I need to go bk and read some of your past posts. Last June I was spending the last days of ten years of caring for my dad every day. This one is a hoot. The left is nuts. Almost my entire family find my husband and me offensive in one way or another. So sad and silly. arguing and getting really angry over such crazy stuff. Good Lord come quickly
Insightful, eye-opening, and entertaining, as usual. I really enjoyed this. I must say, however, that this anger issue is really out of hand. It seems to be the default emotion for everyone, nowadays. From my perspective as a biological psychologist, I am not sure what the causes are (although I have my suspicions). However, from my perspective as a former stay-at-home dad and teacher, I think that allowing young people to get away with bad behavior does nothing but increase that behavior. Cheering it on, increases it exponentially.
Oh, and about that underwear thing… I gotta' fold them and stack them alternately so all the elastic is not on the same side of the pile. Otherwise, the stack slats to one side. Try not to judge me (LOL). Sincerely, Frederick
The anger response, I think, comes from inexperience with real human interaction. People hide behind keyboards and “devices” with keyboards and say whatever they want without thought.
I asked my husband what he does about his undies these days (I don’t fold them anymore either) he does the same thing, but not because the stacks slat to one side, but because he can’t get the drawer shut. He does the same thing with tee shirts too. A few years back, I bought us both 30 pairs, actually, 30 of everything so we only have to do laundry once a month. My give a damn really is busted…
Interesting collection. I'm a Democrat, a fan of Bernie, currently angry with AOC, and I've been vaxxed 5 times, never had COVID. We agree on the issue of Trans Ideology, though. That's one of the reasons women are so angry - our safety and privacy is being sacrificed to the whims of men with fetishes, but we may literally be attacked or fired if we complain. We feel as if neither party has our interests in mind. The Right sees us as vessels rather than people and the Left thinks women can have penises (bullshit) and will literally assault us and ruin our career if we say NO. We feel under attack just as you do. We need Centrists with common sense to balance out the extremes. I hope you don't go further Right. Christianity is one thing, but Christian Nationalism is dangerous. There are Liberals that won't beat up on you. Will you be at up on us?
It covered just about everything that I think about that issue. We’re on the same page there.
As far as being female, women have a whole lot of power when they take it, and I’m not talking about pink hats. I despise all of that. Peppered throughout a bit of my writing are common sense, tried and trusted ways to have real power as a female. Young women today have been told they can be something they will never be. What I observe is “empowered” women are angry and often empty.
The attitude that the “Right” sees women as vessels is not only a repeated talking point, but ridiculous. That is a viewpoint from a victim’s point of view. I have no patience for self imposed victimhood. I write about that too.
I would love to hear why Christian Nationalism is dangerous. Is it more dangerous than say, transgenderism? Social justice? Diversity, equity and inclusion? CRT? These are all religions in my book. These are all dangerous in my book. My generation was raised to not see color or race, I lived with a black man, married (and divorced a latino). These modern “religions” serve to divide people along the lines of color and race. Did you know the Democrat party is the party of racism? They held slaves, they were all for segregation in the schools, they founded the ku klux klan, many policies of democratic presidents were framed in racism. In fact, I think Joe Biden is one of the biggest racists I’ve ever seen in power. So compared to all of that, why is Christian Nationalism dangerous?
Have you ever met an Evangelical? Because I have in my homeschooling adventures. They are family loving, God fearing, love America. It’s funny, everyone is so believing that all of the illegals coming into this country will vote Democrat, when in fact, from what I have learned living in a latino family, they are family loving, God fearing and love America.
I read your trans article and really liked it. I left a lengthy reply. A lot of women are angry - living in a patriarchy will do that, and so will sexual abuse, which I believe is almost universal among females in our culture. Frustration at being paid less than a man for better work, and seeing them promoted past you will do it, too. Many women have children to feed, so they have to work. No matter how much we emphasize traditional family values, there is one thing that will not change - men leave. They cheat, they can be violent and controlling, and they will leave a woman and her kids without a dime. There are great men in this world, no doubt, but there are more that are unreliable partners.
The "vessel" image is not a talking point, I've heard it repeated many times by anti-choice politicians and activists. It is the belief that a potential life of a zygote takes priority over the actual life of the mother. This makes women less than human. Every free person should have control of their own person, IMO. It's not life until the woman says it is and if it threatens her life in any way, her life should take precedence. Women risk their lives to bring new life into the world. I believe that should only be done willingly. Forced birth is slavery.
