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I've always felt there was something off about Jennifer Lawrence... She always seemed sort of apolitical, almost like she was hiding something. I must say her transformation into someone who cares, leaves an impression. Good for her! Maybe she can help us rational liberal progressives unlock the secret to transmogrifying our mostly apolitical mostly good, peer pressure modified right wing siding family members.

Sadly, yelling at them to please give a sh_t and to please be rational, and to please stop supporting douchebag billionaire gaslighters doesn't work. UGH.

It's funny, my main political motivation is "the common good". It's that simple. From there I consider the downtrodden and generally try not to think of poor people who are of a different race or culture as the reason for all my problems.

The instant one tries to debate a questionable uber-woke left wing position, they are immediately tagged as a 'hater' and tossed out of the inner sanctum. The holier than thou purists lose a lot of practical progressives this way.

This polarization is the same on the other end of the political spectrum. Hard right wingers work the same way. They get a whiff of reasonableness out of someone and they right away throw them out.

The thinkers are left in the middle.

#openminded #sane #reasonable #notsojudgmental #supportthecommongood #knowtheanswerisnotalwayssimple #thoughtfulliberal #humanist

(Cadmus and the Dragon by Virginia Frances Sterrett)

(Blondine by Viginia Frances Sterrett, 1920)

(Europa and the Bull by Virginia Frances Sterrett, 1921)

(image by artist Nidhi Naroth for PBS)

Life is inherently sad.

My dad worked 40 years for the railroad only to be waylaid by cancer at the end. He 'retired' right before he died. In life, he only had simple enjoyments: the occasional couple beers, fishing rarely, ride-mowing the lawn, driving in the country, visiting with old friends, life with family (full in that dimension; essentially the family handyman, always doing something for someone/always fixing something, and there enjoying nightly suppers and family get-togethers).

I wonder what his retirement hobby might have been.

His empty old shop never told me.