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excerpts for future reference

The left is actually doing pretty well, considering July 1, 2025 Do we get mad at people who eat at McDonald's or only buy Crest or Colgate or shop at Home Depot or who own iPhones? It's hard to compete against a lifetime of brainwashing. It's depressing, yet somehow encouraging to realize that in the current dominant culture embracing humanity is an uphill battle (& always has been).

Fighting Antihumanism June 21, 2025 Fighting anti-humanism is my life's work. Examples of pervasive anti-humanism / and humanistic attitudes to combat them: Capitalism / Center what's natural Perfectionism / Live centered in love Minimizing Feelings / Make decisions based on feelings and reason

Do You Believe in Good & Bad? I sorta don’t. October 15, 2024 If I believe in Right and Wrong then pain is wrong. Accomplishment is right. Busyness & business are right. Indolence, a word that means “not hurting” in its derivation, is wrong, because it has come to mean lazy. Why is lazy wrong? Lying down, lazing about, is deemed immoral. It's no wonder that US Americans burn out and have to be reminded to rest.

the peace of God which surpasseth all understanding October 10, 2024 Excerpt of a Bible passage, cutting the religious indoctrination, leaves little.

reading selection: Omar Sakr, Tweets to a Queer Arab Poet October 8, 2024 excerpts: 3. Never let anyone tell you that you can be dehumanised. Language has many powers, but this is not one of them. Tragically, you are always human – when you oppress, and when you are oppressed. The illusion that more is possible is the root of all evil. 5. Do not mistake cynicism for criticism, or criticism for intelligence. Rid yourself of cynicism, which is self-loathing projected outward. ... –The Queer Liberation Library is a nationwide-US resource for queer materials especially valuable during current attacks on human knowledge.

dream project: We Respectfully Disagree May 26, 2024 program series modeling respectful dialog among participants who fundamentally respect each other while expressing differing views — sad that this concept is revolutionary in 2025!

American Exceptionalism December 5, 2023 · Americans do not eat the fruit on their trees. · Most Americans do not walk anywhere daily. · Bakeries in walking distance where every American regularly can grab fresh bread is not a thing. This post will be updated continually.* * He said but did not do. That's the whole post but the concept continues to warrant further examination.

Expectation Renunciation, or Why I Settle For Less November 16, 2023 By settling for less we may be able to enjoy life more. Ah, but there you see, I had to add in more, as in the adage “Less Is More.” More activates us. I have been spreading my Settle For Less message lately & I can proudly report that it is not liked! I was told that what I mean to say is “adjust expectations.” (I can tell you that I have fully adjusted to expect others to tell me what I mean!) Any self-talk that includes the word “expectations” is never going to be felt as deeply in me as saying to myself: Settle For Less. The growth I pursue is not to adjust expectations down, and therefore not really to “settle for less,” but to release myself from expectations at all. I realize that others have surely advised this to me before; I required the jump start that “settle for less” provides to get my attention. What I seek to learn is letting go of the illusion of control that is assigning meaning. My choice of abstraction has been guiding me towards greater comfort with enjoying being, observing, experiencing, existing.