Podcast: Sarah Cain, The Crusader Gal

Are there boundaries of truth, such that we shouldn’t say some things, even if they are so? Even the least zealous of the trans apologists maintain that even though you know that the man who is dressed as a woman is a man, you should play pretend anyway, placing purported kindness over what they condescendingly refer to as “the absolute truth.” Read the article

Those in poorer countries don’t engage in trying to change their sex or their species. They acknowledge differences between the sexes and structure their lives according to these realities. This should give us pause for reflection. Read the essay directly: https://crusadergal.substack.com/p/hungry-people-dont-pretendwealthy

England proclaims to be a secular land, acknowledging only reason, and ordered apart from God. Yet, when a teenager cut down a favorite tree, the religious implications thereof quickly became undeniable. Read the article: https://open.substack.com/pub/crusadergal/p/an-accidental-modern-boniface-emerges

The notion that we do not have enemies among the American people is a popular one, because it’s easier to blame our current state on a shadowy few, but the truth tells a different story. We have real enemies and no small number of them. https://crusadergal.substack.com/p/we-must-acknowledge-our-enemies

The Biden Regime just announced the creation of the “American Climate Corps”. It will further aggravate race-based divisions, and target youths for ideological training, while disfavoring any constructive efforts to change our societal trajectory. https://crusadergal.substack.com/p/a-doomed-solution-to-a-faux-problem

Christians increasingly find themselves in dangerous waters due to unjust laws that restrict their ability to live the Faith or preach the truth. Law does not make something moral, as some imply. In fact, there are some laws that Christians cannot obey. Read the essay: https://open.substack.com/pub/crusadergal/p/christians-and-obedience-to-the-unjust

When a federal or state agency targets Christians for their faith, they don’t often single out large groups or institutions. Instead, they persecute an individual or a single family, isolated from their support structure and the larger Church. Read the piece: https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2023/09/13/no-the-persecution-is-not-coming-it-is-already-here/

What’s actually happening in these indignation-by-proxy cases is an attempt by the individual to claim virtue by association with the ‘victim’ group. Thus we see again how victimhood has become something of a currency and is therefore sought. https://open.substack.com/pub/crusadergal/p/the-virtue-of-parasitic-victimhood

Finish politician Päivi Räsänen was charged for stating her beliefs about Pride parades and the institution of marriage. A multi-year legal battle ensued, under the criminal code for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity.

Children are taught not to “fight” in the modern age, a stricture applied not only to physical conflict, but also verbal ones. Dinner tables oft forbid any discussion of politics or religion, as if we should aim to sacrifice truth to indifference, cowardice, or appeasement — in service of the masquerade of “keeping the peace”. https://open.substack.com/pub/crusadergal/p/a-lost-art-to-disagree