Christian Nationalism is a specific thing. There is nothing wrong with being Christian. There is nothing wrong with being patriotic - hopefully we all are. Christian Nationalism was practiced by Nazis in Germany, Fascists under Mussolini in Italy and Franco in Spain during WWII. It imposed Christian Supremacy on the entire culture and controls government. It is militaristic, misogynist, racist, homophobic and violent, and therefore another word for Fascism. Fascism is a blending of Religion and the State, the State is controlled by Corporate interests, and there are always scapegoats. In Germany it was Jews, Catholics, Romany (Gypsies,) "retarded" and "crippled" people, Socialists and Trade Unionists. They are violent - an 18 year old girl that spoke out against the Nazis was executed, as were many protesters. In America, the scapegoats are or will be: immigrants, blacks, Jews, Feminists, LGBs, QTIs, Liberals and anyone else who is not a conforming white Evangelical. My family are Old Reg'lar Baptists, so they're loosely connected to Evangelicals. They are Trump supporters. Just before the 2020 election, I was expelled from the family. They live right next door and my cousins will drive right past my house to visit and never speak to me. We used to be very close, but I don't have anything they want to inherit and my Uncle does, so I now spend Christmases alone instead of at the family party that has taken place for about 30+ years. I know that they believe themselves to be good people. I hope they don't understand that they are supporting a Fascist movement. I know they are racist, homophobic, misogynist and consider Christian Supremacy, White Supremacy and Male Supremacy to be good, normal healthy assumptions for good people.
CRT is a theory taught inlaw schools to graduate students. Democrats became the party of Civil Rights and Republicans became racist when Nixon employed the Southern Strategy. The Republican party is currently involved in a campaign of voter suppression directed mostly at blacks and other minorities. Social justice should just mean fairness for all, but it's beginning to take on a negative connotation. DEI is Trans Supremacy as far as I'm concerned, so it's homophobic and misogynist and needs to be shut down. The job should go to the best applicant, but if all things are equal, women and minorities should go first.
I answered your question from memory so if I missed anything, let me know.
I agree we need centrists. We also need to get away from binary thinking which results in thinking that there are only two sides, the left and the right. The Centre left has more in common with the centre than with progressives but we seem to group the CL with the P instead of with the centre.
I so relate to your Dad's perspective!
Me too!
I need to go bk and read some of your past posts. Last June I was spending the last days of ten years of caring for my dad every day. This one is a hoot. The left is nuts. Almost my entire family find my husband and me offensive in one way or another. So sad and silly. arguing and getting really angry over such crazy stuff. Good Lord come quickly
Rock on, girl… We need MORE voices like yours. Keep speaking out against leftist insanity.
Insightful, eye-opening, and entertaining, as usual. I really enjoyed this. I must say, however, that this anger issue is really out of hand. It seems to be the default emotion for everyone, nowadays. From my perspective as a biological psychologist, I am not sure what the causes are (although I have my suspicions). However, from my perspective as a former stay-at-home dad and teacher, I think that allowing young people to get away with bad behavior does nothing but increase that behavior. Cheering it on, increases it exponentially.
Oh, and about that underwear thing… I gotta' fold them and stack them alternately so all the elastic is not on the same side of the pile. Otherwise, the stack slats to one side. Try not to judge me (LOL). Sincerely, Frederick
The anger response, I think, comes from inexperience with real human interaction. People hide behind keyboards and “devices” with keyboards and say whatever they want without thought.
I asked my husband what he does about his undies these days (I don’t fold them anymore either) he does the same thing, but not because the stacks slat to one side, but because he can’t get the drawer shut. He does the same thing with tee shirts too. A few years back, I bought us both 30 pairs, actually, 30 of everything so we only have to do laundry once a month. My give a damn really is busted…
I agree with you on the first point! I just will never give up the folding thing. Go figure…
Yes you will…on the folding thing. It’s liberating.
Interesting collection. I'm a Democrat, a fan of Bernie, currently angry with AOC, and I've been vaxxed 5 times, never had COVID. We agree on the issue of Trans Ideology, though. That's one of the reasons women are so angry - our safety and privacy is being sacrificed to the whims of men with fetishes, but we may literally be attacked or fired if we complain. We feel as if neither party has our interests in mind. The Right sees us as vessels rather than people and the Left thinks women can have penises (bullshit) and will literally assault us and ruin our career if we say NO. We feel under attack just as you do. We need Centrists with common sense to balance out the extremes. I hope you don't go further Right. Christianity is one thing, but Christian Nationalism is dangerous. There are Liberals that won't beat up on you. Will you be at up on us?
I wrote a piece about transgenderism recently in case you missed it: https://collettegreystone.substack.com/p/why-are-we-so-fascinated-with-transgenders
It covered just about everything that I think about that issue. We’re on the same page there.
As far as being female, women have a whole lot of power when they take it, and I’m not talking about pink hats. I despise all of that. Peppered throughout a bit of my writing are common sense, tried and trusted ways to have real power as a female. Young women today have been told they can be something they will never be. What I observe is “empowered” women are angry and often empty.
