At the beginning of this week, Terezin – a woman who had been horrifically abused by a mother diagnosed with manic depressive psychosis – read my poem Suicide Infanticide and was understandably enraged. My poem described a fleeting and deeply disturbing psychotic thought I had postpartum. Her comment deeply troubled me and made me question my adequacy as a mother. I responded to her comment, later removed the entire comment thread, and finally late Thursday afternoon as I revised this post, restored the comments.
Early drafts of this post included an edited version of her comment in which I removed her references to parenticide-suicide for she directed them at me and my child. But this post is about Compassion, and my poem was about Suicide Infanticide after all, so why shouldn’t I welcome Terezin to express her pain, rage, and indignation in her words.
Compassion requires me to listen to and understand Terezin’s point of…
The Bandwagon Approach is an, “Appeal to widespread belief, an appeal to common practice and peer pressure. If the discussion is about social conventions, such as “good manners”, then this is a reasonable line of argument. However, in the 1800’s there was a widespread belief that bloodletting cured sickness. These people were not just wrong, but horribly wrong, because it made people sicker. Clearly, the popularity of an idea is no guarantee that it’s right. A common justification for bribery is everybody does it; in the past, this was also a justification for slavery.A List of Fallacious Arguments
June 28th, 2016 from Newsmax: Many Illegals have tuberculosis says one Border Patrol Agent.
Liberalism and Conservatism are points of view and both points of view are
needed for a balanced political debate.
Genuine conservatism is about preserving the best of our traditions while working with Liberals to move our country forward.
There was a time when liberals and conservatives agreed that respectful disagreement was in the best interest of the country.
To someone who was raised on journalists like Walter Cronkiteand a news media regulated by the fairness doctrine a news network or media outlet that shapes the
news to fit its dogma is something I’d expect from one of the fictional tyrannies in Mission Impossible.
From the Right Wing News Blog Truth and Action.Org 8-17-2016 debunked by Snopes.com
Many people are asking: is Fox News an American news outlet or is Fox News
Punching White Woman after Yelling I hate White People Not Hate, July 07, 2016
This is race baiting, I never thought I’d see something like this in the 21st Century.
Comey Failed to Indict Because He Didn’t Want to Change the Course of Politics July 07, 2016
I can’t find the interview in which Comey says he chose not to indict Hillary Clinton because he didn’t want to change the course of politics.
House GOP calls grow for FBI perjury probe into Clinton statements July 8 2016The President Set This Whole Country on Fire with his Race Politics, July 10, 2016
I think you mean your ‘race politics’ Mr. Fox News Insider.
Even alot of Democrats Worry about Clinton’s Email July 11, 2016
A lot of Democrats worry about Clinton’s email, so you should worry too.
Note: this headline comes four days after Comey cleared Clinton of criminal charges.
I can’t find another source for this one.
Virtually Every remaining ObamaCare Exchange is on The Verge of Total Collapse July 17, 2016
Virtually? Why virtually? It’s more like a few for profit companies have pulled out, as expected.
The Clinton Campaign Should Be Worried July 23, 2016
The Dobbs Report on Trumps Speech at the Republican National Convention.
The backdrop reads, “The Republican nominee delivered a compelling 26 minute speech.”
The only news outlet that thought Trump’s speech was compelling in a good way was Fox News.
Trump’s Russia Reference Set a Trap for Clinton July 28, 2016
According to Fox News Trump asked the Russians to hack Clinton’s email as part of a clever trap. I don’t think it worked.
Many in the Intelligence Community Fear a Hillary Presidency August 03, 2016
More manys…
NSA Whistle-blower: Agency has Hillary’s Emails August 4, 2016
Oh, and while we’re at it:
#ManyPeopleAreSaying
More manys…
The Pay for Play Scandal August 13, 2016
Fox News is using terminology normally associated with prostitutes and the backdrop reads: Email Scandal Update
Dobbs: The Foreign Donations Scandal August 13, 2016
Another day, another scandal.
These are the lies that Fox News tells its viewers every freaking day and no one holds it accountable.
And when Fox News isn’t lying about Hillary and Obama it’s talking heads spout bullet points from White Supremacists.
Slaves were well fed and had decent longings provided by the Government.
O’Reilly’s idiotic comment is historically inaccurate and inflammatory.
The ‘government’ did not feed and house slaves.
Slaves were fed and housed by their owners..
And this last truly dreadful headline:
They’re beating every White Person August 15, 2016
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