I looked up what verse Dana Loesch has tattooed on her arm, it's Ephesians 6:12-13 which reads,
12 For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on that evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
Since Loesch is part of the lie campaign of exactly what we are warned of, the rulers and authorities who are the very embodiment of the anti-Christ, this is Satan citing scripture. And it proves that when a fascist quotes the Bible, . . . they'll get it wrong.
I will pass up the opportunity to discuss that Ephesians is one of the letters supposedly written by Paul which many scholars believe to be spurious, I don't think that matters for my point that Loesch obviously didn't read it because guns and weapons aren't what it's talking about, it talks about protecting yourself by armor, not by wielding arms. In an even slightly wider context, for Loesch the liar to for the NRA to be citing it only adds to her hypocrisy.
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on that evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. 14 Stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness. 15 As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. 16 With all of these, take the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Even if Ephesians isn't by Paul, it's clearly by someone who wasn't writing in support of Loesch and the Satanic gun industry she shills for. They are the embodiment of everything that passage warns against. One of the critics of the letter says that its author takes things Paul speaks of metaphorically and treats them as if they are concrete, which I'm not qualified to really speak on. But it's clear he wasn't saying what she and her ilk have lied it into.
Update: I don't write for people as stupid as those who still visit Duncan's blog. It used to remind me of Harry Hope's bar in The Iceman Cometh, now I think of it more as the now decaying, "Wild Grove" being swallowed up by industrial development in Graham Greene's unsuccessful play, The Potting Shed, a once prominent house where the Callifers are decaying along with the old line Brit atheism the defunct patriarch of the dysfunctional family was once famous for. Memories of long-ago visits by Bertrand Russell are mentioned. Now they sell about three copies of his magnum opus a year, to the Indian market. About as often as someone remembers the, maybe, reference to Duncan made in a walk on without lines on The West Wing, about twelve years back.
I don't care what they say about what I write because they don't bother reading it and I don't care what they'd think about it if they did.
Update 2: I could swear that when I heard this, decades ago, they said "the Indian market" but I hear in the (original?) radio play that the line is "for export". I wonder if it reads that way in some scripts.
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