Dan J. Harkey

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When He Came Out of the Closet, his beliefs constituted a Radical ideological transformation of America, His Goose Was Cooked.

“Goose is cooked” is a fun idiom that originated from a 15th-century story about a man, Jan Hus, a Czech priest, who was burned at the stake for heresy. It means that someone has strayed and found serious trouble in the land of hopelessness. In the Land of ordinary citizens, he stood out as a reactionary with a radical departure from all prevailing cultural norms.

by Dan J. Harkey

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His views finally came out that believe there is no path to success, and that society must be completely torn down from top to bottom and reconstructed with a top-down centralized government, where all the power remains at the top and the people have none. He is a devout communist trying to overthrow the government.

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This article focuses on fun idioms, rather than covering everything else.  Radical ideologies are used as a convenient subject because they are abundant.

His radical beliefs have led to a situation where he now finds himself alone, with no hope or possibility of success.  His friends have distanced themselves, leaving him to navigate his beliefs on his own. He is navigating through treacherous waters like a “ship without a rudder.”

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Radicalized ideologies, as seen in his case, often lead to isolation from the mainstream group. This not only affects the individual but also has broader societal implications, unless the entire group is radicalized.  This underlines the importance of understanding and addressing radical ideologies in our society.

Radicalized groups view their opinions as mainstream and everyone else’s as abnormal. Some radicalized groups are political, economic, and some religious sects.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radicalization

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-020-00546-3

https://www.britannica.com/topic/radical-ideologist

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10242143/

Cooked Goose: A person in big trouble, usually caused by their action. The phrase came from a 15th-century story about a man, Jan Hus, a Czech priest, who was burned at the stake for heresy.

Stray Duck: In the context of idioms, a stray duck is an animal or a person that wanders far from the group and gets lost.  This idiom, while not as commonly used as ‘cooked goose’, can still provide a vivid image of someone who is lost or out of place.