The attitude that the “Right” sees women as vessels is not only a repeated talking point, but ridiculous. That is a viewpoint from a victim’s point of view. I have no patience for self imposed victimhood. I write about that too.
I would love to hear why Christian Nationalism is dangerous. Is it more dangerous than say, transgenderism? Social justice? Diversity, equity and inclusion? CRT? These are all religions in my book. These are all dangerous in my book. My generation was raised to not see color or race, I lived with a black man, married (and divorced a latino). These modern “religions” serve to divide people along the lines of color and race. Did you know the Democrat party is the party of racism? They held slaves, they were all for segregation in the schools, they founded the ku klux klan, many policies of democratic presidents were framed in racism. In fact, I think Joe Biden is one of the biggest racists I’ve ever seen in power. So compared to all of that, why is Christian Nationalism dangerous?
Have you ever met an Evangelical? Because I have in my homeschooling adventures. They are family loving, God fearing, love America. It’s funny, everyone is so believing that all of the illegals coming into this country will vote Democrat, when in fact, from what I have learned living in a latino family, they are family loving, God fearing and love America.
According to Pew research, “Roughly a quarter of all Americans have an unfavorable view of Christian nationalism'” https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/10/27/views-of-the-u-s-as-a-christian-nation-and-opinions-about-christian-nationalism/ Another substacker explored this topic a while back, https://ckeeganan.substack.com/p/poll-shows-nearly-half-of-us-adults might be an interesting read.
So there’s some food for thought from a conservative independent.
I read your trans article and really liked it. I left a lengthy reply. A lot of women are angry - living in a patriarchy will do that, and so will sexual abuse, which I believe is almost universal among females in our culture. Frustration at being paid less than a man for better work, and seeing them promoted past you will do it, too. Many women have children to feed, so they have to work. No matter how much we emphasize traditional family values, there is one thing that will not change - men leave. They cheat, they can be violent and controlling, and they will leave a woman and her kids without a dime. There are great men in this world, no doubt, but there are more that are unreliable partners.
The "vessel" image is not a talking point, I've heard it repeated many times by anti-choice politicians and activists. It is the belief that a potential life of a zygote takes priority over the actual life of the mother. This makes women less than human. Every free person should have control of their own person, IMO. It's not life until the woman says it is and if it threatens her life in any way, her life should take precedence. Women risk their lives to bring new life into the world. I believe that should only be done willingly. Forced birth is slavery.
Christian Nationalism is a specific thing. There is nothing wrong with being Christian. There is nothing wrong with being patriotic - hopefully we all are. Christian Nationalism was practiced by Nazis in Germany, Fascists under Mussolini in Italy and Franco in Spain during WWII. It imposed Christian Supremacy on the entire culture and controls government. It is militaristic, misogynist, racist, homophobic and violent, and therefore another word for Fascism. Fascism is a blending of Religion and the State, the State is controlled by Corporate interests, and there are always scapegoats. In Germany it was Jews, Catholics, Romany (Gypsies,) "retarded" and "crippled" people, Socialists and Trade Unionists. They are violent - an 18 year old girl that spoke out against the Nazis was executed, as were many protesters. In America, the scapegoats are or will be: immigrants, blacks, Jews, Feminists, LGBs, QTIs, Liberals and anyone else who is not a conforming white Evangelical. My family are Old Reg'lar Baptists, so they're loosely connected to Evangelicals. They are Trump supporters. Just before the 2020 election, I was expelled from the family. They live right next door and my cousins will drive right past my house to visit and never speak to me. We used to be very close, but I don't have anything they want to inherit and my Uncle does, so I now spend Christmases alone instead of at the family party that has taken place for about 30+ years. I know that they believe themselves to be good people. I hope they don't understand that they are supporting a Fascist movement. I know they are racist, homophobic, misogynist and consider Christian Supremacy, White Supremacy and Male Supremacy to be good, normal healthy assumptions for good people.
CRT is a theory taught inlaw schools to graduate students. Democrats became the party of Civil Rights and Republicans became racist when Nixon employed the Southern Strategy. The Republican party is currently involved in a campaign of voter suppression directed mostly at blacks and other minorities. Social justice should just mean fairness for all, but it's beginning to take on a negative connotation. DEI is Trans Supremacy as far as I'm concerned, so it's homophobic and misogynist and needs to be shut down. The job should go to the best applicant, but if all things are equal, women and minorities should go first.
I answered your question from memory so if I missed anything, let me know.
I agree we need centrists. We also need to get away from binary thinking which results in thinking that there are only two sides, the left and the right. The Centre left has more in common with the centre than with progressives but we seem to group the CL with the P instead of with the centre.
Spent a bit of time on a response to the other comment, in case you want to read.