{"id":21250,"date":"2025-04-11T21:29:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T01:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=21250"},"modified":"2025-04-11T21:29:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T01:29:37","slug":"iced-earth-guitarist-insurrectionist-loser-says-jesus-is-the-only-way-that-is-clear-to-me-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=21250","title":{"rendered":"Iced Earth Guitarist\/Insurrectionist Loser Says, &#8216;Jesus Is The Only Way; That Is Clear To Me Now&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>January 6, 2021<\/strong> is a day that has left a considerable ass <strong>Mr. Hankey<\/strong> style shit kiss on the face of America.\u00a0 It was the temper tantrum seen around the world, and sore losers and brainwashed sheep decided to peacefully protest what they were calling a \u201crigged election.\u201d\u00a0 Well, it was only peaceful if you consider peaceful protesting including storming the US Capitol, shitting on someone\u2019s desk like you\u2019re a dog that ate a pound of chocolate, and attacking Police with pepper spray, Made in China Trump Flags, and any other kind of redneck weapon of destruction.<\/p>\n<p>These days, I call it an Insurrection.\u00a0 The MAGAs get bent when you call them insurrectionists.\u00a0 \u201cThey said that it wasn\u2019t an insurrection so you\u2019re full of shit, Libtard.\u201d\u00a0 Well, according to the Oxford Dictionary, \u00a0the word is defined as \u201ca violent uprising against an authority or government.\u201d\u00a0 Well, if you saw what I saw, then I\u2019d say that\u2019s what it is.\u00a0 If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it probably is a duck.<\/p>\n<p>That was the day that genuinely divided our country, our families, and our friends.\u00a0 No longer was it just a left party and a right party.\u00a0 It was now a left party and an insane group of individuals.\u00a0 Another thing this shit did was divide certain musicians and their fanbase.\u00a0 One of the worst ones I can think of is <strong>Iced Earth guitarist\/songwriter Jon Schaffer<\/strong> who was one of the Neanderthal dipshits who stormed the capital like a big boy.<\/p>\n<p>Schaffer was caught on camera, and you couldn\u2019t see it any clearer.\u00a0 The look of fury, the look of insanity, the look of a child who got carrot sticks in his lunch box instead of Ding Dongs.\u00a0 There he is in vivid Kodachrome color.\u00a0 Once a songwriter\/guitarist that I admired, and now just another brainwashed worm brain insurrectionist.<\/p>\n<p>Schaffer recently interviewed with the \u201cIt Is Later Than You Think\u201d podcast of Cornerstone Church, a non-denominational Church in Trafalgar, Indiana.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t make this shit up if I had a PhD in making this shit up.\u00a0 You guessed it!\u00a0 Throughout these terrible times for him (yes, he still considers himself a victim), Schaffer found Jesus.\u00a0 Talked to God.\u00a0 Touched by an Angel.\u00a0 Like any other criminal who is now having to face the consequences, he became a religious person.<\/p>\n<p>Schaffer said, <em><strong>\u201cWell, I would say that as brutal as it&#8217;s been in the big picture, it&#8217;s been the biggest gift of my life to go through this, not only for the cause, but for the fact that it is what led me to Christ.\u201d\u00a0 He also managed to play the victim card here by saying, \u201c&#8221;It was just Friday this past week where I got a call that the civil case is dismissed, and really, when you consider the level of stress and pressure and fight or flight and the PTSD and all the things, the financial wrecking, all of the, the things, I think it&#8217;s gonna take a little bit of time to come completely out of this.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m so sorry that terrible fucking things have happened to such a shitty human being but since you love your country so much, you should know that there are consequences to breaking the law and you did just that.\u00a0 Now you get to live with the consequences.\u00a0 What are you gonna do now, Schaffer?\u00a0 I bet he\u2019ll be launching a Gofundme or something to help him build that ladder to Jesus or something in exchange for crappy, discarded Iced Earth memorabilia.\u00a0 Ya know, it couldn\u2019t have happened to a nicer guy.<\/p>\n<p>There is a point to me even writing this piece.\u00a0 As a writer, I understand and love that writing is how I exorcise those demons that cause me so much anger, frustration, and IBS.\u00a0 So this is what I\u2019m doing.\u00a0 I\u2019m sharing my feelings.\u00a0 I\u2019m being a snowflake.\u00a0 Whatever you want to call it but Schaffer, you\u2019re a massive part of this country&#8217;s downfall.\u00a0 You\u2019re a pardoned criminal, but remember, you\u2019re still a criminal until you leave this plane.<\/p>\n<p>I am also not going even to pretend that I am OK with this kind of shit.\u00a0 Like I said earlier, this isn\u2019t just about Democrats and Republicans; this is Democrats and Gravy Seals.\u00a0 If you read this and it upset you, thanks for your time, but you may go now.\u00a0 I will not interact or communicate with you.\u00a0 This is so much bigger than just having a difference of opinion. 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