believe with a heart as steadfast
as that of the widow in church,
that the evil I think
and that which I perform
I think and do by destiny’s decree.
I believe the just man to be a mocking actor
in face and heart;
that all his being is a lie,
tear, kiss, glance,
sacrifice and honour.
And I believe man the sport of evil fate
from the germ of the cradle
to the worm of the grave.
After all this mockery then comes Death.
And then?... And then?
Death is nothingness,
heaven an old wives’ tale.

Credo in un Dio crudel che m'ha creato
simile a sè e che nell'ira io nomo.
Dalla viltà d'un germe o d'un atòmo
vile son nato.
Son scellerato
perchè son uomo;
e sento il fango originario in me.
Sì! questa è la mia fe'!
Credo con fermo cuor, siccome crede
la vedovella al tempio,
che il mal ch'io penso e che da me procede,
per il mio destino adempio.
Credo che il guisto è un istrion beffardo,
e nel viso e nel cuor,
che tutto è in lui bugiardo:
lagrima, bacio, sguardo,
sacrificio ed onor.
E credo l'uom gioco d'iniqua sorte
dal germe della culla
al verme dell'avel.
Vien dopo tanta irrision la Morte.
E poi? E poi? La Morte è il Nulla.
è vecchia fola il Ciel.

Musically:



Shakespeare version. Iago doing his Fox News bit. Poisoning minds.
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