Apparently misery can really, really, really love company.
I tend to go in the opposite direction, but I think that’s the knee jerk mom thing.
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I do too, and it’s not a mom thing for me. I just tend to keep it to myself since I don’t find it pleasant I usually don’t think anyone else will, either.
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The New York Times is what conspiracy buffs call a “limited hangout”. Its self-anointed role is that of pseudo-liberal thought police, paTROLLing the borderline of Loyal Opposition. Among its esteemed colleages and alumni number David Brooks, David Frum, Ross Douthat, Maureen Dowd, Tom Friedman, and Judith Miller, all of whom espouse political philosophies perceptibly distinguishable from those of the late William H. Buckley.
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“Peace to both sides” I presume?
And what was the last 3 minutes of BlackkKlansman about then?
I may be old fashioned or stuck in a different universe… but the guy who bad mouths the FBI is…
Guilty as sin of whatever he projects
Needs 3 hots and a cot
Is mentally unhinged
Has a legal …not actual… “death wish”
Or just doesn’t care he’s pissed off the wrong people
Or some combination of the above.
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Are we sure Agolf didn’t mean “putsch” instead of “peace”?
Hey, I’m surprised he didn’t close out with And Happy New Year.
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Old white guys on motorcycles–
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Talk is cheap, asswipe. Stop coddling Nazis for once in your life.
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Always good to see our brothers and sisters showing their pride in our nation.
I wonder if they also favor child torture, like Trump.
I know I’m really fed up with his telling us who does and who doesn’t “love their country.”
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Amen to that!
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You understand that I understand why there is no love lost for the NYT. But I read it for far more than its political coverage and have done so for a million years. If what I write is at all coherent, it’s because I’ve been reading good instructive writing all those years, but I don’t mean to sound like I’m a cult member saying all is fine and good, I know it’s not.
Gardening must be good for soul, though a little tricky with aging knees, but I love broccoli and know hardly anyone who does.
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O I love it and so does my husband. Too bad you’re so far away - I’d trade apples for it. We have about a zillion.
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Trump’s baiting tweets only find purchase in our collective experience because every media station on earth can’t help themselves but to report his tweets.
He tweeted them. Let’s leave it at that and those who want to read his asinine nonsense can follow him on Twitter.
Just my $0.03.
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In mathematics, a theorem is a true statement and a proof is a valid logical argument in which the theorem statement is shown to be true as a universally or existentially quantified statement by application of definitions, pre-existing theorems, and logic. Which is why theorems are so rare and so prized and so scrutinized for any trace of invalidity, whether it be use of definitions, or use of logic, or clarity, or persuasive force (not meaning, as it so often does in politics, that you agree with the conclusion for some reason, therefore the theorem must be true and the argument valid, but that a competent reader can verify the proof for its validity, understand its value and significance, and appreciate the style and wit and brevity with which it is written). A “proof” can be sunk by a single counterexample to any statement it contains. The lack of any counterexamples does not furnish a proof, just a demonstration that no counterexamples have been produced so far.
Some men are good at keeping things to themselves. Then they wind up catheterized.
[Note to the logic-impaired: I didn’t say how many men. More than zero. I also didn’t say anything about women. All that means is that I am addressing men in this comment. It doesn’t imply any value judgement I’m making regarding women. It also doesn’t imply that I value men over women. It means what it says and no more and no less.]
If a person never reveals what is hurting him inside, he never gets help and it’s hard for him to develop empathy for other people since he rarely gets to see empathy in action, let alone grow to value it for how good and nurtured it makes him feel.
[Note to the empathy-impaired: In this last sentence I have my own example in mind, and I am using that to construct a sentence in which I have replaced “I” with “a person” and changed the pronouns accordingly. The form of the sentence implies (in the colloquial sense, not the logical sense) that I am making a universal claim about all human beings. While not my intent, I think that in fact is how universal claims are actually produced in practice. A profound (or not – you tell me) insight that one person shares with the world that others find resonates with them. Also, I used “he” and “him” rather than “she/he” and “her/him” – my personal preference as a writer, not an example of a patriarchal cultural assumption on my part.]
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I understand that, but there is a time and a place for everything. I’m not empathy impaired. But it can’t be forced on people either. I understand you are a writer. Lovely. Dollars to doughnuts, you aren’t the only one here.
And I’m as prone as anyone to go off topic, but I try not to make a habit of it.
I’m sorry you have problems and I hope you are getting the help you need.
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