As I said on another day: the "kindness is all that matters" people are fine with rape, torture and murder, if they are told to be. Ponder that.
Actually, unpacking this a bit--I do have a Masters from a good school, so I am allowed to use the word unpack--is it not reasonable to say that sometimes kindness is not possible? Sometimes kind…
As I said on another day: the "kindness is all that matters" people are fine with rape, torture and murder, if they are told to be. Ponder that.
Actually, unpacking this a bit--I do have a Masters from a good school, so I am allowed to use the word unpack--is it not reasonable to say that sometimes kindness is not possible? Sometimes kindness is not the answer? If someone is attacking you, for no good reason, will you get beat up less if you are nice? No. It will probably be worse.
Adults understand this, which is why this whole obsession with kindness is really a form of childish pretending. It arises from an emotionally rooted delusional need to tell lies about the world. It pretends that there are not truly evil, violent, irrational people out there who can only be managed with bullets and walls.
And so practically the sorts of smiling, congenial, NICE people who inhabit vegan cafes and drink expensive coffees and read books by, I don't know, Marcus Garvey, and wear knitted Rastafarian hats--these sorts of people, when confronted with ideas about which they cannot be nice, which do not exist fully within their frame of reference, get VIOLENT. They go into hyperarousal. They get hysterical. I've watched this happen, personally, face to face. They are super nice until they realize you are an OTHER, that you are different, that you do not share their insipid idiocies, after which they puff up their chests, wave their little arms, and get MAD. Not kind.
ADULTS are not afraid of the Other. This is the ESSENCE of honest Liberalism. In today's world, almost no people who call themselves liberal are other than either 1) whiny children; 2) greedy a-holes.
And if you just look at the INABILITY of most of these people to grasp Israel's perspective, you see, really, all you need to see. There is neither a capacity for empathy, nor the most rudimentary concern with principle. These are Anti-Liberals.
You do not even need to see Israel's perspective. All you need to understand is people murdered in their beds, burnt alive in their homes, babies decapitated, children held as hostages. It matters not who the victims were, whether they are your kind, or if their beliefs gel with yours. Every decent, sentient, objective human being should understand it was terrorism and terrorism is indefensible.
Separated or just handed off to child traffickers. Its hard not to see that as part of the goal, even though I personally never went down the QAnon rabbit hole. That such people exist seems clear enough. The only open question is how numerous and how influential/powerful they are.
They are handed of but not just for sexual purposes - construction in Florida and cleaning slaughterhouses at night in the Midwest. A member of an NGO helping with minor children at the Texas border tried to raise the alarm re improperly vetted "fosters" and she was ignored but she kept trying. She was removed. There is an email chain from her to HHS and from HHS to Valerie Jarrett. They all know.
I live on the border, and interact with CBP everyday in one way or another. Some of them have indicated that conditions currently are much worse for detainees than at any time during the Orange one whose name cannot be spoken term.
Of course there are no politicians around for photo ops so it obviously isn't happening.
To be fair, I am betting that part of why it is worse is that Biden attracted more people, so same resources, but with far more people to split them amongst.
But either way you look at it, This administration (not gonna blame it on Biden, since we all know that man is not in charge) has been horrible on immigration. Even if you are pro-immigration to the point you wanna let everyone in, he hasn't done a good job. Let alone if you are actually rational on immigration.
After being up half the night thinking about hostages lying awake in anguish, "waving their little arms" got me to smile. As for Bari on MSNBC, she looked like she hasn't slept in days and she is a hero for simply repeating the facts about atrocities and appealing to the basic humanity that's been ossified by doublespeak. The Free Press is becoming the voice of those who have had to keep quiet at parties and meetings and learn a new list of verboten terms monthly and preferred euphemisms lest they be turned in.
Here is the thing: if ten percent of those still in thise worlds start speaking up articulately, the world will change.
All you have to do is speak the truth, plainly and without adornment. Dont yell, and dont go down lists. Just say one true thing when you can that they cannot deny.
All of this is playacting. It depends entirely on the cooperation of everyone. It is literally the Emperor has no clothes, enacted habitually by thoughtless people who on some level remain decent, but have forgotten how good sincerity feels.
Being "kind" to a villain or liar means being unkind to so many others.
Israel sent electricity and water to Gaza and look how they were repaid. I think Gaza was sent supplies to fix their own water system - but I wonder what they did with the materials? Also, Hamas was elected by the people of Gaza. It is the government - not a lone wolf group.
As I said on another day: the "kindness is all that matters" people are fine with rape, torture and murder, if they are told to be. Ponder that.
Actually, unpacking this a bit--I do have a Masters from a good school, so I am allowed to use the word unpack--is it not reasonable to say that sometimes kindness is not possible? Sometimes kindness is not the answer? If someone is attacking you, for no good reason, will you get beat up less if you are nice? No. It will probably be worse.
