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calimary's JournalAgreed wholeheartedly!
As a parent I learned the value of not reinforcing OR rewarding bad behavior. To force Ukraine to accept part of its sovereign territory being taken by force from Russia and thus validating that theft by allowing Russia to keep what it stole is UNCONSCIONABLE.
What kind of world are we living in if that becomes okay???
And what kind of message does that send???
Little ray of sunshine!
Well worth repeating, ShazzieB.
LOVE this one!
I will never understand what his “appeal” is to Texas voters who somehow see fit to send him to the Senate. To “represent” them.
Shit! I was just thinking that!
Anybody hear his name mentioned anymore? By anybody? For a guy who cast such a loud shadow over talk radio for as long as he did, NOW? You wouldn't even know he was ever a factor. I don't hear or see anybody talking about him, reminiscing about him, remembering outrageous quotes from his show, mentioning him either for good or bad. Never see his name in print, or his "legacy" referred to, to the plus or to the minus.
Frankly, his very existence irked me to NO end. I hate it when the bad guys win, or the schmuck gets the prize or the evildoer gets rich. So it's struck me that this is probably the cruelest turn of events that could befall ANY villain, who caused as much divisiveness and damage, and stirred up as much anger and hatred as this jackass did. Nobody cares about him anymore. He's gone and forgotten. And as the tweet says: he left NOTHING. He offered NOTHING of value. Nothing of sustenance that fed the spirit and lifted the soul. Nothing - for what will help getting you through difficulty or adversity. Nothing. No monuments to that bastard, no foundations or institutions dedicated to keeping his memory alive. Nothing keeping him in the public's mind.
And I couldn't be happier about that. Wherever that bastard wound up, he would HATE it. That will be the unkindest fate that could possibly befall him.
Exactly.
That's my main worry, too.
If Will smith had just scowled and then met Chris Rock backstage to sort this out NON-physically, that would be one thing.
Dumb joke, pushing the limits (which is what Chris Rock is well-known for doing), and it would have fallen flat. But Will Smith blew it up into a big deal, and now it's gritted teeth and grimaces all over Hollywood, plus lots of editorials from everywhere.
It reminds me of the best words-to-the-wise from the off-duty CHP officer who moonlighted as a driving instructor:
"DON'T ATTRACT ATTENTION TO YOURSELF."
Dang it if he didn't repeat that about 15 times per session, and with good reason, as I later figured out. He was trying to illustrate why speeders get pulled over: the cops notice them because they stand out from everybody else obeying the speed limit. Or - don't act like an idiot if you don't want to have to pay for it in some way, because everybody else around you couldn't help noticing how much you were acting like an idiot! If you have to stand out, do so for something GREAT you did, NOT because you acted like an idiot!
That advice has served me well for decades!
And for folks like Will Smith, it could have saved him embarrassment and hassle and misunderstanding and awkward moments having to face the Academy board and others elsewhere. This "joke" would have gone away and been forgotten a few seconds after Chris Rock had uttered it, and only he would have looked bad to many observers and critics. Now, Will Smith looks bad, too. To some, he looks worse, because he chose violence. And it hijacked the whole Oscar show. Nobody's gonna remember that he won an Oscar. Nobody's gonna remember much else about that telecast, either. What they're all gonna remember, as long as there are Oscar shows, was how Will Smith erupted at Chris Rock.
I just learned a new word!
AbleismFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ableism (/ˈeɪbəlɪzəm/; also known as ablism, disablism (British English), anapirophobia, anapirism, and disability discrimination) is discrimination and social prejudice against people with disabilities and/or people who are perceived to be disabled. Ableism characterizes people as defined by their disabilities and inferior to the non-disabled.[1] On this basis, people are assigned or denied certain perceived abilities, skills, or character orientations.
Although ableism and disablism are both terms which describe disability discrimination, the emphasis for each of these terms is slightly different. Ableism is discrimination in favor of non-disabled people. Disablism is discrimination against disabled people.[2]
There are stereotypes which are either associated with disability in general, or they are associated with specific impairments or chronic health conditions (for instance the presumption that all disabled people want to be cured, the presumption that wheelchair users also have an intellectual disability, or the presumption that blind people have some special form of insight).[3] These stereotypes, in turn, serve as a justification for discriminatory practices, and reinforce discriminatory attitudes and behaviors toward people who are disabled.[4] Labeling affects people when it limits their options for action or changes their identity.[5]
In ableist societies, the disabled life is considered less worth living, or the disabled people less valuable, even sometimes expendable. The eugenics movement of the early 20th century is considered an expression of widespread ableism.[citation needed]
Ableism can also be better understood by reading literature which is written and published by those who experience disability and ableism first-hand. Disability studies is an academic discipline which is also beneficial when non-disabled people pursue it in order to gain a better understanding of ableism.[
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ableism
Absolutely THIS!
His table's name is Pinocchio!
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