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In reply to the discussion: Supreme Court Just Gave -Industry What It Wants - More Drive To Bust Unions [View all]Civic Justice
(870 posts)to facilitate what they claim they want.
I've ran programs that are designed and of purpose to help people who are in dire straits and I've seen the multitude of people who are unwilling to even do what it takes to get the help they need.
After seeing and dealing with such devastation of human beinga and the impact is has upon human potential, I don't have time for pun's ....
After work is done, I have no issue with humor and fun !!! but when I come to forums, I am more concerned about the civility of what matters to have a better society, and what matters to have better civics based reality, and what it means to the future to have those things in the lives of individual, young, old and children s lives; I've seen and still see the ravages of age and people with broken down bodies and no means of getting assistance, as well as people who once had functional lives, that resulted to become devastated in their retirement age, facing challenges, because our society did not have the determined focus to ensure the most valuable asset in this nation, which is people!! to be equipped with life skills to help their personal living conditions.
I see the internet as a great tool, even today, the voiceless minorities who have never been heard before, are today capable of being heard because of the Internet. many white people who have never heard the thoughts of minorities, hear it and because it goes contrary o the prejudicial thoughts they were raised to think.. have difficulty dealing with minority perspectives, and certainly they have difficulty dealing with minority perspective about race... because it does not fit with what they have been groomed to think.
I know some of the things I write, rub people in ways they don't want to be rubbed... but reality will not only rub a person, reality will slap the crap out of people, when they choose to remain unaware of much, in a world of such diversity as what we live within.
We better become willing to learn what we don't want to learn, and see the truths beyond the prejudices that we were groomed to culturally follow... which has a history of being based on biases, bigotry, class divisions, segregationist ignorance, and external self measure based on materialism.
I see countless destitute people everyday... I see countless right wing type, that are in dire poverty, still hoping their white skin will give them something they have not prepared themselves to learn and earn.
So, where in that picture is there time for incessant devotion to pun's ?
I have lived and worked and don't owe anything other than my home payment and utilities and personal necessity items, I don't have a line of credit debt. I have old vehicles, but they are paid for, and I keep up the maintenance because I don't see a need for a perpetual vehicle payment. I lived through having those encumbrances, and I know the pressure and challenge of it. I came from a poverty based environment as a black family in a economically challenged reality as were many black people and poor white people facing the same on economics, but my family never allowed us to feel impoverished as a person. I lived through segregation, but my parents never allowed us to feel inferior to anyone. I've done jobs that some would never do, and I've conferred with heads of corporations... so, I've seen the various perspectives and lived in and through and with it. I know all my local political people, and I share ideas and thoughts with and unto them. I continually write out program in my personal time, and when I'm working, I invest in developing means to advance the job that I do, rather than follow a script that does not promote ongoing advancing progressive developments. It matters, on an individual level... because we only live once, and we can choose... to be a consumer only or a contributor along with our consumption's. I complain about much, but I'm also willing to do something about the things I complain about.
If you want to know why I write with the aim of drive to incite people to think and express themselves, its because I know without it.... we don't have the chance we could have.
Therefore when I come to forums, I come with the intent to communicate ideas, thoughts and investigate as well as promote ideas that might just help us as a society to become to be the better society we claim we want to be.