tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post7376721012910509945..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: On "Civility"Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-31308750954710723242018-07-02T22:15:25.785-07:002018-07-02T22:15:25.785-07:00Thank you Elizabeth, you made my day... been strug...Thank you Elizabeth, you made my day... been struggling lately with staying put where we are... so many 45 rabid supporters around this pretentious, fake and shallow Community that it has made me want to just escape our Dream Home and go back to The Hood, where the people were authentic and had tight knit community. If I didn't feel completely overwhelmed by the prospect of moving, buying & selling real estate again, along with the Caregiving, I'd be out of here in a heartbeat. I SO miss my Beloved Historic Home Today... and the Old Barrio around it. Bohemianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743017084098726581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-10304428152037729112018-07-02T19:47:20.194-07:002018-07-02T19:47:20.194-07:00No worries and thanks for commenting!No worries and thanks for commenting!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-34335108446665601672018-07-02T19:25:29.123-07:002018-07-02T19:25:29.123-07:00So sorry for the double post! I'm new to this....So sorry for the double post! I'm new to this..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10694954465631426979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-41348429746675402532018-07-02T19:22:06.731-07:002018-07-02T19:22:06.731-07:00I am so sad that my college age daughter is under ...I am so sad that my college age daughter is under this regime!<br />She is brillant. And a feminist!<br />I pray that I have given her the tools to change this sh*t!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10694954465631426979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-53689420143288372222018-07-02T12:01:14.892-07:002018-07-02T12:01:14.892-07:00I don't think civil disobedience implies viole...I don't think civil disobedience implies violence, but I am naïve. I am a fan of Gandi who proved that civil disobedience can be non violent, if not for everyone then certainly for himself. Martin LutherKing Jr. also believed in civil disobedience, "Any man who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail in order to arouse the conscience of the community on the injustice of the law is at that moment expressing the very highest respect for law."<br /><br />Sometimes the law is an ass.<br /><br />As for fuck, well my dear, you just need to embrace that word because it is quite liberating. Sometimes there is just not other word that will do. Here's a video to help you embrace fuck.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26UA578yQ5g<br />My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-61283438077694717072018-07-02T11:03:34.390-07:002018-07-02T11:03:34.390-07:00I’m as sick of those calling for civility as I am ...I’m as sick of those calling for civility as I am of those speaking otherwise.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-23305194796373102482018-07-02T09:55:32.778-07:002018-07-02T09:55:32.778-07:00What an excellent (and insightful poem)! Adrienne ...What an excellent (and insightful poem)! Adrienne Rich was ahead of her time in describing social media. The poem is copyrighted 1995, I see, which is interesting -- I wonder what prompted her to write it? I appreciate your protesting and I admire your willingness to engage with others on Facebook. I just avoid the Trump defenders, which is probably not very courageous of me.<br /><br />I do value civility and I try hard to maintain it (although this idea of civility being defined by those in power is interesting...) -- but there are times when truth has to win.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-88308851768924447122018-07-02T04:32:58.765-07:002018-07-02T04:32:58.765-07:00Thank you!
Best,
BonnieThank you!<br /><br />Best,<br />BonnieFrom the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00789641912016566894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-45483204508017097172018-07-01T18:07:59.129-07:002018-07-01T18:07:59.129-07:00That man on Facebook is so smug and sexist and con...That man on Facebook is so smug and sexist and condescending, yet I am sure he thinks he’s being clever. Revolutions were never waged by those who overly esteemed civility, which to my mind is just a way of telling folks to sit down and shut up and let the people wielding power poorly, uncivilly, have their way. Well, no. I won’t be civil then. Not if they don’t care enough to be civil in return. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-55590300833714546322018-07-01T16:45:26.602-07:002018-07-01T16:45:26.602-07:00ExactlyExactlyElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-44007075315278649912018-07-01T16:38:10.872-07:002018-07-01T16:38:10.872-07:00Stunning — literally. Thank you.Stunning — literally. Thank you.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-36355329816042120052018-07-01T16:37:46.783-07:002018-07-01T16:37:46.783-07:00I love you, Bohemian, and I love your moral clarit...I love you, Bohemian, and I love your moral clarity.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-59481147836052212018-07-01T15:22:11.411-07:002018-07-01T15:22:11.411-07:00To me it all boils down to this- we are living in ...To me it all boils down to this- we are living in a time in a country where obviously there are many people (up to and including you-know-who) who think it is perfectly fine for children to be taken from their parents and held in places where the press is not allowed to go. <br />And I can't relate to that in the least and no, I will not be civil when they try to make their case because there is no case to be made except for being purely evil. <br />And having taken American history from one of the best teachers I've ever had, I know for a damn fact that civility had very little place in the formation of our country. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-90610024033633085862018-07-01T14:30:28.286-07:002018-07-01T14:30:28.286-07:00Ah, what an age it is
When to speak of trees is al...Ah, what an age it is<br />When to speak of trees is almost a crime<br />For it is a kind of silence about injustice!<br />And he who walks calmly across the street,<br />Is he not out of reach of his friends<br />In trouble?<br /><br />(Brecht)<br /><br />Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-15818368114435256262018-07-01T14:09:06.040-07:002018-07-01T14:09:06.040-07:00Conforming to Social Conventions of propriety... w...Conforming to Social Conventions of propriety... well, tho' that might be considered Civility by many, it depends upon who is setting such standards and what Conforming means you give up in the way of your Core Values? Civility itself is questionable if in being Polite and Proper you are still defending all of the wrong things or not speaking up and out against them. So much is wrong right now that I just cannot be Civil about it or I would be compromising what I Believe to be right, Godly, decent and values all Life. Never been much of a Conformist so if that labels me as not Civil, so be it. Bohemianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743017084098726581noreply@blogger.com