Kate Morgan Reade: Totally agree on the good Donkey!
In that my Walloon-Belgian family suffered the occupation of the Third Reich, I TOTALLY favor limiting "Nazi" and "fascist" to the totalitarian, racist meanings. TOTALLY!
YES. We are in dangerous territory in the U.S. and globally with the rise of actual evil, so definitely not to be used in any lighter sense, I 100% agree. And I am sorry to hear your family had to go through that terrible time.
History, people, read your history. It doesn't just repeat itself, it is allowed to reawaken by those who forget that hate hides under rocks, turning Sméagols into Gollums unless we keep it shoved underneath and snick it back it if dares to show its face.
Kate Morgan Reade: From regular reading of your "Verbihund" -- nice term, pregnant with meaning! -- yours is a voice I love listening to, and I agree and try to follow your admonition:
"History, people, read your history . . . (Evil) is allowed to reawaken by those who forget that hate hides under rocks, turning Sméagols into Gollums unless we keep it shoved underneath and snick it back it if dares to show its face."
With the provision: If I "snick it back if it dares to show its face," I will do so with a snickersnee!
Some of these titles are stunningly condescending. Do they really think that the person holding the title
of "Outdoor Holidays Operations Assistant" won't realize he's working a crap minimum wage job checking to make sure the toilets aren't backed up as he's being eaten alive by mosquitoes?
It's strange how the times we live in just fill my head with things that pop out on the spur of the moment and then have multiple applications. Btw if you are in the mood for the lighter side of evil, check out Becky Sue (aka JoJo From Jerz); I'm still wiping the two tiers I mean tears off my face!
Kate Morgan Reade: Totally agree on the good Donkey!
In that my Walloon-Belgian family suffered the occupation of the Third Reich, I TOTALLY favor limiting "Nazi" and "fascist" to the totalitarian, racist meanings. TOTALLY!
YES. We are in dangerous territory in the U.S. and globally with the rise of actual evil, so definitely not to be used in any lighter sense, I 100% agree. And I am sorry to hear your family had to go through that terrible time.
History, people, read your history. It doesn't just repeat itself, it is allowed to reawaken by those who forget that hate hides under rocks, turning Sméagols into Gollums unless we keep it shoved underneath and snick it back it if dares to show its face.
Kate Morgan Reade: From regular reading of your "Verbihund" -- nice term, pregnant with meaning! -- yours is a voice I love listening to, and I agree and try to follow your admonition:
"History, people, read your history . . . (Evil) is allowed to reawaken by those who forget that hate hides under rocks, turning Sméagols into Gollums unless we keep it shoved underneath and snick it back it if dares to show its face."
With the provision: If I "snick it back if it dares to show its face," I will do so with a snickersnee!
Thank you for the kind words and faithful readership, Armand. Snickersnee! Love that!
The dog trainer is that (or the doggie’s mom); the canine is the “agility specialist.”
Indeed!
Some of these titles are stunningly condescending. Do they really think that the person holding the title
of "Outdoor Holidays Operations Assistant" won't realize he's working a crap minimum wage job checking to make sure the toilets aren't backed up as he's being eaten alive by mosquitoes?
Excellent point! There is a veneer of sneer to these euphemistic titles!
Thanks! I'm going to have to remember "a veneer of sneer"! A wonderful turn of phrase!
It's strange how the times we live in just fill my head with things that pop out on the spur of the moment and then have multiple applications. Btw if you are in the mood for the lighter side of evil, check out Becky Sue (aka JoJo From Jerz); I'm still wiping the two tiers I mean tears off my face!
https://jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/becky-sue-is-big-mad-about-hunter
Oh, dear. I'm hard-pressed to find a difference between JoJo's parody and interviews with actual MAGA cult members.
I agree! The first time I saw one, I really wondered whether it was real...had to click a few times to be sure of what I was seeing. So sad and scary.