MizBrauss

From my new book: "When only half the divide is being tasked with making the peace, there is no peace to be made, but there is a unilateral surrender on offer..... Nevertheless, we get this hopelessly naïve version of centrism, of the idea that if we’re nicer to the other side there will be no other side, just one big happy family. This inanity is also applied to the questions of belief and fact and principle, with some muddled cocktail of moral relativism and therapists’ “everyone’s feelings are valid” applied to everything. But the truth is not some compromise halfway between the truth and the lie, the fact and the delusion, the scientists and the propagandists. And the ethical is not halfway between white supremacists and human rights activists, rapists and feminists, synagogue massacrists and Jews, xenophobes and immigrants, delusional transphobes and trans people. Who the hell wants unity with Nazis until and unless they stop being Nazis? "Appeasement didn’t work in the 1930s and it won’t work now. That doesn’t mean that people have to be angry or hate back or hostile, but it does mean they have to stand on principle and defend what’s under attack. There are situations in which there is no common ground worth standing on, let alone hiking over to. If Nazis wanted to reach out and find common ground and understand us, they probably would not have had that tiki-torch parade full of white men bellowing “Jews will not replace us” and, also, they would not be Nazis. Being Nazis, white supremacists, misogynists, transphobes is all part of a project of refusing to understand as part of refusing to respect. It is a minority position but by granting it deference we give it, over and over, the power of a majority position."

The idea we should behave in such a way that the Trumpists will not portray us as dangerous/ lawless/ violent is a silly idea, because they always portray us that way and no amount of curtseys and rolling over and playing dead will change that. So people might as well speak up and stand strong.

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We have economic power. We must wield it! Please share and participate on Feb 28!

Our coalition is a peaceful resistance—a group of tree-huggers dedicated to keeping Americans informed.

Half mast with the correctional facility looming in the background.
#american #irony 🇺🇸

My variety is a winter bloomer and it always surprises me and brings such joy on our grey days. I usually have blooms from January-May with this variety 🌸

Love it!

All day, slow-cooker chili for “chilly” nights

Tuxedo cat being adorable lounging on a cushion

My lil’ lady “Tallulah” named after Laura Dern’s character in David Lynch’s “Wild at Heart”

What a 🤡

I love them for the fact that they remind us of the promise of spring! Here’s mine in Seattle
This is in a container

@kuow not sure if you realize it or not but your lead story doesn’t match the attached link. Both important stories, however an interesting juxtaposition

Dining room is currently giving much #DavidLynch

BOTH

Chicken Pot Pie pairs well with Sweata Weatha

We made a dern good pizza last night too! Quite possibly the perfect food!

Hey! I’m new here but I have a request…. If you’re deciding to follow me and have no name attached to your profile… would you mind telling me either who you are or how we know each other? I feel like there are a lot of bots/empty profiles and I don’t see a way to set profiles to private.

Yes! I like my furry pals and cetaceans black and white 🤍🖤🌊🤍🖤🐾🤍🖤

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This my BB, Booker
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Helllooooo 😻

I would like to try building a social community here! Let’s GO!