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Allegiance Update

By Stacey Mataxis Whitlow (SMW)Published about 5 hours ago 1 min read
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Public Notice: Allegiance Update

This notice is issued to correct

a widespread misuse of allegiance.

Allegiance is not owed

to flags repurposed by movements,

to revolutions past,

or to concentrations of ash

among the cinders of destruction.

Allegiance was never intended

to be permanent, blind,

or enforced through fear.

Effective immediately,

allegiance is redirected

to the preservation of life—

all life, sacred or other—

and to the god who showed compassion

for the lowest among us,

who overturned merchant tables

when profit entered sacred halls,

who treated life as holy

without exception.

And to a nation respectful of both.

This announcement affirms:

oppressive systems are subject to dismantling.

Distortions are to be confronted,

books treasured, not burned,

culture celebrated, not erased.

History is to be examined and explained,

not weaponized or distorted.

Be advised:

laws designed to force submission

may also contain

the constitutional and moral ground

for resistance.

If governing bodies refuse to act

with the power entrusted to them,

and instead pursue authoritarian rule,

civic duty does not expire.

It activates.

Notice is hereby given

that the right to bear arms

was not granted for spectacle

or intimidation,

but as defense against tyranny

when civil and moral rights are infringed.

Standing your ground is permitted

when danger is present,

when silence becomes complicity,

when law forgets

who it was written for.

There shall be no kings.

No snake charmers.

No divine exceptions

for the powerful.

Guidance, if it emerges,

must be accountable, plural,

and oriented north—

toward our fathers’ original foundations

before they were bastardized by man,

toward light,

toward knowledge,

capable of setting

us all free.

Please understand,

The era of plausible deniability

has concluded.

Ignorance will no longer be accepted

as mitigation.

Neutrality will no longer be interpreted

as innocence.

The decision before us

is no longer between positions or parties,

but between continuation

and collapse.

This notice has been issued

because silence proved insufficient.

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About the Creator

Stacey Mataxis Whitlow (SMW)

Welcome to my brain. My daydreams are filled with an unquenchable wanderlust, and an unrequited love affair with words haunts my sleepless nights. I do some of my best work here, my messiest work for sure. Want more? https://a.co/d/iBToOK8

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  • Joe Pattersonabout 2 hours ago

    Wow that was a long train of thought.

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