Vanguard 1998's definitions

Political assault

A situation where an individual is motivated to physically assault someone because they strongly disagree with the other person’s political views and or the victim’s political identity. It usually starts out as a verbal disagreement, which escalates to the point where one of the individuals involved in the incident physically attacks the other one and the situation turns into a full-blown fight. The attacker may have strong biases against certain populations, certain mental illnesses that have not been diagnosed and or are not being treated adequately, extreme political beliefs, and or political insanity.

When a political assault happens, it often draws the public and politician’s attention and they may quickly mobilize to address the issues that facilitated it to occur; depending on who the victim was, who the attacker was, what specific issue or bias motivated the attacker’s actions, the responses from the public officials, the victim, and or celebrities, and the circumstances leading up to the event.

by Vanguard 1998 April 10, 2021

generationally consistent religious identity

Aka. G.C.R.I. or just generational consistency, When the religious beliefs of an individual match their parents, guardians, and or grandparent’s religious beliefs. The more generations from the same family who have the same beliefs, the stronger the generational consistency is.

Lynda: Hi. I’m Lynda. I noticed you are new to this temple, so I figured I would introduce myself.
Jordan: I’m Jordan. I just moved here from Detroit, Michigan. So how long have you been involved in this temple?
Lynda: I have been involved in this faith my whole life. I have generationally consistent religious identity. Four different generations of my family, previous to mine, have gone to this temple.

Jordan: That is a long line religious devotion in one family. Very impressive.
Lynda: Indeed, it is. Thanks.

by Vanguard 1998 March 17, 2021

Political Mainstream Supremacy Effect

A major political and social issue that arises when during election season, Republicans and Democrats have more access to the media, public relations professionals, and have more education and training on how to effectively campaign in political elections than nonmainstream political parties have, which results in the Republicans in Democrats winning more elections than nonmainstream political parties. Many members of the general public have been conditioned by the mainstream political parties to believe this is acceptable when in fact it is not. The best way to address this problem is actively work to ensure that nonmainstream political parties have more access to the media, p.r. professionals, and education on how to effectively run a political campaign.

The Political Mainstream Supremacy Effect has been around for many years and over time has had a very heavy, negative impact on the political diversity found in governments in all levels of jurisdiction all over the U.S.

by Vanguard 1998 March 11, 2021

Bernell Trammell

An African American business owner, nick named “The Ras” because he was Rastafarian, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who murdered in broad daylight in front of his business on July 23, 2020. He ran eXpressions Journal, which was a publication that discussed political and spiritual news. Trammell was a known Trump supporter, but he was also known to have supported Black Lives Matter and many democrats in the area. It is suspected by both his community and local political leaders that he was murdered over his political beliefs. Whether or not this is the case is unknown as the killer is still at large. Many Republican leaders believe the Democratic leaders in that region are downplaying his murder because Trammell supported Trump. It should be noted that three weeks prior to his death that an individual approached him and had minor confrontation with him for holding a Trump sign.

The murder of Bernell Trammell may become an unfortunate example of what happens when political intolerance goes unchecked. Let us hope that the killer is identified and appropriately punished for what they did.

by Vanguard 1998 February 26, 2021

Religious normalization

The processes by which society establishes new norms, expectations, and standards, and in some cases existing norms and standards are replaced, in regards to what is and is not acceptable in religious settings. These processes happen in various settings including schools, colleges, businesses, churches, news channels, state governments, federal governments, and homes. These processes can greatly impact how people think, act, and behave in various religious situations.

Yuliana: I wish more religions would be more supportive of giving women equal rights and protections.
Winston: Regrettably that may take a while to occur, the amount of time in which religious normalization occurs in many religions is relatively slow. It could take many years for those types of changes to happen, but the process might be accelerated if more national governments gave women equal rights to men, which would help pressure them into doing it.
Yuliana: I just wish it would happen faster.
Winston: We can always hope that some day more religions will be more supportive of women’s right.
Yuliana: I agree. Hopefully some day more of them will.

by Vanguard 1998 May 1, 2021

taxed to death

When people die as a result of not being able to acquire the resources they need to survive, because they lost a lot of money they needed when they paid off their taxes, which causes some people to go homeless and potentially die starvation, dehydration, and or severe illnesses that greatly impact their lives in a negative way.

People who get taxed to death tend to die in a very slow, painful manner. It is sad to see this issue is still very prevalent today.

by Vanguard 1998 February 8, 2021

the Forgotten Point

The point in time at which, after someone dies, no living person remembers that individual anymore. The amount of time for this takes occur varies from person to person; and depends on how popular they were and how many close friends and family they have.

Charlie was very popular and well liked. It will take them many years before they reach the forgotten point. Joe was not as well known; so he will reach the forgotten point sooner than Charlie will.

by Vanguard 1998 December 19, 2020