Excellent answers from a family who went through their son becoming active in the alt-right. The mother and her son (who joined and then left the alt-right) both answer questions.
Q&A with Family Whose Son Joined the Alt-Right
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Tag Archives: empathy
Kindness Is Never Wasted
This beautiful story of a hotel worker comforting a crying guest moved me. Small acts of kindness are never wasted.
Incels Are Getting Plastic Surgery
An Incel Ideal
If you’re interested in the Incel movement, it’s worth reading this surprisingly thorough coverage of a surprising (to me) aspect of the Incel movement. The author also covers the virulent misogyny inherent in this movement and helps the reader gain insight into the origins of this hatred.
Mary Oliver, Thank You for Beautiful Poetry and a Beautiful Life
Mary Oliver died Thursday, 17 January 2019. It’s worth knowing her. The New Yorker piece below will introduce you to her world and the YouTube video features her reading one of her most popular poems.
The New Yorker: Mary Oliver’s Deep, Direct Love for the World
An Adorable Kitty Getting a Checkup
Thanks to the Eyebleach Subreddit for this short clip of an adorable cat being checked out by a very kind and gentle vet.
According to the reddit post, the cat’s name is Hosico and the clip was taken from a video of him on YouTube.
Five Year Old Detained at US Border and Tricked into Signing Away Her Rights
The Five-Year-Old Who Was Detained at the Border and Persuaded to Sign Away Her Rights
From the New Yorker story:
“One of the things Helen’s story really showed us is that the Trump Administration never stopped separating children from their families,” Morales Rocketto said. “In fact, they’ve doubled down, but it’s even more insidious now, because they are doing it in the cover of night.”
This is what Republicans have created, a nation that willfully destroys the lives of families with young children. The GOP stands profoundly against life.
Roxane Gay writes thoughtfully about what justice would look like for cases of sexual abuse in Louis C.K. and Men Who Think Justice Takes as Long as They Want It To.
We need to have a continuing public debate about what justice looks like for victims of sexual abuse. It does not look like whatever the offenders think it does.
Life Lesson Using Two Lighters
I found this lesson fun, clever and thoughtful. Hopefully you’ll enjoy it too.
Police Officer Hugs a Muslim Woman at Protest Against Ban on Face Veils
Humans at their best. Thank you to these women for bringing some much needed beauty into the world.
Human Beings Are More than the Circumstances of their Birth
Refusing to help refugees or treat immigrants well is a declaration that your life matters and the lives of the vulnerable don’t, solely because you had the fortune to be born in the US and they did not. It’s an absurdly lazy and unjustifiable reason for hating or excluding someone, so you’ll see evil people justify it by declaring the entire group of people to be morally corrupt and a threat to our way of life while those who want to think of themselves as good people will do all manner of mental gymnastics to convince themselves and others in their tribe that there are good reasons for not helping the vulnerable.
