It’s possible for a house to be flooded to the ceiling and on fire at the same time. On social media, I see a lot of white folks posting news articles and photos of little black kids who were killed over Fourth of July weekend. Either they or the commenters always say the same things.…
Obviously, I’d be voted out of office after my first term for being too centrist. I. My fellow Americans. We live in troubled times. America is at a crossroads. Rarely, have we faced bigger challenges. Our mettle and our ideals are truly being tested. And yet, rarely have we been more polarized and more divided.…
Here come the drums I. Am. Enraged. Raw. I try not to watch the news, but inevitably get caught up and it’s brutal on the psyche. There’s so much appropriately righteous anger and so many are breathing fire — frustrated rage, a bloody trail of history, atrocities never punished or rectified or even acknowledged, and…
The #metoo news articles have died down a bit. Is it fading from the national consciousness? I’ve never agreed with the idea that sexual assault and harrassment is all about power and not sex. metoomovement
Old Man Young rants about: Protests (Trigger warning); Alienation; This is long but I was determined to finish an entry. I’m not going to judge anyone because of what they don’t say online. None of us can keep up with and process all the bulls— that we’re hosed down with every day. Commenting on and…
Colin Kaepernick’s refusing to stand for the national anthem. Is that upsetting? Is it offensive to you? SYMBOLISM It amazes me that his quiet protest, which only came to light recently so that he had to explain himself, is imploding heads. It’s such a shallow form of patriotism that can’t accommodate dissent. It’s a patina…
#AllLivesMatter Anyone who forcefully says #AllLivesMatter says it only as a sardonic, hostile response to #BlackLivesMatter. Invariably, in the same conversation they try to convince me (or themselves) how someone deserved to die without due process of law, which suggests that they don’t really believe that all lives matter. “#AllLivesMatter. I hope if you ever need the…
Someone pooped in the pool. We can be grossed out, promptly get out of the pool, maybe let others know to avoid it, take a shower, and go home or we can seek out the poop, pick it up, take a picture of it and post it online, put it in our pocket, and carry it around with us for the rest of our lives.
Why? Why why why can’t we have a reasonable discussion about any issue? Why can’t we acknowledge that there’s a lot of ground between the straw man extremes? On one hand, supposedly, Obama is somehow going to remove millions of guns from millions of homes of law abiding citizens, despite the Second Amendment right to…
Being peaceful does not equal being silent. Being peaceful does not mean being passive. Peace — let’s call it non-violence — can be constructive, creative, and confrontational. I detest this random destruction happening in Baltimore. It must be like a flashback to the 60s. The property destruction is awful. No doubt. I see a lot…
