I think I hate huffiness, in all its forms. I plan to be very huffy about people who are huffy..
You're close to one of the great insights: the people who bother you intensely are often the ones who are like you in the way that you hate. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Thu, Sep 24, 2020, 8:19 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > I think I hate huffiness, in all its forms. I plan to be very huffy about > people who are huffy. > > I agree FRIAM should not be a safe space. In that case, what would be the > point? > > Nick > > Nicholas Thompson > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > Clark University > [email protected] > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of u?l? ??? > Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2020 1:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] why some people hate cops > > I was recently triggered by what I thought was a disparaging comment from > EricC about the recent attempt to redefine "racism" so as to (primarily) > refer to systemic racism. The idea, I think, is that a minority can't be > called "racist" because the majority has overwhelming control over the > system in which they live. After asking a clarifying question (as I > *always* have to do with EricC! >8^D), he elaborated that it's unreasonable > to *expect* everyone to know that the definition has changed. Confusion > will mount because language is fluid, ambiguity exists, definitions change, > not all people are the same, etc. > > But there's depth to the discussion. Religious people have been in near > TOTAL control of our world for a very very long time. Even today, atheists > are nearly unelectable. If it weren't for some fluidity in the market of > different religions, that control would be total. Part of why I like jokes > like the Discordians and Flying Spaghetti Monster (and more deeply the > Satanic Temple) is because they compete in that ridiculous market. To > accuse a minority of hate speech against a majority is a little off-kilter, > to me. It may be literally appropriate. But it misses the nuance of the > conversation. > > > On 9/24/20 11:59 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > > To the extent any such people are “protected” is just because they are > such bullies to begin with that they presume to bend social systems around > their will. Keep it off my wave. > > > -- > ↙↙↙ uǝlƃ > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC <http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/FRIAM-COMIC> > http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC <http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/FRIAM-COMIC> > http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >
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