I wrote about the clarifying power of simple declarations of basic truths and decency; how they show us what we stand for, and how they expose what indecent liars stand for.
Five thoughts on finding our direction in the Republican Party's Nazi America.
https://www.the-reframe.com/the-bishop-and-the-billionaire/
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@JuliusGoat curious as to your reaction of the ADL making a statement that Musk's nazi salute wasn't a nazi salute.
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@Tom Same as my reaction to every other person and group making such a statement.
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@JuliusGoat OK, so maybe I'm just thick headed, but why would the ADL want to downplay or (extra)whitewash the truth behind that salute? Aren't they supposed to be the watchdogs for things like this?
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@Tom I don’t know why they would do so. I can only observe that that’s what they’ve done.
But they haven’t exactly been covering themselves in glory recently.
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That was a head-scratcher for me but they've had quite a few people part ways with the organization in recent times:
https://www.jns.org/adl-vice-president-and-three-others-on-team-resign/
The leader is apparently succumbing to the rules of that old quote, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it."
He's apparently a Musk fanboi and a Zionist that adheres to the ends-justify-means notion of reality and also a bootlicker that thinks putting a good polish on the right boots will get him what he wants.
History has plenty of receipts to help people to understand otherwise, but, some cows just want to be burgers real bad and don't know it.
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"for a moment or two, everything came into sharp focus for anyone still interested in observing what is observable."
"simply witnessing to truth leaves truth & decency on the table by itself, & forces a reaction from indecent liars to get indecent lies on the table—a reaction that exposes in what direction indecent liars align themselves."
"Convincing everyone isn't the goal; noticing direction is, & noticing who aligns with & against simple declarations of truth & decency will do that."
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"Your practiced indifference to convincing your opponents, meanwhile, will deliver the message that truth and decency are things that will be pursued without first receiving permission from indecent liars."
I love the actionable advice in this latest essay! https://www.the-reframe.com/the-bishop-and-the-billionaire/
(As always with these essays, scroll down past the subscription blurbs to be sure you've gotten to the end. The layout is alas not as clear as the writing and sometimes the best stuff is below the blurbs.)
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My takeaway from this excellent essay feels a lot more actionable than just 'resist'.
Speak truth. Be decent.
Celebrate even the smallest wins for what is good in humanity.
Never take the side of the powerful against the powerless.
Send all your help downward. Convert privilege into opportunity for those who need it.
Be moved into action by those who are giving more than you are.
(The muscle behind those messages is the antifascism/antibillionairism of the full essay.)
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@JuliusGoat @minervakoenig Thank you for the option to make a one-time Paypal payment after reading the piece. This or something like it ought to be universal.
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