One of the oddest things about humans is that we continue to make and use weapons of destruction; that we engage in and normalize violence and wars; that we do not truly understand that polluting the air, earth and waters is destroying our Home Earth.
We are, I conclude, the strangest of all animals--homo sapiens--and a species who is so full of hubris and ignorance that we fail to understand our many failings. This makes us humans the most morally and ethically deficient of all species. And, I would add, the most dangerous.
Outstanding post, Jeffrey! Eugene V. Debs, unsung hero! The Macklemore video captures, perfectly, our 'Fucked Up' reality. I'm a big fan of Kendrick Lamar's halftime performance at the stupor bowl (best one in history!), but I frankly believe that 'Fucked Up' is far more relevant, appropriate, direct and serious a statement than anything the brilliant Lamar, with his 22 grammies, has ever done. Kill it, Macklemore!
Superb description of our current state of play, Mr. Nall. And I especially appreciate that you, like Chris Hedges and other commentators of conscience, leave the ball squarely in our court (each and every one of us) for which way the road winds from here.
Thank you. I'm glad to hear you found the work helpful on your journey. I fully agree courage takes many forms. One form is a willingness to critically interrogate our assumptions and open ourselves to others in good faith dialogue.
One of the oddest things about humans is that we continue to make and use weapons of destruction; that we engage in and normalize violence and wars; that we do not truly understand that polluting the air, earth and waters is destroying our Home Earth.
We are, I conclude, the strangest of all animals--homo sapiens--and a species who is so full of hubris and ignorance that we fail to understand our many failings. This makes us humans the most morally and ethically deficient of all species. And, I would add, the most dangerous.
Outstanding post, Jeffrey! Eugene V. Debs, unsung hero! The Macklemore video captures, perfectly, our 'Fucked Up' reality. I'm a big fan of Kendrick Lamar's halftime performance at the stupor bowl (best one in history!), but I frankly believe that 'Fucked Up' is far more relevant, appropriate, direct and serious a statement than anything the brilliant Lamar, with his 22 grammies, has ever done. Kill it, Macklemore!
Superb description of our current state of play, Mr. Nall. And I especially appreciate that you, like Chris Hedges and other commentators of conscience, leave the ball squarely in our court (each and every one of us) for which way the road winds from here.
Macklemore ain't lettin up. The only way out is through.
Craziest thing. I’m 63 yrs old and I just sent that Macklemore vid to my 24 yr old son..
He writes back:
“Yeah videos like that are why 9/11 happened. All good on that. Plz don’t send that stuff to me. Seriously fucked up
Fine if u think that. Just plz don’t send it to me.”
A crazy old world…
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Thank you. I'm glad to hear you found the work helpful on your journey. I fully agree courage takes many forms. One form is a willingness to critically interrogate our assumptions and open ourselves to others in good faith dialogue.