ππ½Because I live in S.C. where education is sorely lacking, #partisanship is mostly racial, and where fundamental Protestantism displaces a desire for #education anyway, being smart, intelligent, or educated is not in the top 50 attribute goals of a typical citizen.ππ½
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So although smart, when it comes to who they're voting for they're unable to think critically because
1β£ they get their news from only RW Fox punditry and miss important information that would educate them (#FactsMatter) *into* thinking critically and/or
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#RHOBHReunion got me in a binge. I had never seen Real Housewives (anything, much seen #RHOBH before.
So, after my Season 10 today (and currently on That's Amore) - let me just say that @DENISE_RICHARDS coming back to the table was a huge deal.
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I know that *Denise leaving* was a thematic element in the show but may I offer a legitimate empathetic reason? It may not apply to her but - in my life - I will tell you why;
Someone (sorry I cannot remember who) characterized her as being 'Fight or Flight' and they're right. I'm gonna also go out on a limb and characterize her potential for a Freeze.
No longer the monster of the gulags and purges that killed millions, Stalin now looms in the national consciousness as the giant who defeated the Nazis in World War II.
Meanwhile, not only has Russia annexed Crimea and destabilized Ukraineβs eastern regions, its military adventurism has also extended to Syria.
Putin, who once described the collapse of the USSR as βthe greatest geopolitical catastropheβ of the twentieth century, looks determined to avenge the humiliations of Russiaβs post-Soviet implosion.
If you really want to make a change in the world, do something hard like #nonviolent#resistance. Read up and learn #satyagraha or change. It takes #strength & #courage; physical force is forbidden even in the so-called most favorable circumstances.
I know it's gotten fashionable to #blame others for our #emotions because self #responsibility is difficult and people have been taught to avoid what is difficult.
But self #responsibility is EXACTLY the perfect level of #difficult because it's an equal opportunity difficulty; none of us are without flaws or errors or #mistakes and we've ALL been wronged (on some level) by something.
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