Hi, Fediverse! #Introduction time: I'm a political junkie from #America 
who doesn't fit easily into today's boxes:
I try to respect the dignity of other people even if I disagree with them. #ImagoDei I'm a #prolife #conservative with a #libertarian / #ClassicalLiberal bent. I embrace being a #Neocon internationally (pro-#NATO, pro-#Ukraine #NAFO 
, pro-#Israel 
, pro-#Canada 
, anti-#terrorism). I'm a #Christian 
who dislikes when people confuse Biblical principles with political preferences. I try to distinguish between the two in my takes. I don't criticize things just because #DonaldTrump or #JoeBiden said it -- I disagree when they go against my principles.
I also really love #barbecue 
, #music 
spanning pop to classical and enjoy writing. My takes on the world sometimes appear on @ofb — drop by and say hi to the whole gang over there! 
( I realize I've been remiss to post an introduction after several months on the #Fediverse, so better late than never, right?)
![SAMUEL CHARLES WILKS (1789-1872) "The duty of prompt and complete abolition of colonial slavery" "But I would not rest the argument [against slavery] on particular texts; I go to the whole spirit of the Gospel: read the discourses and examine the actions of our blessed Lord, and drink deeply into that spirit of love to God, and to man for God's sake, which he enjoined, and there will need no further persuasion to lead you to a right conclusion on this and all other great questions of moral and religious duty."](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/284/776/879/457/128/original/c7c36444e07f2dbd.png "SAMUEL CHARLES WILKS (1789-1872) \"The duty of prompt and complete abolition of colonial slavery\" \"But I would not rest the argument [against slavery] on particular texts; I go to the whole spirit of the Gospel: read the discourses and examine the actions of our blessed Lord, and drink deeply into that spirit of love to God, and to man for God's sake, which he enjoined, and there will need no further persuasion to lead you to a right conclusion on this and all other great questions of moral and religious duty.\"")
![JAMES HANNINGTON (1847-1885) James Hannington, First Bishop "When Sir Bartle Frere returned from his special Mission to Zanzibar in 1873, to endeavor to put down the slave-trade, he strongly urged the Church Missionary Society to establish a settlement for liberated slaves at Mombasa. Tidings of the death of Livingstone, which reached home early in 1874, had caused the ears of Englishmen to tingle; every one was interested in the suppression of the horrible slave-traffic, and a special fund was speedily provided for the purchase of the necessary site. " [E.C. Dawson biography]](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/282/637/304/010/413/original/8fa7623f6cdb9192.png "JAMES HANNINGTON (1847-1885) James Hannington, First Bishop \"When Sir Bartle Frere returned from his special Mission to Zanzibar in 1873, to endeavor to put down the slave-trade, he strongly urged the Church Missionary Society to establish a settlement for liberated slaves at Mombasa. Tidings of the death of Livingstone, which reached home early in 1874, had caused the ears of Englishmen to tingle; every one was interested in the suppression of the horrible slave-traffic, and a special fund was speedily provided for the purchase of the necessary site. \" [E.C. Dawson biography]")
