Let’s read more of each other’s stories, especially those told by the voices we don’t hear enough. It will make us better people.



And I like his point about McMinn County TN - like if we think about it . . . those in the education system are being cut off from Empathy and the ability to see others as human beings.

I read a variety of books. Right now, I am reading the history of comics. It touches on how other groups were portrayed, or not. How minority voices were not heard or had to be disguised in order to get into the mainstream. Of course, it also brought up some of the same arguments we are seeing today about other forms of art/media...."won't SOMEBODY think of the children??!'.

My husband and I watch an inordinate amount of TV/movies. While we love our fun watches, we also watch a number of educational shows, histories, documentaries on a wide variety of groups and peoples.

The one thing I have learned in the recent days, is how uneducated people are, including many here, when it comes to the Holocaust and Jews. It is sobering, sad, and, frankly, has pissed me the fuck off, too! There have been at least twice as many threads about Whoopi's 2-week suspension (I don't think the punishment fits the "crime" in this case), then there were about the original offense, or more jarring, when a Texas synagogue and Jews were held hostage, it generated much less discussion and concern than the current suspension of a TV personality.

Will zip lips - so as to not take a jab at DU's membership.

My husband is addicted to Nat Geo, the Smithsonian Channel, Discovery, etc. etc. Don't get him started on Ancient Aliens - but I'm going to share 'his though' here . . .


The Gio: "The world is not ready for an alien presence. We can barely handle differences in religion, race and gender -

Ad - can you imagine if if asexual in appearance beings show up and start telling us they were our magical god in the sky 10K years ago? "

Rant Follows: Something something something - Kartrashians, blah blah, Mamma June culture.


Some things though - they CANNOT just be shiny objects. The hostage taking terrorist should NOT be a shiny object. Is it because it was 'too tough' to have an in depth discussion about? It's easier to talk about a movie star? And their punishment?

But - we can't have an HONEST discussion about the Shoah? We can't do that as a country? As a site?

I'm rambling now.