Atticus
Atticus's JournalTolerance and violence are pretty much at opposite ends of the "how to handle things" spectrum,
but they do have something in common: people often seem to take extreme --- and foolish --- positions with respect to both alternatives.
Should we really be tolerant of ANY words and deeds? Should we tolerate intolerance and place no restrictions on racists, misogynists, homophobes and religious bigots? Should we "mind our own business" when a neighbor claims "freedom of religion" and stone's his disrespectful child?
Is violence ALWAYS unjustified and therefore "wrong"? Are Ukrainians wrong for killing Russian terrorists? Was "the Greatest Generation" wrong for travelling overseas to shoot soldiers of Germany, Italy and Japan?
Most of the time, there are better ways to handle a problem than violence.
And, nearly all of mankind's myriad different ways to navigate through a lifetime should be tolerated.
But, these are not absolutes. There are times and circumstances in which refusing to use violence or shrugging and "minding our own business" is immoral.
Just watched news video of the devastation left by the Russians as they withdrew from
Irpin north of Kyiv.
As the camera panned across corpses in the street, spray-painted graffiti covered some upright surfaces and included the number "1488", a well known white supremacist coded salute to Hitler and the "14 words" stating their purpose.
Addendum: The "14 words" are "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children".
The 88 stands for two "H's", the 8th letter of the alphabet, meaning "Heil Hitler".
These are sick puppies.
"Official" Russian poll question: "Do you support President Putin's effort in Ukraine---YES or no*?
( *comrades voting "no" will face 15 years in prison. )
If I hear another smarmy Republican politician ramble on mindlessly about "wokism", "wokeness"
and the "woke liberal agenda" I just may up-chuck in my sody-pop!
Thank DeSantis for this post.
If Ginni had met Jim Jones before she met Clarence, she'd have been first in line
for the Kool-Aid.
I'll just stop there.
CNBC host Jim Cramer
Sometimes just could not be lamer.
"Dreadful's" the word he chose to use
About an employee's right to choose
the hours they'd work, both day and night.
This Cramer guy's not wrapped too tight!
Next time he whines "Poor Amazon!"
CNBC should say "You're GONE!"
Unions BUILT this country and created the "middle class", you insufferable twit!
Moscow's supposed outrage about Ukraine's also supposed attack on a Russian fuel dump in
Russia reminds me of Dolly's "justification" in an old "Family Circus" panel.
In it, a tearful Dolly points at Billy while whining "He started it when he hit me back!"
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