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Daily Living / Re: Raising the Roof
« Last post by Heartsong on October 31, 2025, 07:51:53 pm »
These are my 2 cents.
If there are no people at all who don't mind hurting others as a sign of superiority for example, real enemies won't exist. This lets Jesus' saying: "Love your enemies" have no practical meaning in one's life... due to lack of those enemies  :(
I used to believe that Americans, for example, didn't view other Americans as enemies. There seems to be a view that just because someone disagrees with someone else that it is because of hate. There doesn't seem to be a willingness to agree to disagree. This is especially true with politics. Even worse now there are those who celebrate the death and call for the death of those who have a different political view. Now there are those who view others as enemies, real enemies. There are so many things that have been used to not only divide people but to cause hate and to believe that violence is acceptable and even to take the life of someone is acceptable who has a different political view or just a different view or different belief. 
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Videos / Re: 2000 - Present
« Last post by Heartsong on October 31, 2025, 09:43:30 am »
Change Your Mind (Lyrics) | Sister Hazel

It's all about perspective and how you choose to look at your life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFuWyPWcYVA
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Daily Living / Re: Raising the Roof
« Last post by KerimF on October 31, 2025, 07:26:39 am »
These are my 2 cents.
If there are no people at all who don't mind hurting others as a sign of superiority for example, real enemies won't exist. This lets Jesus' saying: "Love your enemies" have no practical meaning in one's life... due to lack of those enemies  :(
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Daily Living / Re: Raising the Roof
« Last post by Heartsong on October 31, 2025, 01:58:13 am »
Thanks for the exact quote, Heartsong.

I was pleased when he said people being kind to him was another important factor in motivating him to change.  I guess it broke down the illusion that everyone who wasn't like him hated him.
Kindness is a fruit of the Spirit and that's powerful.

I recall he said that there was a lack of self worth at the root of what caused these people to hate and become involved in violent extremism. He said that in order to help those people it was necessary to find out what was the root cause of the lack of self worth and the reason for that was different for each of those people. Also I was surprised that he said it wasn't political which I had thought that it was but it was more about acting out in hate and violent extremism because of lack of self worth and not necessarily toward anyone in particular although there were those who were targeted but it was also toward anyone who wasn't them. They enjoyed being violent and the hate seemed like quicksand pulling them down into darkness and destruction.

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Daily Living / Re: Raising the Roof
« Last post by Kerry on October 29, 2025, 11:09:24 pm »
This is what he said about that.

"I needed something drastic to happen in order to kind of push me over those last couple steps. What happened was, was early in 1994, the mother of my daughter and I broke up, go figure, but hate and violence and alcohol is not a recipe for a healthy relationship between a man and a woman. And I found myself a single parent to our 18-month-old daughter. "

That's all he says about that on this video. He said that he was involved in hate, violence and alcohol so he and the mother of his daughter broke up because obviously it wasn't a healthy relationship. He didn't say the mother of his daughter was involved in those things. So he either got custody of his daughter after the break up and became a single parent that way or he had shared custody and in effect was a single parent. 
It doesn't sound like he had his life together at that point as far as being completely out of that violent lifestyle and being an alcoholic so I would think the mother of his daughter got custody. I do know of people in similar situations who refer to themselves as single parents even though they don't have full custody. He doesn't go into those details so it's speculation on my part.
Thanks for the exact quote, Heartsong.

I was pleased when he said people being kind to him was another important factor in motivating him to change.  I guess it broke down the illusion that everyone who wasn't like him hated him. 
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Daily Living / Re: Raising the Roof
« Last post by Heartsong on October 29, 2025, 03:49:18 am »
I should have listened to one part again.  Did he say his wife left him to be a single dad to an eighteen year daughter?  That's so hard to imagine, I can't figure out what her problems were.  I can see why she wouldn't want to live with him, but why would she leave a baby with him?  Was she on drugss to handle the pressure?  Was she unemployed?
This is what he said about that.

