SLPAD 9 - wandering scholars

[David Morris]

If only you had said, your statements were “my life path personal
experiences,“ I wouldn’t have reacted against them. Instead, your
pronouncements, we’re just that, pronouncements.

On Sun, Feb 26, 2023 at 10:00 AM Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Your insults, then, are well deserved. As before, I cower, deeply humbled
> in the presence of your wit and insight.
> I am, however, not terribly moved that my personal experience and my
> relative lack of care applied in expressing the way my life path took me
> through the course of learning about historical trends do not meet your
> approval. I am not here either to meet your expectations or to garner your
> approval.
> Nor are you here to meet mine.
>
> On Sun, Feb 26, 2023 at 3:29 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Never said I was a master. I just bristle at your insulting
>> generalizations.
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 11:02 PM Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Aw, dang! I'm not a master of your caliber. I'm so ashamed.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 4:19 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Pardon me for saying so, but multiple statements you make below sound
>>>> tailor-made for a butthole radio talkshow. Little slogans. Generally,
>>>> shallow and facile.
>>>>
>>>> I hate smug slogans assuming agreement (AKA privilege), always full of
>>>> arrogant dismissal.
>>>>
>>>> David Morris
>>>>
>>>> “The Beat movement devolved to the beatnik movement. The beatniks cut
>>>> the turf for the hippies and the pervasive drug addled cult of our
>>>> contemporary America.”
>>>> [Followed by:]
>>>> “Why did people "tune in, turn on, and drop out"? Because awareness
>>>> sucked.”
>>>> [which you then explain:]
>>>> “School was a way to earn an easier living, without the traumas
>>>> of industrial life, and a lot of folks just couldn't afford to not be
>>>> working.”
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>