More just because
David Morris
fqmorris at gmail.com
Mon Dec 13 01:13:53 UTC 2021
Also, I’ve heard that song too many times already, now. We heard you the
first three times.
On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 7:44 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> You can run, as they say . . .
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> 🚀 🤡 🚀 😱 🚀 🍄 🚀⚡️🚀 ☠️ 🚀
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> On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 7:21 PM Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
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>> When I first read Pychon, and as it has become an important lens for
>> thinking about art, politics, humans and stuff, I found and continue to
>> find an irreverent and kindred spirit with an anti-colonialist, anti
>> plutocracy anarchy friendly way of writing. I soon wanted to talk with
>> others about this amazing body of work so found the list. And I truly
>> appreciate it wide open forum. But I am different from several here in
>> having a low tolerance toward my self and others for insult and drawn out
>> personal arguments. Friendly prodding is fine, disagreement is good and
>> needed, as intense as you like as long as there is respect evident, the
>> shared convoction that logic accuracy and facts matter. But taking things
>> personally gets tiring and internally disruptive fast. I don’t want to make
>> others feel small and don’t need to interact with people who bring that
>> urge out in me. It seems quite simple to purge ad hominem from personal
>> interactions, especially written communication. You decide and follow
>> through. I do allow myself the occasional insult to the kings and queens
>> of culture and government but even that can be a bad and unpersuasive
>> habit. Someone wants to call Hillary the queen bitch of the neo cons, fine,
>> you want to call Bush the evil halfwit, or Trump a mafia scumbag, have at
>> it. Same for insulting me. Have fun. Just don’t expect me to get involved
>> anymore. I’ve had my fill of this kind of discourse. I've got an email app
>> with prefences and I know how to use it.
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