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Christopher Jason Ross-07/10/2025

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Journal Entry

Greetings once more from Thomson, IL. I want to apologize for the lack of journalling coming from me as of late, for various compounding reasons. First, money gets tighter every month and Corrlinks costs money to use. Second, the lockdowns and group punishments have gotten so frequent as of late that I simply have little time to actually sit down and send something. A lot of tasks in prison can take days, or even weeks, when in the free world all of which can be accomplished in a single day.

However, I have some free time now, so I want to say that I have gotten back into playing pickleball as of last week. We have a running gag amongst us friends who play that if you dive for the ball, a shoe has to come off, even if you have to make an effort to pull it off your foot. Of course, everyone has to cheer when a shoe comes off.

I have also been reading articles from Military Trader magazine. I am a living historian on the street, so brushing up on history by reading articles in the field helps me stay in the know. I read an excellent book called “The Bloody Shirt: Terror After the Civil War” by Stephen Budiansky, and I have to say it is an excellent read. It also details how Republicans used to be the progressive, anti-slavery group. After the torrential Reconstruction period when White Rifle Clubs seized power and installed puppet leaders and conducted lynchings and mass shootings against all who dared to “vote the radical Republican ticket,” The two sides Republican and Democrat ended up swapping sides! Even Confederate generals who supported the progressive cause were turned into scapegoats by their own people.

Reading a book like The Bloody Shirt taught me how transient one’s identity can be in times of conflict. If you think it might lead to you not getting in trouble, just switch sides – some people also genuinely change their worldviews, even if they held those same beliefs for most of their life until that point. It is important to form your own moral compass and opinions, regardless of the masses.

Talk later sometime hopefully. – Chris