11-01-2022, 10:41 AM
"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
Martin Luther King
"Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones."
Marcus Aurelius
ÔÇ£For women, getting angry is socially unacceptable, even when the anger is over violence, discrimination, misogyny, and other forms of oppression. Anger is unacceptable because angry women are women in touch with their passion and power, especially in relation to men, which threatens the entire patriarchal order.
ItÔÇÖs unacceptable because it forces men to confront the reality of male privilege and womenÔÇÖs oppression and their involvement in it, even if only as passive beneficiaries. WomenÔÇÖs anger challenges men to acknowledge attempts to trivialize oppression with ÔÇ£I was only kidding.ÔÇØ
And womenÔÇÖs anger is unacceptable to men who look to women to take care of them, to prop up their need to feel in control, and to support them in their competition with other men. When women are less than gracious and good-humored about their own oppression, men often feel uncomfortable, embarrassed, at a loss, and therefore vulnerable.ÔÇØ
And because angry women are women in touch with their passion and power, especially in relation to men, which threatens the entire patriarchal order. ItÔÇÖs unacceptable because it forces men to confront the reality of male privilege and womenÔÇÖs oppression and their involvement in it, even if only as passive beneficiaries. WomenÔÇÖs anger challenges men to acknowledge attempts to trivialize oppression with ÔÇ£I was only kidding.ÔÇØ And womenÔÇÖs anger is unacceptable to men who look to women to take care of them, to prop up their need to feel in control, and to support them in their competition with other men. When women are less than gracious and good-humored about their own oppression, men often feel uncomfortable, embarrassed, at a loss, and therefore vulnerable.ÔÇØ
- Allan G. Johnson
"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards."
Soren Kierkegard.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
Martin Luther King
"Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones."
Marcus Aurelius
ÔÇ£For women, getting angry is socially unacceptable, even when the anger is over violence, discrimination, misogyny, and other forms of oppression. Anger is unacceptable because angry women are women in touch with their passion and power, especially in relation to men, which threatens the entire patriarchal order.
ItÔÇÖs unacceptable because it forces men to confront the reality of male privilege and womenÔÇÖs oppression and their involvement in it, even if only as passive beneficiaries. WomenÔÇÖs anger challenges men to acknowledge attempts to trivialize oppression with ÔÇ£I was only kidding.ÔÇØ
And womenÔÇÖs anger is unacceptable to men who look to women to take care of them, to prop up their need to feel in control, and to support them in their competition with other men. When women are less than gracious and good-humored about their own oppression, men often feel uncomfortable, embarrassed, at a loss, and therefore vulnerable.ÔÇØ
And because angry women are women in touch with their passion and power, especially in relation to men, which threatens the entire patriarchal order. ItÔÇÖs unacceptable because it forces men to confront the reality of male privilege and womenÔÇÖs oppression and their involvement in it, even if only as passive beneficiaries. WomenÔÇÖs anger challenges men to acknowledge attempts to trivialize oppression with ÔÇ£I was only kidding.ÔÇØ And womenÔÇÖs anger is unacceptable to men who look to women to take care of them, to prop up their need to feel in control, and to support them in their competition with other men. When women are less than gracious and good-humored about their own oppression, men often feel uncomfortable, embarrassed, at a loss, and therefore vulnerable.ÔÇØ
- Allan G. Johnson
"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards."
Soren Kierkegard.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)