"I needed something drastic to happen in order to kind of push me over those last couple steps. What happened was, was early in 1994, the mother of my daughter and I broke up, go figure, but hate and violence and alcohol is not a recipe for a healthy relationship between a man and a woman. And I found myself a single parent to our 18-month-old daughter. "

That's all he says about that on this video. He said that he was involved in hate, violence and alcohol so he and the mother of his daughter broke up because obviously it wasn't a healthy relationship. He didn't say the mother of his daughter was involved in those things. So he either got custody of his daughter after the break up and became a single parent that way or he had shared custody and in effect was a single parent. 
It doesn't sound like he had his life together at that point as far as being completely out of that violent lifestyle and being an alcoholic so I would think the mother of his daughter got custody. I do know of people in similar situations who refer to themselves as single parents even though they don't have full custody. He doesn't go into those details so it's speculation on my part.
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Daily Living / Re: Raising the Roof
« Last post by Kerry on October 28, 2025, 11:19:03 pm »
Arno Michaelis is a former white nationalist skinhead, lead singer of the neo-Nazi metal band Centurion, and member of Hammerskin Nation, one of the most violent white supremacist gangs in the US.

From 1987 to 1994, Michaelis played a central role in spreading neo-Nazi ideology through music, street violence, and recruitment efforts across the United States and beyond. His band sold over 20,000 copies of its white supremacist albums within six months.

Michaelis provides a rare look inside the world of violent extremism, detailing how white nationalist groups recruit young men, fund their operations, and use propaganda to radicalize followers. He describes the brutality of life inside the movement, the constant state of fear and paranoia, and how his involvement led to addiction, crime, and self-destruction.

After leaving the movement, Michaelis became an anti-hate activist, speaker, and author. He works with Parents for Peace to deradicalize extremists, exposing the tactics used by white nationalist groups and guiding individuals away from the influence of extremism through prevention. He is the author of "My Life After Hate" and "The Gift of Our Wounds," which was cowritten with Pardeep Singh Kaleka, whose father was killed in the Oak Creek Sikh temple shooting.

How US Neo-Nazism Actually Works | Authorized Account | Insider
I was a neo-Nazi for 7 years going through life in constant hate and fear. My daughter was the major push I needed to finally quit"
I should have listened to one part again.  Did he say his wife left him to be a single dad to an eighteen year daughter?  That's so hard to imagine, I can't figure out what her problems were.  I can see why she wouldn't want to live with him, but why would she leave a baby with him?  Was she on drugss to handle the pressure?  Was she unemployed? 
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Daily Living / Re: Raising the Roof
« Last post by Heartsong on October 28, 2025, 01:19:21 pm »
Arno Michaelis is a former white nationalist skinhead, lead singer of the neo-Nazi metal band Centurion, and member of Hammerskin Nation, one of the most violent white supremacist gangs in the US.

From 1987 to 1994, Michaelis played a central role in spreading neo-Nazi ideology through music, street violence, and recruitment efforts across the United States and beyond. His band sold over 20,000 copies of its white supremacist albums within six months.

Michaelis provides a rare look inside the world of violent extremism, detailing how white nationalist groups recruit young men, fund their operations, and use propaganda to radicalize followers. He describes the brutality of life inside the movement, the constant state of fear and paranoia, and how his involvement led to addiction, crime, and self-destruction.

After leaving the movement, Michaelis became an anti-hate activist, speaker, and author. He works with Parents for Peace to deradicalize extremists, exposing the tactics used by white nationalist groups and guiding individuals away from the influence of extremism through prevention. He is the author of "My Life After Hate" and "The Gift of Our Wounds," which was cowritten with Pardeep Singh Kaleka, whose father was killed in the Oak Creek Sikh temple shooting.

How US Neo-Nazism Actually Works | Authorized Account | Insider
I was a neo-Nazi for 7 years going through life in constant hate and fear. My daughter was the major push I needed to finally quit"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-g3Z8IWsdU
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Politics / Re: Some Laughs
« Last post by Kerry on October 28, 2025, 02:40:49 am »
I like that.  :)
The line was from an Old Time Radio Show when the woman wanted to go shopping and the man didn't.  They went shopping, ha.
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Videos / Re: The Shift: 70's
« Last post by Heartsong on October 28, 2025, 02:22:16 am »
Ray Stevens - "Everything Is Beautiful" (Music Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a45z_HG3WU
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