RE: There are No Such Things as “Micro-Aggressions”
At the end of this year, I suggest you consider releasing a collection of your posts as an ebook.
This post caused me to think of Michelle Wolf's "joke" at the correspondents dinner:
“He thinks abortion is murder, which, first of all, don’t knock it ‘til you try it — and when you do try it, really knock it. You know, you’ve got to get that baby out of there."
Those who laughed and found that funny are some of the people who shape public opinion. No doubt they are finely attuned to avoid micro aggressions and observe political correctness -- yet oblivious to the hypocrisy of calling people Nazis who don't buy into their perception of reality. Like the abortion joke, that's a vile insult toxic. I'd be willing to bet Michelle Wolf has called plenty of people that N word.
Oh man @roused.... I might just take you up on that suggestion. I'll have to do it in the most beautiful place in the world otherwise I'll go insane.
I ground my teeth during most of that performance and couldn't get through the latter part of it. I'm no conservative by any means but the vitriol that liberals throw around willy-nilly can be so absurdly cringe.
Glad to hear it, I seriously think you have a good ebook tucked away in your blog.
I never aligned with any party. My creed is MLK's vision, not judging people by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Equality of opportunity, freedom of speech, tolerance of opinions, and the civil debating of ideas. That used to make me a liberal or progressive, but not in the age of identity politics and the associated divide and conquer political strategy, and ceding national sovereignty to corporations via trade agreements -- I'm neither liberal or conservative, I simply became "roused" ;-) my own personal form of woke.