I am anti-partisan, and here's why; I am a liberal. My liberal values are absolutely opposed to writing off half of the people in my village as "less than".
Partisanship creates a binary filter on an analog world.
The essence of a human can't be distilled down to a label or described in a couple hundred characters. We are complex beings, and we are all worthy of love.
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I don't like to debate, because I am a learner. I'm open to having my mind changed. A conversation between two people who want to learn requires both parties to be vulnerable--safe to explore their own reasoning. That mood can't exist if you are afraid of losing. #onLearning
Just about to enter a call with someone who often tries my patience via email - but who's easier to manage in person.
Leaning into a spot of gratitude first, though:
Even though we're all damaged little sods bumping up against each other's damage in this messy world... most of the time, for most of us, we really don't mean to make things worse for one another.
We're all just doing the best we can from the data and the experiences we have.
Thanks for being decent little sods together, eh? 💛
“Human rights organizations have said it all along that continuing to oppress a population with total impunity would lead to a catastrophe, and this is what is happening. … The responsibility is also on the international community which has one opportunity now to be wise and be even-handed.”
- Francesca P. Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian
Looks like UAW #strike against BIg 3 automakers has gone global as unions throughout the world representing #auto workers are united in solidarity with UAW. https://inthesetimes.com/article/uaw-strike-international-solidarity-mexico-brazil-union-labor
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Faithful Spouse · Learner · Laugher · Liberal · Humanist · Founding member of the band Peace Mob and author of the Peace Mob Blog. Technically a dove.