“All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.”
–Theodor W. Adorno
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This is about ten minutes long, but at the end, you'll say "Wow". Trevor Noah on the riots this week. For those who don't know, he grew up in South Africa under apartheid.https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=271504123969416
When comedians get serious, they are often profound.
There were provocateurs at the Friday night riots in downtown Denver. Channel 9 cameras picked up a couple signs saying "F… the System" and "F….the Police."
Would not be surprised to learn of some far right wingers also inciting things in the crowd. Of course, the gun boys would be in disguise. People "might" notice them in their fatigues and carrying AR-15s.
And the police response to good ol’(white) boys carrying guns and proclaiming disrespect for laws would be quite different than that of people of color doing the same things.
Half of my gene pool comes from Minnesota and a good share of my 58 cousins reside in the greater Minneapolis area. A few of them have married into the communities of color so they have some authenticity when they speak. Here is a note from one of them this morning:
I am 75 years old today. It has been quite a ride. Thanks for the company.
I’ll shock you and be the first to wish you a happy birthday, and many more.
Hope you will celebrate well, albeit without rushing out to do so.
I appreciate you sharing the viewpoints developed in your 75 years … especially those spent here in Colorado.
^^^this^^^. Like the argument about Bev Bledsoe, Fred Anderson, Bud Moellenber, they just don't make 'em like V anymore!
The eyes of age have stories to tell of things unknown to the young ones. Every white hair, every blemish on the skin, every wrinkle are borne of the daily scrum of life.
It is an honor to be in your company, V. It is a pleasure to disagree with you about stuff…![heart heart](https://cdn.ckeditor.com/4.11.3/full-all/plugins/smiley/images/heart.png)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, V. I look forward to celebrating your next one with a handshake or a hug…and a mug…if that mean old virus lets us.
Happy Day!
Party hearty and bop till ya drop!
Happy, happy 75th birthday, V! Have a great day! On this day of unprecedented ‘peak human race’ we are also looking at the dark underbelly of said race square in the eye. The yin and the yang of this great experiment we call ‘America’
Congrats on being "70 Something", V.
Happy Birthday V! You're younger than two of my sisters who are still having the time of their lives 🙂 My parents would have just celebrated their 13th wedding anniversary the day before you were born.
Happy Birthday, V! Quite an illustrious date: https://www.onthisday.com/
Have some kind of fun today, V, and thrive at 75!
How is there always a tweet for everything???
2020 has become a repeat of many of the terrible disasters we have faced in the last century. And who do we have to lead us out of the wilderness?
Thanks to all who sent kind thoughts Saturday on my 75th birthday. Friends and family, including the furry kind, are what get us through this life.
I cannot recall a day when there ends up being only one post, but it appears it was headed in that direction. So, I thought I would send you all a greeting and a hope.
I hope the reason no one has posted today is everyone is having a great time doing something else. I worry that is not the case. I suspect it may also be something of a burnout in many cases. I feel it. Things are not looking good and even I, the eternal optimist, am having a bad day. I am worried for our country.
One thing is important to remember…we have only ourselves to blame and only ourselves upon which we can depend. Speak up. Get involved. Vote.
I’m afraid the voting – i.e. November – will not come soon enough. I’m not convinced we can survive until then, let alone until January 2021. Time for the deus ex machina.
Duke, Speaking only for myself, I am processing this upside down reality. I am overwhelmed, frustrated, and afraid for my country.
Upside down and inside out:
Yes, there really are outside agitators, and they appear to be getting what they want: More chaos, less civil society, deteriorating relations between police and citizens, disrespect for the rule of law, exploiting racial oppression to foment a desired “race war” outcome.
We can’t count on the Federal government to reverse that damage, because at the highest executive levels, our Federal government appears to want more chaos and more civil unrest. My guess is that Trump wants the situation to get so bad that people will applaud his choice to institute martial law and cancel an election he would lose.
Unlikely chaos-fomenting buddies: the “Boogaloo Bois”, possibly Putin-funded and trained foreign agents provocateurs, and some naive or opportunistic/adventurist leftist white “allies”. Some antifa are true social justice warriors; others are posers who are out for themselves. Watch actions, not words.
I’m frustrated because coronavirus concerns are keeping me from participating in the protests, where I could observe body and facial expression and decide for myself who is for real. And express my own grief and outrage over the murder of George Floyd, and all the rest of the lives that mattered. Plus, white people like myself have demonstrated that they can’t be trusted to follow leaders of color, and can’t be trusted to keep actions civil and peaceful. So they are being asked to leave the protests. I’m not sure what allies can do in lockdown. The usual calls and emails to those in power?
And so I clean and bake and care for my grand baby, fix and organize and weed the garden, because it is comforting and peaceful. I pray, too, in my heathen Unitarian way, because sometimes prayer is your most effective option.
A Daily Kos participant with the screen name grog frequently reacts to the Abbreviated Pundit Review — he went to the Denver demonstration on Sunday. He wrote:
Two things struck me as I have been watching.