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"RACISM AND FACISM" BY TONI MORRISON
Let us be reminded that before there is a final solution, there must be a first solution, a second one, even a third. The move toward a final solution is not a jump. It takes one step, then another, then another. Something, perhaps, like this:
(1) Construct an internal enemy, as both focus and diversion.
(2)
... See moretruth is trouble. It is trouble for the warmonger, the torturer, the corporate thief, the political hack, the corrupt justice system, and for a comatose public. Unpersecuted, unjailed, unharassed writers are trouble for the ignorant bully, the sly racist, and the predators feeding off the world’s resources.
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Truth is Trouble - Toni Morrison
"PERIL" BY TONI MORRISON
Authoritarian regimes, dictators, despots are often, but not always, fools. But none is foolish enough to give perceptive, dissident writers free range to publish their judgments or follow their creative instincts. They know they do so at their own peril. They are not stupid enough to abandon control (overt or insidious)... See more
Authoritarian regimes, dictators, despots are often, but not always, fools. But none is foolish enough to give perceptive, dissident writers free range to publish their judgments or follow their creative instincts. They know they do so at their own peril. They are not stupid enough to abandon control (overt or insidious)... See more
Value-Truth and
He Remade the Southern Baptist Convention in His Image. Then Came the Abuse Allegations. — Texas Monthly
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Dissonance and Prautēs
Abuse of power by the shepherd. Dogs insatiable hunger.
““Here is my servant whom I support, my chosen one in whom I take pleasure. I have placed my spirit on him; he will make just decrees for the nations. He will not cry out or shout; he will not publicize himself in the streets. A crushed reed he will not break, a dim wick he will not extinguish; he will faithfully make just decrees. He will not grow
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Value-Truth and Prayer
He has been good to me; may I never forget. May I trust in him to bring me through this never-ending wilderness….
“I love the Lord because he heard my plea for mercy, and listened to me. As long as I live, I will call to him when I need help. The Lord is merciful and fair; our God is compassionate. The Lord protects the untrained; I was in serious trouble and he delivered me. How can I repay the Lord for all his acts of kindness to me? I will celebrate my deliverance, and call on the name of the Lord.”
Psalms 116:1-2, 5-6, 12-13 NET
We protect money because it’s visible and throw away time because it’s not.
If you burn money, people call you crazy. If you burn time, they call you busy. We treat money as valuable because it’s quantifiable and time as disposable because it’s not.
If you burn money, people call you crazy. If you burn time, they call you busy. We treat money as valuable because it’s quantifiable and time as disposable because it’s not.