by Monk Anchorwind | 2 Aug, 2020 | Mental Scraps |
It’s hard to follow our thoughts but there is hope in the rain gone was the summer of love became a summer of pain one hundred fifty thousand deaths an unwashable stain needless hurt from GOP greed on deaf ears we cry in vain in the fight against injustice we...
by Monk Anchorwind | 29 Jul, 2020 | Mental Scraps |
(trying to help people understand privilege vs disadvantage) …It’s often hard to define a word without its opposite counterpart. How would one understand the concept of beauty if ugly didn’t exist? If you say “well all things are...
by Monk Anchorwind | 28 Jul, 2020 | Mental Scraps |
(in a discussion about people using COVID mortality percentages as justification to be evil) …That’s intentional. If the right can control the narrative – Oh look, the death rate is only (insert single digit number here)%, then (talking point...
by Monk Anchorwind | 26 Jul, 2020 | Mental Scraps |
(a response to a christian worried about policies of the GOP and who to vote for) When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as...
by Monk Anchorwind | 24 Jul, 2020 | Mental Scraps |
(in response to someone lamenting on internet negativity) …I see this as a combination of Cunningham’s Law and Newton’s 3rd Law. Cunningham’s Law states “the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a...
by Monk Anchorwind | 20 Jul, 2020 | Mental Scraps |
(on the dangers of fox as an organization) …As I’ve commented elsewhere – Does ‘News’ have a legally enforceable standard? Is it licensed and enforced? I’d love to make that happen if for no other reason than for the...
by Monk Anchorwind | 18 Jul, 2020 | Mental Scraps |
(on forgiveness) …Learning from our mistakes is crucial to the human experience, both from the ‘standing on the shoulders of giants’ and the forgiveness aspect. It is one thing to be unwilling to forgive Moscow Mitch for years of damage to all...
by Monk Anchorwind | 29 Jun, 2020 | Mental Scraps |
(on learning lessons during COVID lockdown) …Remember to daydream. It may seem strange, but giving our minds the ability to wander, heal, process, etc., is incredibly beneficial. For so many people I hear about all these genius ideas that happen in the...
by Monk Anchorwind | 25 Jun, 2020 | Mental Scraps |
(in response to some right wing anger) …A lot of the fox news and adjacent crowd are fed the narrative we are the enemy. Remember when ‘Communist’ was enough to get someone dragged away? It’s ‘Liberal’ now in some...
by Monk Anchorwind | 29 Apr, 2020 | Mental Scraps |
(in a response to ‘i take no responsibility’ from trump and people soul-searching for answers) …Generational shift and something I like to call ‘social inertia.’ People in power tend to stay in power. The older generation, the...
