Joseph, I really appreciate your comment and some advice. I thought about what I wrote and shared it with a good friend who also read HCR regularly - she told me I was engaging in "whataboutism" (and had to have her explain that to me!). But ultimately I disagreed with her - because I thought about this new form of communication growing …
Joseph, I really appreciate your comment and some advice. I thought about what I wrote and shared it with a good friend who also read HCR regularly - she told me I was engaging in "whataboutism" (and had to have her explain that to me!). But ultimately I disagreed with her - because I thought about this new form of communication growing among mostly like-minded people. You also referred to that same/similar idea - " this is a new community that is still forming, and we are adopting a way of communicating that is thoughtful and grounded and completely beyond the pale of any "social media" conversations that I can recall..."
I agree that others are going to continue to throw distractions into our midst, and that Steven Henry's diversion is instructive. And we will get more of these Republican distractions (since they are so skilled at propaganda). In reality, Hitler was "great" at propaganda and distractions - so it's even more important for us, readers of HCR and other non-MSM writers - to teach these "diverters," in gentler ways (I think I need help!) of teaching them the "new courtesy". I still think Henry was a troll! But I want to turn a tide in better, more productive ways. Bruce Carpenter seems to believe that we can "not allow this to happen." I think it will happen. But I'm going to keep my mind focused on this new community that is still forming. And try to do what I can personally to make it even better.
Like I said in my post yesterday, I read HCR not just for her ideas but also for the comments from the incredible group of people who read her column regularly. Thanks so much, Joseph Nemeth!
We're actually doing the hijacking, not the trolls or the new posters, and it's another reason I think the Steven Henry post is instructive. This one was simple: "COVID passports" are a boogeyman created by propagandists. Abbreviated TINST (There Is No Such Thing). Not much else needs to be said, and it would have eliminated the runaway thread.
Joseph, I really appreciate your comment and some advice. I thought about what I wrote and shared it with a good friend who also read HCR regularly - she told me I was engaging in "whataboutism" (and had to have her explain that to me!). But ultimately I disagreed with her - because I thought about this new form of communication growing among mostly like-minded people. You also referred to that same/similar idea - " this is a new community that is still forming, and we are adopting a way of communicating that is thoughtful and grounded and completely beyond the pale of any "social media" conversations that I can recall..."
I agree that others are going to continue to throw distractions into our midst, and that Steven Henry's diversion is instructive. And we will get more of these Republican distractions (since they are so skilled at propaganda). In reality, Hitler was "great" at propaganda and distractions - so it's even more important for us, readers of HCR and other non-MSM writers - to teach these "diverters," in gentler ways (I think I need help!) of teaching them the "new courtesy". I still think Henry was a troll! But I want to turn a tide in better, more productive ways. Bruce Carpenter seems to believe that we can "not allow this to happen." I think it will happen. But I'm going to keep my mind focused on this new community that is still forming. And try to do what I can personally to make it even better.
Like I said in my post yesterday, I read HCR not just for her ideas but also for the comments from the incredible group of people who read her column regularly. Thanks so much, Joseph Nemeth!
Thank you for the kind words!
We're actually doing the hijacking, not the trolls or the new posters, and it's another reason I think the Steven Henry post is instructive. This one was simple: "COVID passports" are a boogeyman created by propagandists. Abbreviated TINST (There Is No Such Thing). Not much else needs to be said, and it would have eliminated the runaway thread.