Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for January 07, 2019

The price of a religious up beating, worth every sent.

Those cheeky waifs lingering near that scold need a good thrashing themselves.

Can a man be considered a scold… or is that patriarchal term reserved for only the luckiest of ladies of the hamlet? Does this stuff still go on in Froglandia?

“In the grip of the Moral Majority, he must remember, no one was ever truly safe.”-Asimov, “The Winds of Change”

Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.-H. L. Mencken

It is easiest to sell one’s essential human rights when believing they are somebody else’s, and the seller will retain their own.

For what it’s worth, the original is informative if somewhat dated: *SADLIER’S EXCELSIOR STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FOR SCHOOLS. * – 1879

Pʀɪᴠᴀᴛᴇ Mᴏʀᴀʟs would have been a good name for a character in Cat Ballou.

The “scold” in this illustration had the straightest teeth in town.

We need to get back to those days of hypocritical religious fascism. ~ Asa Hitlerstein

They came to America so they could practice their severe S&M religious rites.

The sophisticated people of Europe thought they acted like animals.

As always, some men hated women who could dance better than them.

“Do as I say, but don’t say as I say.”

Makes sense. We should try. . . .

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness …. —Dickens

…and so it goes ….

the age of Lame-ness upheld the biggest Teresa

Clear example of the True Meaning of MAGA.

Yes, we feel the love.

In those times: severe, yes, but effective. Civic virtue was rigid, and its enforcers harsh to the point of sadistic, but the citizenry was content for the most part.

The rebellious found their own outlets. There were Hellfire Clubs and secret covens.

And the Children of the Corn!

Nary a lame day, back in “the good old days”!

Some want all that back now.