Sun Optimist Profile picture
Seeker of truth; Unblackpillable; “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.”
Michael Severino Profile picture 1 subscribed
Dec 6, 2023 13 tweets 3 min read
In the 90s and early 2000s (maybe today), many church youth groups would challenge teenagers to sign a pledge of abstinence. A lot is ineffective in the way abstinence is taught, and sexual purity should be taught. The problem w/ contracts is that they actually do work.
1/x
But not in the way they were intended. Many of these kids obviously went on to break these pledges and fornicate before marriage. For many of them, instead of accepting that they stumbled away from their moral ideals, they left the church entirely.
2/x
Dec 4, 2023 15 tweets 3 min read
Why does everyone seem to get sick more than in the past, and why are the illnesses more intense and long-lasting? Because we are under spiritual attack. Regardless of any other reasons, treat it that way. If you knew you were under attack would you role over and take it?
1/x
There are many reasons for the state of seasonal illness:
-Lockdowns throwing off normal seasonal cycles of exposure to pathogens.
-mRNA jabs and viral shedding compromising immune systems.
-The standard poisoning or water, food, air, consumer products, etc.
2/x
Nov 24, 2023 11 tweets 2 min read
The term “politically homeless” is of an orphan mindset. Politics is a tool. Truth is an objective pursuit to which values and virtue are anchored. There is only cause and effect and politics are a pragmatic vessel for supporting one’s values.
1/x
When politics become an identity, they are merely a fashion statement. I cannot be politically homeless, because I am not at home in politics. I do not need a guild. I will gravitate towards certain parties or sub-sects on account of shared values alone.
2/x
Nov 15, 2023 22 tweets 5 min read
I finally watched The Batman. I liked the direction the movie took regarding vengeance. Most films get this topic wrong, and this movie seemed to at first- until the end. There’s a common trope in action movies and in the super hero genre specifically (especially Daredevil and Batman) where the vigilante must restrain himself to avoid becoming just like the villain.
Oct 18, 2023 17 tweets 3 min read
The reason liberals are so divided on Israel/Palestine is because they don’t actually have any principles. What they do have is narcissism and fear of rejection which is often expressed through posturing sympathy to “oppressed” groups.
1/x
One of their foundational “oppressed” groups happens to me some of the most powerful people in the world- Jews.
2/x
Jul 3, 2023 19 tweets 4 min read
To desire God’s glory, I had to learn to stop trying to “be more compassionate” than Him. If I desire His glory above all things, this comes second to my compassion for those who have deliberately defied Him.

That is the *only* foundation for God’s love & compassion. Many people start the other way around. They criticize God’s judgement- completely disregarding the nature of sin and the magnitude of His mercy- because they believe they are more compassionate than Him. This is not only pride but profanity.
Jun 30, 2023 16 tweets 4 min read
“Racism” is not “cured” by traveling. The reason some people think like this is that they want to enjoy the safe agreeability of the “adventurous liberal” like Anthony Bourdain or Sebastian Junger. This caricature often exists in fields dominated by “transgressive” libs.
Cont.



I understand the allure of the cool guy worldly adventurer who sees himself as a friend to everybody, but it always comes with a cost. Typically that cost is self-censoring and living in a veritable prison of your peers. That’s just not a cost I ever cared to stomach.
Mar 13, 2023 15 tweets 3 min read
Was paying for a Cuban sandwich today when I realize the total is too high, even w/ tax. I ask Indian woman cashier to clarify the discrepancy.
Some chud next to me mansplains “it’s the tax.” Nope total is off.
Refuse to tip. Cash out & print receipt. “5% gratuity added”
Cont. I confront cashier about charge. (Don’t care if I look petty over 70 cents. It’s about principle.) She makes up some lie about what the charge is for. I can’t have any reaction without appearing unreasonable.

So why does this matter?
Cont.
Feb 1, 2023 6 tweets 1 min read
The regulatory state has been the greatest driver of loss of freedom in our country. What was hypothetically designed to temper corporate greed from harming people & nature became the means to scale harm against people & nature, this time under the false guise of benevolence. This ties right into the security state which has made everyone less safe under the false pretense of protecting them from danger- namely from the state itself.
Feb 1, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
The real danger of tiktok and Instagram for young men is not just “p0rn brain” but the constant exposure to normal, otherwise unknown, 11/10 women from around the world. When they’re supposed to just find a conventionally pretty girl at church or school or a friend’s house. Then the suitable women in their orbit are largely dumbed down by permascrolling while trying to emulate a rando from Italy that went viral that she will never be as pretty as.

This kind of exposure is worse than celebrity culture exposure. Add to that filters….
Feb 1, 2023 22 tweets 4 min read
My wife went to a local egg supplier. She spoke with a staff member who is among the egg suppliers. Their hens haven’t been laying for months. Then she switched the feed and is now back to normal production.

This makes me optimistic-
1/x
Many people’s first thought is that hens aren’t laying because of winter or due to molting. But there is something else going on. For many, the egg laying problem began before winter, and yet with change of feed it’s resolved in the height of winter. Doesn’t sound seasonal.
2/x
Dec 4, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
In 2005 a train derailment in Graniteville, SC near an Avondale Mills plant. They were a massive cotton empire in AL, GA, & SC. The corporation, already struggling to withstand global competition went on to shut all of its operations in the aftermath. 4,000 jobs lost.
1/x I’ve told story before of rancher I know who sends all cow hides to the dump. He used to fetch $15 a hide. Last time he sold them, the tanner offered him $5 a hide and told him not to send them anymore. Global competition and synthetic materials had boxed out the competition.
2/x