Tag: tolerance

THE TRAGEDY OF INTOLERANCE, EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY STYLE – BY ELLIN CURLEY

A primary goal of the second Trump administration seems to be the institutionalization of intolerance, of almost everything and everyone. Intolerant people seem emboldened by Trump’s tolerance -- even embrace -- of intolerance, but more and more decent people are fighting back and I believe, will eventually ban cruelty and bigotry to the shadows of … Continue reading THE TRAGEDY OF INTOLERANCE, EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY STYLE – BY ELLIN CURLEY

LEARNING TO HATE – BY ELLIN CURLEY

There’s a beautiful and poignant song in the musical “South Pacific”, by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. It’s called, “You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught”. It opens with the lines “You’ve got to be taught to hate and fear, you’ve got to be taught from year to year.” I’ve been thinking about those lyrics recently. … Continue reading LEARNING TO HATE – BY ELLIN CURLEY

BE NICE – Marilyn Armstrong

I often feel like I should print a million t-shirts and bumper stickers that say: “BE NICE.” If I had the money, I'd do it and I'd stand on a busy street corner and hand them out. Be nice and a better world will follow. I don’t expect everyone to agree. I don't even think … Continue reading BE NICE – Marilyn Armstrong

POLITICAL DEMENTIA

I have to go to the hospital today for a brain scan. Presumably they will discover I have some. Brains, that is. Meanwhile, I will again be missing from today's action. Life keeps getting in the way of blogging.  I know a bunch of people older than me who have developed dementia. As the problem … Continue reading POLITICAL DEMENTIA

THE PERSONAL TRAGEDY OF INTOLERANCE – BY ELLIN CURLEY

Intolerance seems to be rearing its ugly head more now that Donald Trump is President. Intolerant people seem emboldened by Trump’s tolerance -- even embrace -- of intolerance. I grew up hearing a family story that illustrates an early twentieth-century version of prejudice and rigidity. The price the family paid for it was huge. A … Continue reading THE PERSONAL TRAGEDY OF INTOLERANCE – BY ELLIN CURLEY