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than that which exists between Emerson's message for the ages and Trump's past and current messaging? While browsing the internet I stumbled upon this writing penned by Ralph Waldo Emerson. As I read each line, thoughts quickly turned to an opposite;...
by Richardeslc
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on Wed Apr 03, 2024 at 04:00 PM PDT
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Our species has had a wild and crazy adolescence. These days we’re facing the consequences of our irresponsible behavior. We can now see that our bad habits will kill us if we don’t quit. It’s time to grow up. Can we stop eating too much meat, using...
by AliceT4
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on Sat Jan 06, 2024 at 03:16 PM PST
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Now is the time for all good people to come to the aid of the species. The forces of greed and violence have driven us to despair. We know we must change how we live, but we don’t believe we can. The forces of good have been scattered. We’re fighting...
by AliceT4
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on Thu Nov 09, 2023 at 01:10 PM PST
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First I’m not using an image for this as, fuck that, I’m not gonna show other peoples trauma as a picture as a call for sympathy. Over the last few weeks on here I have seen some truly horrifying things in the comments, including at least one person...
by EVail
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on Sun Oct 22, 2023 at 08:44 AM PDT
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by RubenBolling
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on Thu Oct 19, 2023 at 04:50 AM PDT
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Before Rep. Steve Scalise ended his bid to become the next speaker of the House, he was forced to experience some ghoulish concern-trolling from many members of his own party. Scalise isn’t a great guy. He’s famous for once describing himself as “David...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Oct 13, 2023 at 10:25 AM PDT
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Some millennia ago, some ape-like creature looked in a still pool of water, saw its reflection and thought, “Wait a minute – that’s me!” It showed other ape-like creatures this trick, and soon there was a whole tribe of “people,” who recognized...
by soupbone60
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on Sun Sep 17, 2023 at 06:24 AM PDT
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Let’s deal in oversimplifications for this argument. Imagine an extremist Christian man and an extremist Muslim man talking about their beliefs in a living room somewhere. Their discussion grows more and more heated, and, depending on the men’s...
by AliceT4
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on Wed Jul 26, 2023 at 11:54 AM PDT
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There has been some chatter lately on "dehumanizing" language here at DailyKos*. I would like to dive headfirst into actual dehumanizing behavior caused at least in large part by capitalism. ...
by NeverEverAgain
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on Sun Jul 16, 2023 at 03:00 PM PDT
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First of all I would like to express my complete unconditional love and appreciation for my extended family at Daily Kos. I will also say that I empathize with my family members reaching a boiling point that sometimes causes the pasta water to boil...
by Rule of Claw
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on Tue Jul 11, 2023 at 06:09 AM PDT
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The paramedic team of Dave Moran and Ray Smythe, who work at the Wauchope, New South Wales Ambulance Service, were taking a terminal elderly woman, Mavis, out of her home and onto a palliative care unit. She was was very ill. They started chatting...
by Tevye
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on Sat Jul 08, 2023 at 02:43 PM PDT
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In 1867, Frederick Douglass, a former slave, an abolitionist, an orator and writer, and a spokesperson for civil rights for all Americans, addressed immigration to the United States and defined what it means to be an American. At the time, the national...
by Alan Singer
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on Sun Jul 02, 2023 at 01:40 PM PDT
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A lot us have been casting about and asking why things have gotten so out of control and crazed over the past number of years. The polarization, the increasingly hair-trigger reactiveness, the rampant screaming meemies that seem to have infected and...
by FarWestGirl
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on Sat Apr 22, 2023 at 01:24 PM PDT
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Grounded in Reality We have an opportunity and a responsibility to correct errors that began thousands of years ago in the infancy of our intelligence. We did not then understand what is truly sacred. Instead of recognizing the sacredness in life all...
by Joe Simonetta
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on Sun Apr 09, 2023 at 07:32 AM PDT
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Our Competing Sets of Survival Instincts Be healthy. Be kind. Respect the environment. Seven words. Sounds simple enough. Why don’t we do it? We don’t do it because we have competing sets of survival instincts — the products of evolution — that produce...
by Joe Simonetta
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on Sat Apr 08, 2023 at 06:08 AM PDT
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Simply the Way Life Works Sustainability Critical Mind Shift Religious People Free Will Sacredness Three Simple Rules Simply the Way Life Works Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer observed that all truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed....
by Joe Simonetta
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on Fri Apr 07, 2023 at 07:14 AM PDT
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Science and Religion Science is a very formal, rigid, evidence-based discipline that requires testing and retesting to arrive at its scientific principles and theories. A scientific theory is not to be confused with a nonscientific theory where someone...
by Joe Simonetta
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on Thu Apr 06, 2023 at 07:32 AM PDT
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Beyond the Yoke of Religion Thank you for your interest in and for your many comments about my piece, “Religious Fraud and Illegitimate Authority.” Let me respond. Some of you raised legitimate concerns that exposing the fraud and illegitimate...
by Joe Simonetta
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on Wed Apr 05, 2023 at 06:55 AM PDT
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When I studied at Harvard Divinity School, Master of Divinity ’93, it became evident that our old religions — all part of our very early efforts to understand and cope with the withering and unrelenting demands of life — are products of the infancy of...
by Joe Simonetta
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on Wed Mar 29, 2023 at 08:33 AM PDT
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The most valuable thing about us is our attention. Culture is where we put our attention. We might want to be peaceful people, but if we only pay attention to violence, we help to maintain the culture of violence. The mainstream news media features...
by AliceT4
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on Tue Mar 21, 2023 at 09:09 AM PDT
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