(1) The headline was unusual in that the Bulwark usually doesn't use the "Why You Are Wrong About XYZ" style of headlines (thank you for that, Bulwark). I wonder if that might partially account for the noticeably different mood in the comments -- not directly, in a "how dare you" sort of way, but, thos…
(1) The headline was unusual in that the Bulwark usually doesn't use the "Why You Are Wrong About XYZ" style of headlines (thank you for that, Bulwark). I wonder if that might partially account for the noticeably different mood in the comments -- not directly, in a "how dare you" sort of way, but, those headlines create a weird chemistry. I don't like 'em, and If it had been anyone other than Charlie, I would have skipped the article because of that. If that's just me being a weird outlier, ignore. Otherwise it might be worth thinking about.
(2) Anti-complacency is good, but we also can't live perpetually in fight-or-flight mode. It literally physically changes your brain and makes you less effective not more. People have to pace themselves.
(3) When/how to respond to extreme talk and behavior has been a challenge since Day One of this mess, and nobody seems to have solved that yet. Maybe it's important to remember that (a) on this topic at least, you're mostly preaching to the choir here, and (b) things have probably not stopped escalating yet. What are we going to say next week, when the next bottom drops out?
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I sure don't know the answer to that; I just think it's worth thinking about.
A couple of late thoughts on this --
(1) The headline was unusual in that the Bulwark usually doesn't use the "Why You Are Wrong About XYZ" style of headlines (thank you for that, Bulwark). I wonder if that might partially account for the noticeably different mood in the comments -- not directly, in a "how dare you" sort of way, but, those headlines create a weird chemistry. I don't like 'em, and If it had been anyone other than Charlie, I would have skipped the article because of that. If that's just me being a weird outlier, ignore. Otherwise it might be worth thinking about.
(2) Anti-complacency is good, but we also can't live perpetually in fight-or-flight mode. It literally physically changes your brain and makes you less effective not more. People have to pace themselves.
(3) When/how to respond to extreme talk and behavior has been a challenge since Day One of this mess, and nobody seems to have solved that yet. Maybe it's important to remember that (a) on this topic at least, you're mostly preaching to the choir here, and (b) things have probably not stopped escalating yet. What are we going to say next week, when the next bottom drops out?
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I sure don't know the answer to that; I just think it's worth thinking about.
Thanks for all y'all do!