(Sigh) The first half of this was genuinely interesting in its self-discovery. I get the pain, the angst of tongue-biting patience, and the quality of the advice. Why then the second half, a completely unnecessary and unrelated screed against trump and his people? And note the assumptive perspective re trans ideology, followed immediately by a plug for Marxism. I appreciate the deference to self-flaw, and would regard that as cause for congratulation. as such is indicative of a drawing away from narcissism, but the devolution into verbal "comfort food" shows a lack of conviction by the author. (Just to preempt any thought in that direction, my ref to comfort food is purely a literary convention.)
This is actually a repurposed article I did on Medium a few years ago (the first to deplatform me for criticizing trans ideology). I think Trump was still in office when I wrote this. I'm not sure what you mean by 'assumptive perspective' re trans ideology, although I think there's a pretty fair bit of assholery in that quarter. Not sure about the plug for Marxism. Dude, I read Communist Manifesto in college forty years ago, and saw a few Marx Brothers movies after that, so not sure what makes me Marxist (although I know the left gets accused of it a lot...pretty sure I'm not Marxist but tell me what you think qualifies!)
Brilliant. Way to lead by example! I'm starting to think your asshole gene (if you even have one) is recessive. No matter -- I'm still glad I found you!
Well thanks for reading and subscribing! I think humanity is born with an asshole gene and it's up to us to squoosh it as best we can. I can still be an asshole but I'm definitely getting better which I know because I've dealt with some VERY challenging people this year who have not triggered me into assholery :)
(Sigh) The first half of this was genuinely interesting in its self-discovery. I get the pain, the angst of tongue-biting patience, and the quality of the advice. Why then the second half, a completely unnecessary and unrelated screed against trump and his people? And note the assumptive perspective re trans ideology, followed immediately by a plug for Marxism. I appreciate the deference to self-flaw, and would regard that as cause for congratulation. as such is indicative of a drawing away from narcissism, but the devolution into verbal "comfort food" shows a lack of conviction by the author. (Just to preempt any thought in that direction, my ref to comfort food is purely a literary convention.)
This is actually a repurposed article I did on Medium a few years ago (the first to deplatform me for criticizing trans ideology). I think Trump was still in office when I wrote this. I'm not sure what you mean by 'assumptive perspective' re trans ideology, although I think there's a pretty fair bit of assholery in that quarter. Not sure about the plug for Marxism. Dude, I read Communist Manifesto in college forty years ago, and saw a few Marx Brothers movies after that, so not sure what makes me Marxist (although I know the left gets accused of it a lot...pretty sure I'm not Marxist but tell me what you think qualifies!)
Anyway, thanks for reading and weighing in!
Brilliant. Way to lead by example! I'm starting to think your asshole gene (if you even have one) is recessive. No matter -- I'm still glad I found you!
Well thanks for reading and subscribing! I think humanity is born with an asshole gene and it's up to us to squoosh it as best we can. I can still be an asshole but I'm definitely getting better which I know because I've dealt with some VERY challenging people this year who have not triggered me into assholery :)
Stay strong & grow some, friend. I’ll do the same. 💪🏻💕
Reminds me of this old Frank Zappa song. It's as true today as it was 45 years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OzuIjSJSkQ