I've been doing a lot of thinking today as I've mostly kept to myself, and I mourn the death of nuance. I mourn the death of recognizing that even if you're in the right, you might do wrong. I mourn the death of the recognition of human frailty.
Recognition of ambiguity is to be dismissed, if not reviled. "Screw ambiguity. Perversion and corruption masquerade as ambiguity. I don’t trust ambiguity." — John Wayne
@LiberalLibrarian Brings back the memory of a kid I used to work with. "People think I'm conceited, but they're wrong. Conceit is a flaw, and I have no flaws."
@TwiHusband The inability to accept that we all have flaws is the Achilles heel of our civilization.
@LiberalLibrarian It's a low bar. I have lots of flaws but being a racist antisemite ain't on the list. Or being low educated conman for president selling out nation and allies for personal gain. But, yes, in general we need to remember we all aren't perfect.
@LiberalLibrarian That's one positive thing I can say about the current dumpster fire in politics. Now people know one can totally suck and be president or on supreme court.
Surprised John Wayne had such deep thoughts.
@LnzyHou It's the epigram to one of my favorite novels, Jonathan Lethem's "Girl in Landscape". Which reimagines John Wayne to science fiction.
That explains it.
If we can't recognize that none of us are pure, none of us are completely right, what hope do we have? And social media accentuates the loud and self-righteous. We all live in glass houses, yet most of us think we live in houses of stone. It's very dispiriting.
And yet we continue. What else can we do? There's a war for civilization going on. Yet what civilization do we want?
Anyway, I can do only what I can do. Which is to acknowledge that my shit stinks, like everyone else's.