![]() ![]() When the guy fulfills his end of the bargain, Ballard has a dozen police officers swarm the diner they’re in to… arrest him again? Wait, how was he sprung from custody in the first place? Doesn’t matter as long as the drooling creep with requisite glasses and pervert mustache gets his head slammed against a table once more. Lucky! Earlier, Ballard convinces an imprisoned child porn peddler facing a sentence of 30 years to help him contact traffickers in exchange for an immunity deal, needlessly posing as a pedophile himself to gain trust. That original rescue is only possible because Ballard is standing at the exact right spot of a U.S.-Mexico border station at the very moment his target tries to cross. It’s straight-up QAnon stuff, right down to his use of catchphrases like “ The storm is upon us.” Here, he gets to act out some of that drama by playing a fictionalized version of Tim Ballard, head of the anti-sex trafficking nonprofit Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.), in a feature film that casts the operator as a Batman-style savior for kids sold into the sex trade.Īpart from its relentless messaging, the movie is hobbled by a near-total absence of procedural logic. ![]() But this crowd, I could tell, would view the events depicted over the next two-plus hours as entirely literal.Ĭaviezel, best known for being tortured to death in Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, has become a prominent figure on the conspiracist right, giving speeches and interviews in which he hints at an underground holy war between patriots and a sinister legion of evildoers who are harvesting the blood of children. For the seasoned moviegoer, this phrase is a joke - we know that cinema will stretch almost any “truth” to the breaking point - and the rank insincerity of such a pronouncement is the foundation of the prankish opening titles of Fargo. The familiar words had appeared on screen, and an elderly man had taken it upon himself to read them aloud, to the rest of a sizable audience seated for a matinee showing of the anti- child-trafficking thriller Sound of Freedom, starring Jim Caviezel. When we safeguard (the heavenly virtue of freedom), when we honor it, when we protect it, we will walk with Washington, we will pray with patriots, and we shall have peace on earth, good will to men.“Based on a true story,” I heard from somewhere across the theater. I pray for the people of the world not only for the Latter-day Saints, but I pray God’s blessings upon every loyal, patriotic man and woman that is endeavoring to do right, and to uphold the laws of the countries where they reside. Sustain the government of the nation wherever you are, and speak well of it, for this is right, and the government has a right to expect it of you, so long as that government sustains you in your civil and religious liberty, in those rights which inherently belong to every person born on the earth. Govern yourself in kingdom-building activities, such as keeping a personal journal, genealogy and temple work, improved home teaching, welfare services, civic and patriotic involvement to protect our freedom.” 7. A patriotism that puts country ahead of self a patriotism which is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.’ 6. My favorite prescription for patriotism is that of Adlai Stevenson… ‘What do we mean by patriotism in the context of our times?. The single word that best describes a fulfillment of the duties of civic virtue is patriotism. I cherish patriotism and love of country in all lands. I thank the Lord for the eternal principle of freedom, free agency, the right choice. The priesthood of God should be an example of patriotism and loyalty to our country. I am convinced that if we are to continue to have the freedoms which came of the inspiration of the Almighty to our Founding Fathers, we must return to the God who is their true author…May we look to him as the author of our liberty. If I lose my life in a good cause I am willing to be sacrificed on the altar of virtue, righteousness and truth, in maintaining the laws and Constitution of the United States, if need be, for the general good of mankind. In honor of the Fourth of July we have compiled 10 patriotic quotes from various leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 1. The 12th Article of Faith states, “We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.”
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