#despised — Public Fediverse posts

I try to make it a rule in my life to never celebrate death.

But nor do I mourn unrepented #evil. Former US #VPOTUS Dick Cheney was deeply evil, a depraved #warCriminal and #torturer who should remain #despised.

The #IraqWar based on Cheney’s #BigLie turned millions of Iraqis into refugees. #TheLancet estimated 654,965 “excess deaths” in #Iraq during just the first 3 years of war.

#DickCheney embodied abuse of power, illegal war, torture, looting, and occupation. And he evaded #justice. 😡

The #parable of one distracted in #prayer is like a man summoned by the #Sultan, yet his heart wanders #right and #left. Unaware, he misses the Sultan's words. Such a man faces being #dismissed, #despised, and removed from favor. (Al-Wabil Al-Saib, Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya)

The #parable of one distracted in #prayer is like a man summoned by the #Sultan, yet his heart wanders #right and #left. Unaware, he misses the Sultan's words. Such a man faces being #dismissed, #despised, and removed from favor. (Al-Wabil Al-Saib, Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya)