#Truth! Justice! Freedom! Reasonably priced love! And a hardboiled egg!

[dovesandmagpies]

Lilacs for the glorious 25th of May,

[nodancer]

Wear the lilac if you were there.

[thelightfluxtastic]

...and a hardboiled egg

So, the motto of the Glorious Revolution: Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably-Priced Love, and a hardboiled egg. It's a very Discworld-esque joke, that slight bit of humanization to bring down the grandeur. And it's a character moment for Vimes, the idea that he's a bit too cynical and pragmatic to believe in Truth and Justice but he can believe he'll get a hardboiled egg (and of course, the tragic irony that he doesn't even get that much).

But I've been mulling it over, and I unironically think this serves as a good reminder for praxis in activism. Political change happens on multiple scales, big and small. What practical help is your movement offering everyday people?

Take the Black Panthers for a historical example. It is undeniable that they were working toward larger ideals of justice, freedom and equality. And one of the ways they did that was providing free breakfast for children.

It's not that the big-picture ideals don't matter, they do. It's not "a hard boiled egg instead of Freedom" it's "Truth and a Hard-boiled egg" or "A hard-boiled egg as part of Justice". When you're writing big speeches about The People, how else are you meeting their needs?

(Reasonably-priced love addendum of Also include marginalized groups like sex workers in your activism but that's a whole other point).

[wordswithkittywitch]

Truth, justice, freedom, reasonably priced love, and a hardboiled egg.

[zeldahime]

Truth! Justice! Freedom! Reasonably priced love!

And a HARDBOILED EGG!

[spoonyruncible]

Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love, and A Hardboiled Egg

[tseeling]

Heute ist Handtuchtag zu Ehren des verstorbenen Douglas Adams und seiner berühmten fünfteiligen Trilogie "Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis". Vergesst nicht, immer ein Handtuch dabei zu haben, damit der gefräßige Plapperkäfer von Traal Euch nicht sehen kann.

Außerdem ist heute Fliedertag! Auf der Scheibenwelt findet gerade in der Treacle Mine Road die Lila Revolution statt. "Truth! Freedom! Justice! And a hard-boiled egg!"

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Today is Towel Day to honour the great and regrettably late Douglas Adams and his famous 5-partish trilogy "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Don't ever forget your Towel when travelling for you might encounter the ravenous bugblatter beast of Traal.

Also remember it's Lilac Day in remembrance of the great and also regrettably late Sir Terry Pratchett. "Truth! Freedom! Justice! Reasonably priced love. And a hardboiled egg."

[drink-the-stars]

Learning more about Discworld makes me want to read it more

For truth, justice, freedom, reasonably priced love, and a hardboiled egg.

[fiofo]

Happy Glorious Revolution of the 25th of May!

Truth! Justice! Freedom! Reasonably-priced Love! and a hardboiled egg!

[twostepsfromtemerant]

I don't know anything about Discworld and I fucking love it. I'm gonna read ur posts like they're candy. What's special about the 25th of May?

Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love, and a Hardboiled Egg!

The book Night Watch by Terry Pratchett is about the Glorious Revolution in which the desperate people of Ankh-Morpork rise up against their tyrannical ruler. They also attacked Watch Houses because the police was corrupt and a little too fond of brutality. Gotta say, reading that in 2020 hit very different.

There are a lot of really powerful lines in the book such as "Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That's why they're called revoultions". And a lot of excellent points about corrupt governments, trying to fight for a better world, doing the job you have to do, and going against unjust orders are made. It's a very very powerful book.

In the book, the survivors of the revolution wear lilacs to honor and remember those who died. Since Terry Pratchett's death in 2015, fans of his wear lilacs as well to remember him. It's also to raise awareness for Alzheimer's, which Pratchett died from

[icarus-suraki]

Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably-Priced Love!

And a hardboiled egg!

[nodancer]

Wear the lilac if you were there.

[i-ate-nt-dead]

Glorious 25th of May tea towel (and therefore great for Towel Day, which is also today) from the Discworld Emporium

(Image description: a white cotton tea towel printed on in lilac. At the top, in silhouette, a person stands on the barricade waving a flag. The words ‘The Glorious 25th of May. Beneath that, the words: Truth! Freedom! Justice! REASONABLY PRICED LOVE!’ The O in ‘love’ is a hardboiled egg in an eggcup.)

[hobbitofunseenhogwarts]

WHAT DO WE WANT

2015

[real-rat-bastard]

Were you there? If you were there, you woldnt have to ask where there is! For TRUTH, JUSTICE, FREEDOM, reasonably priced LOVE, and a Hardboiled Egg! To the Glorious, 25th of May! view my art on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/insomniaheadart/photos/rpp.137898809875074/1202781900053421/?type=3&theater

[lost-carcosa]

Freedom, Truth, Justice, reasonably priced Love (and a hardboiled egg) ~ Night Watch, Terry Pratchett (2002)