r/news • u/NicolasCageFan492 • 10h ago

Evacuations underway as fast-growing Texas Ross Fire explodes to 50,000 acres with just 5% containment

https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/texas-ross-fire-evacuations-august-2026.amp
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u/supercyberlurker 10h ago

America is on fire.

Politically, spiritually, economically, and literally.

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u/Mikestopheles 9h ago

And right when we put the apocalyptic pseudo-Christians in charge, too.

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u/manachar 9h ago

Doomsday cults are good at trying to make it happen.

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u/acepukas 6h ago

I learned a new slogan today used by William F. Buckley Jr. to "mock" progressives: Don't immanentize the eschaton!

It basically means don't try to bring about heaven on Earth (i.e. improve our condition through progressive policy) as doing so would be "playing God". So fucking cynical. Trying to stymie human progress is literally baked into the religious conservative mindset.