here here!! Bravo!!! I'm a mental health clinician and I've been beating this drum for a while now. Words are NOT violence. They are words. The emotional reaction that they may provoke is the responsibility of the person reacting. I mean duh!! If we speak to a crowd of 100 people are we now responsible for 100 different reactions?? It…
here here!! Bravo!!! I'm a mental health clinician and I've been beating this drum for a while now. Words are NOT violence. They are words. The emotional reaction that they may provoke is the responsibility of the person reacting. I mean duh!! If we speak to a crowd of 100 people are we now responsible for 100 different reactions?? It's so UNBELIEVABLY illogical and emotionally unhealthy, I can barely stand it. It makes me want to scream lol
And yet. here we are. In a society that seems hyper-reactive, hyper-emotional, and unable to center itself around any organizing principle.
I want to applaud you Bari, for your courage in speaking out on this.
Free speech will be the one thing, more than any other factor that I see, that can save us from ourselves.
And the good news? Most people - on some sort of intuitive level - get the idea of free speech. Even if they can't articulate it clearly. It's something deep down in their gut.
Bari (if you are reading this) when you first started your news letter you had a piece that used the phrase (and i'm paraphrasing) "your soul is too valuable to be silenced." I echo that sentiment here.
Our lives, spirits, and souls are valuable to be squelched. Wishes for a good day to all:)
And then the the NYT and Adios citing “no know motive” showing complacency for these crimes.
Yes meanwhile, all this dramatic anguished sensitivity to any perceived slight... Ugh. It’s more than tiresome. It’s spawned a breed of non-stop self-absorbed victims ...
Yep. Quite the switch-er-roo from mom’s counsel to my tears as a kid. Mom said, Hey just tell’em, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”
While not too impressive as a snappy comeback, it was an important perspective to think about.
here here!! Bravo!!! I'm a mental health clinician and I've been beating this drum for a while now. Words are NOT violence. They are words. The emotional reaction that they may provoke is the responsibility of the person reacting. I mean duh!! If we speak to a crowd of 100 people are we now responsible for 100 different reactions?? It's so UNBELIEVABLY illogical and emotionally unhealthy, I can barely stand it. It makes me want to scream lol
And yet. here we are. In a society that seems hyper-reactive, hyper-emotional, and unable to center itself around any organizing principle.
I want to applaud you Bari, for your courage in speaking out on this.
Free speech will be the one thing, more than any other factor that I see, that can save us from ourselves.
And the good news? Most people - on some sort of intuitive level - get the idea of free speech. Even if they can't articulate it clearly. It's something deep down in their gut.
Bari (if you are reading this) when you first started your news letter you had a piece that used the phrase (and i'm paraphrasing) "your soul is too valuable to be silenced." I echo that sentiment here.
Our lives, spirits, and souls are valuable to be squelched. Wishes for a good day to all:)
"The emotional reaction that they may provoke is the responsibility of the person reacting."
Exactly. This needs to be said over and over.
Terrible unforgivable murderers.
And then the the NYT and Adios citing “no know motive” showing complacency for these crimes.
Yes meanwhile, all this dramatic anguished sensitivity to any perceived slight... Ugh. It’s more than tiresome. It’s spawned a breed of non-stop self-absorbed victims ...
Yep. Quite the switch-er-roo from mom’s counsel to my tears as a kid. Mom said, Hey just tell’em, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”
While not too impressive as a snappy comeback, it was an important perspective to think about.