Adults understand this, which is why this whole obsession with kindness is really a form of childish pretending. It arises from an emotionally rooted delusional need to tell lies about the world. It pretends that there are not truly evil, violent, irrational people out there who can only be managed with bullets and walls.
And so practically the sorts of smiling, congenial, NICE people who inhabit vegan cafes and drink expensive coffees and read books by, I don't know, Marcus Garvey, and wear knitted Rastafarian hats--these sorts of people, when confronted with ideas about which they cannot be nice, which do not exist fully within their frame of reference, get VIOLENT. They go into hyperarousal. They get hysterical. I've watched this happen, personally, face to face. They are super nice until they realize you are an OTHER, that you are different, that you do not share their insipid idiocies, after which they puff up their chests, wave their little arms, and get MAD. Not kind.
ADULTS are not afraid of the Other. This is the ESSENCE of honest Liberalism. In today's world, almost no people who call themselves liberal are other than either 1) whiny children; 2) greedy a-holes.
And if you just look at the INABILITY of most of these people to grasp Israel's perspective, you see, really, all you need to see. There is neither a capacity for empathy, nor the most rudimentary concern with principle. These are Anti-Liberals.
You do not even need to see Israel's perspective. All you need to understand is people murdered in their beds, burnt alive in their homes, babies decapitated, children held as hostages. It matters not who the victims were, whether they are your kind, or if their beliefs gel with yours. Every decent, sentient, objective human being should understand it was terrorism and terrorism is indefensible.
Look at the Squad's old photoshoot of fake tears and kerchiefs and pearl-clutching over migrant kids separated at the border.
Now go look for the pictures of them weeping over Jewish children beheaded and burned alive. Good luck.
Democrats ban right-wing racists from public society, while electing left-wing racists to Congress.
How about the record number of children being separated by the current administration?
Separated or just handed off to child traffickers. Its hard not to see that as part of the goal, even though I personally never went down the QAnon rabbit hole. That such people exist seems clear enough. The only open question is how numerous and how influential/powerful they are.
They are handed of but not just for sexual purposes - construction in Florida and cleaning slaughterhouses at night in the Midwest. A member of an NGO helping with minor children at the Texas border tried to raise the alarm re improperly vetted "fosters" and she was ignored but she kept trying. She was removed. There is an email chain from her to HHS and from HHS to Valerie Jarrett. They all know.
It's ok because it is separation but like not in a racist way
I live on the border, and interact with CBP everyday in one way or another. Some of them have indicated that conditions currently are much worse for detainees than at any time during the Orange one whose name cannot be spoken term.
Of course there are no politicians around for photo ops so it obviously isn't happening.
To be fair, I am betting that part of why it is worse is that Biden attracted more people, so same resources, but with far more people to split them amongst.
But either way you look at it, This administration (not gonna blame it on Biden, since we all know that man is not in charge) has been horrible on immigration. Even if you are pro-immigration to the point you wanna let everyone in, he hasn't done a good job. Let alone if you are actually rational on immigration.
my daddy used to tell me that "fair" is where my momma takes cakes and pies ever year.
don't expect it nowhere else
True!!
“No human is illegal” except Israelis apparently.
After being up half the night thinking about hostages lying awake in anguish, "waving their little arms" got me to smile. As for Bari on MSNBC, she looked like she hasn't slept in days and she is a hero for simply repeating the facts about atrocities and appealing to the basic humanity that's been ossified by doublespeak. The Free Press is becoming the voice of those who have had to keep quiet at parties and meetings and learn a new list of verboten terms monthly and preferred euphemisms lest they be turned in.
Here is the thing: if ten percent of those still in thise worlds start speaking up articulately, the world will change.
All you have to do is speak the truth, plainly and without adornment. Dont yell, and dont go down lists. Just say one true thing when you can that they cannot deny.
All of this is playacting. It depends entirely on the cooperation of everyone. It is literally the Emperor has no clothes, enacted habitually by thoughtless people who on some level remain decent, but have forgotten how good sincerity feels.
The reason standing up is usually hard is that you are doing it alone. If everyone would do it, we would no longer be alone.
Gotta speak truth to authority.
Being "kind" to a villain or liar means being unkind to so many others.
Israel sent electricity and water to Gaza and look how they were repaid. I think Gaza was sent supplies to fix their own water system - but I wonder what they did with the materials? Also, Hamas was elected by the people of Gaza. It is the government - not a lone wolf group.
We now live with an epidemic of “pretendonitis”, where reality has been displaced by rigid ideology, tribalism, and false narratives
Bravo. Great comment.
As God said, “time to harden your heart.”No excuse for evil!
This post is brilliantly incisive and deserves its own column.
Perfection.
“Adults understand this, which is why this whole obsession with kindness is really a form of childish pretending.”
That hit the nail on the head. Their empathy is usually feigned for the sake of the plot.