Miscellanea
Things I need to remember:
• Asking for help is not, as it turns out, fatal.
• Laughing is easier than pulling your hair out, and doesn't have the unfortunate side effect of making you look like a plague victim.
• Even the biggest tasks can be defeated if taken a bit at a time.
• I can write a paper the night before it's due, but the results are not all they could be.
• Be thorough, but focused.
• Trust yourself.
• Honesty, always.
Historians are the Cassandras of the Humanities
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Date: January 7th, 2025 07:39 pm (UTC)I don't think you're wrong for speaking the truth, and I completely believe you. It's not wrong to point out where wrongness in infiltrating a culture at it's core. I loathe all the religions springing from the desert, because they're all patriarchal, and much of the evils of the world can be traced to the specific patriarchy of those religions as they spread across the world. Of them all, Islam is the worst, because it is the most hostile to women and freedom. The Sufis still have a lot of wisdom to offer, as do other mystical sects within Christianity and Judaism, but where ignorance and hatred is acceptable and mainstream..? No. Just no.
I would never deny anyone's right to believe what they choose. However, once their beliefs interfere with other people's rights-? Then my tolerance becomes intolerant. I wish the Liberal Left would get a clue about this (and I say that without malice, as I count myself as being one of them!)
Thank you for sharing. It's important!