As I watch local news there is a man hero for pulling a dog from storm rubble. There is the calamity of a few houses destroyed by a tornado. People are scared of 6 inch hailstones, and too much rain ruins the holiday weekend. A car wreck on the freeway. And then I think of the superficiality of this all, and of the untold consequences of the genocide and famine, non-ending blasts,unthinkable thirst and hunger, pervasive fear, babies and children under rubble, steel bullets and concrete smashing flesh, a country, a people of 2 million being destroyed, 30 miles of complete rubble. And the gasps with our news, and that horror that is unwatchable, unspeakable, hidden, so life goes on here with our discomforts and blindfolds.
>>"...so life goes on here with our discomforts and blindfolds."
What you say is so true, and really unfortunate. Is it a flaw of human nature/psychology to be concerned primarily with one's environment and loved ones at the expense of more pressing problems in the world and for humanity? Or is it a survival mechanism of human nature/psychology in the way that it works?
Or is it BOTH? Or some combination of the two?
Interesting to think about...don't really know the answers to such questions. Well, I can certainly say that humans are complicated and contradictory in their behaviors.
What is not mutually exclusive is the ability to care for your family and community and also understand the violence that is being perpetrated in our name. What we see and hear is a consequence of massive propaganda, diversionary tactics, lies, the need to placate our peoples to keep the order ordained from above. Nightly news broadcasts such as from the battlefields in Viet Nam are now verboten. Real news can be found scattered on the Internet but main stream viewing and news print are severely restricted to a prescribed bland formula. The desperate legions behind MAGA are pulling back the curtain, a violent outcry, as opposed to an orderly process such as with B. Sanders, who is sabotaged from within our political system.
So what are real examples of this iron fisted control. Look no further than the call to war in Iraq after 911 and the patriotism manipulated by Bush and company. 911 was a Saudi attack, not Hussein in Iraq. Look no further than the overnight campaign, without national discussion, to support Ukraine and Ukraine’s potential ultimate destruction in a U.S. promoted proxy war with Russia. Look no further than the military and financial support of a Palestinian genocide and any dissent is labeled as criminal antisemitism.
People need to awaken to the horrific consequences of the actions of our government and say, no more in our name, no more in my name! How can we preach love and family values, and be so hypocritical. It is disturbing, very disturbing. What type of nation are we???
My guess is - we seem to be the type of nation that we have always been - one built on Genocide, ethnic cleansing, apartheid, slavery, racism, oppression and exploitation, 'might is right' narratives, and more.
WHY are you replying to me? Haven't I made it clear that I don't care about your likes or dislikes, positive or negative things you say about me, or whether you agree or disagree with me?
Jenny Stokes -> your problem has never been about heart or values or morals (which are in the right place). Your problem is about your LACK of comprehension of even the most basic of (my) comments - and your complete misunderstandings of my comments and unhinged responses to them - and your verbally abusive behavior that follows.
[Maybe next time I'll link to over a dozen times you have misconstrued my comments (to you and others) with completely irrationality and sometimes completely out of context responses.]
I want NOTHING, nada, zero, zilch to do with you Jenny Stokes! Please don't reply to my comments. You will receive the same reply from me that I said I will reply you with. I am DONE with you - regardless of HOW great or special or whatever you may be.
As I watch local news there is a man hero for pulling a dog from storm rubble. There is the calamity of a few houses destroyed by a tornado. People are scared of 6 inch hailstones, and too much rain ruins the holiday weekend. A car wreck on the freeway. And then I think of the superficiality of this all, and of the untold consequences of the genocide and famine, non-ending blasts,unthinkable thirst and hunger, pervasive fear, babies and children under rubble, steel bullets and concrete smashing flesh, a country, a people of 2 million being destroyed, 30 miles of complete rubble. And the gasps with our news, and that horror that is unwatchable, unspeakable, hidden, so life goes on here with our discomforts and blindfolds.
I think it is fractal. Pain and suffering all the way down.
>>"...so life goes on here with our discomforts and blindfolds."
What you say is so true, and really unfortunate. Is it a flaw of human nature/psychology to be concerned primarily with one's environment and loved ones at the expense of more pressing problems in the world and for humanity? Or is it a survival mechanism of human nature/psychology in the way that it works?
Or is it BOTH? Or some combination of the two?
Interesting to think about...don't really know the answers to such questions. Well, I can certainly say that humans are complicated and contradictory in their behaviors.
What is not mutually exclusive is the ability to care for your family and community and also understand the violence that is being perpetrated in our name. What we see and hear is a consequence of massive propaganda, diversionary tactics, lies, the need to placate our peoples to keep the order ordained from above. Nightly news broadcasts such as from the battlefields in Viet Nam are now verboten. Real news can be found scattered on the Internet but main stream viewing and news print are severely restricted to a prescribed bland formula. The desperate legions behind MAGA are pulling back the curtain, a violent outcry, as opposed to an orderly process such as with B. Sanders, who is sabotaged from within our political system.
So what are real examples of this iron fisted control. Look no further than the call to war in Iraq after 911 and the patriotism manipulated by Bush and company. 911 was a Saudi attack, not Hussein in Iraq. Look no further than the overnight campaign, without national discussion, to support Ukraine and Ukraine’s potential ultimate destruction in a U.S. promoted proxy war with Russia. Look no further than the military and financial support of a Palestinian genocide and any dissent is labeled as criminal antisemitism.
People need to awaken to the horrific consequences of the actions of our government and say, no more in our name, no more in my name! How can we preach love and family values, and be so hypocritical. It is disturbing, very disturbing. What type of nation are we???
Wake up, seek the truth.
"What type of nation are we???"
Do you really want to know?
>>"What type of nation are we???"
My guess is - we seem to be the type of nation that we have always been - one built on Genocide, ethnic cleansing, apartheid, slavery, racism, oppression and exploitation, 'might is right' narratives, and more.
A Nation that sends food to the Palestinians.
Pasta which needs cooking = where is the water?
Dried Beans which take hours to cook + where is the water?
This is a 'sham' political 'so called' Assistance program.
WHY are you replying to me? Haven't I made it clear that I don't care about your likes or dislikes, positive or negative things you say about me, or whether you agree or disagree with me?
Jenny Stokes -> your problem has never been about heart or values or morals (which are in the right place). Your problem is about your LACK of comprehension of even the most basic of (my) comments - and your complete misunderstandings of my comments and unhinged responses to them - and your verbally abusive behavior that follows.
[Maybe next time I'll link to over a dozen times you have misconstrued my comments (to you and others) with completely irrationality and sometimes completely out of context responses.]
I want NOTHING, nada, zero, zilch to do with you Jenny Stokes! Please don't reply to my comments. You will receive the same reply from me that I said I will reply you with. I am DONE with you - regardless of HOW great or special or whatever you may be.
Go ahead Chang. All you will do is take over Caitlin's substack which you have been doing. I realise that you only attack women. You are a misogynist.