Fingers still crossed for secular America; How old is the brilliant Podleski?!

4/11/2026
1 min read
By Bruce R. Long

To our warfighters and the American people—

THIS IS WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK AT THE WAR DEPARTMENT! pic.twitter.com/vdR8CguF6Y

— DOW Rapid Response (@DOWResponse) April 10, 2026

(I don't even want to ask how old the clearly brilliant Riley Podleski is. Also: Spello/Typo!)

My fingers are still crossed for the American people. I am especially with all of their secularists and unreligious people in 'spirit'. Don't let it get you down. Liberal democracy is still the best. If you're a religious or fideist American,i suggest you work with secular people in your society to avoid anything that looks like a theocracy.

Even if you're a dominionist theist, you may want to consider that a theocracy or government controlled according to fideism might still be a really bad idea. If the freedom of your faith and fideism is protected, then it's likely more honest, safer, and less worldly to keep your pastor out of The White House except for special visits.

And yes: I do think that if you're theist-fideist then you're mentally ill with something like delusional disorder, but that doesn't mean I want you to suffer, or to hurt you. I'm somewhat a utilitarian which means that I want to reduce human suffering and increase human happiness.

If you're not harming me or harming people, it would be foolish and insane to try to make you suffer.

On that note: best not to brainwash the kids with delusional anti-unbeliever narratives and misogyny, yes?

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