Oct 5, 2022·edited Oct 5, 2022Liked by Peter Boghossian
Jodi I so admire you for standing up and speaking truth. People today like to say "your truth" or "my truth." Sorry, but there's a broad category of reality where truth can neither be constructed or deconstructed, it's just truth. I'm only one persons but there are millions of us out here who are behind you 1000%.
It's a relief to hear Jodi say that it took her two confusing years to understand what was going on,. I try to understand social justice, but it seems there are some big pieces missing. Who could be against social justice? What do these people really believe? I say it is relief for me, but it must have been a Kafka-like hell for Jodi. I am grateful for her strength and look forward to her story.
A study came out recently showing Smith College to have 40% lgbtq++ identifying coeds on campus. For white females with wealthy, tuition-paying parents, the need to identify out of the perceived "oppressive majority" appears as social contagion. Very few of those who identified in the alphabet community claimed to simply be lesbian. That's apparently too vanilla as well.
Coming from the generation of women who read, Our Bodies and Ourselves to learn how to appreciate our unique sensual bodies, that we didn't need douche and all this other nonsense, it's impossible for me to connect with their mind/body disconnect. For when they decide to reconnect, I offer a self-help guide to finding your center and innate strength thru mind/body acceptance:
You were one of the very first voices I heard (as I was seeing you on YouTube) of someone who had faced the Practitioners of "Cancel Culture", within the work place, who had the Courage and Bravery to stand against something that your spirit just couldn't get comfortable with.
For as long as I can remember, I have always been someone who has looked to "role models" to help me navigate my way through a world that presents so many "Choices".
"The difficulty in life is the "choice". ~ George Augustus Moore
My sweet, little Italian Mama and my Dad were my first teachers and "role models" (imperfect as all humans are) aided by my Catholic faith and the teachings of Christ as well as all the admirable people I have met along the way. Truth be told, those who prove to be not so admirable offers lessons equally important.
I was forewarned/taught, as a teen, that life is not always fair and that CHARACTER and INTEGRITY cannot be "bought" but must be "built" day by day, month by month and year by year by making wise choices, some VERY difficult.
Along the path to becoming the person for whom I could be proud, I fell along the path (as all humans will), getting up, dusting myself off and trying again. My journey continues, but my decision making has matured and improved as I continue to grow in my years.
I'm thankful for the guidance I received as I grew and it has helped to make me the person I am today.
At (almost) 65 years of age, I continue to meet "Role Models" in the younger generations who have been faced with the challenges of a world I would never have imagined that I would live to see. It is the people of Courage, Bravery and Character that I have seen step up, at great personal risk, to stand for Objective Truth and to whom I am so deeply grateful.
While I have much less life ahead of me than behind me, I have children, grandchildren and people I love who will be left to carry on long after I am gone. It is for the love of these people that I am so thankful for people, such as yourself, Jodi, who will be remembered as the Brave of your and their generation who stood for the Civil Rights of ALL people.
With the uniting of all people of good will, who see the value in EACH individual human life, despite our foibles and failures as human beings, my faith in America and mankind has been restored! Thank you, Peter, people like you and "BRAVER ANGELS" who have stepped up to fight for right.
When my time on this earth ends, I now can go with Peace in my heart knowing that there are those who will be working, alongside my loved ones, to help depolarize the country we have all called home for generations.
How dare they tell me that I have to carry the sins of anyone else. Including my ancestors, who by the way fleed from oppression themselves to live a free life in America after WWII.
Keep on telling the truth. I am very proud of you for not going along with the insanity.
Haven't heard much from Jodi on the podcast or social media circuit lately. Hope everything is going well for her. What she went through was something else.
Jodi I so admire you for standing up and speaking truth. People today like to say "your truth" or "my truth." Sorry, but there's a broad category of reality where truth can neither be constructed or deconstructed, it's just truth. I'm only one persons but there are millions of us out here who are behind you 1000%.
- It’s almost cliche to say that when injustice arrives, people do not act to intervene until it affects them personally.
- And then they came for me
It's a relief to hear Jodi say that it took her two confusing years to understand what was going on,. I try to understand social justice, but it seems there are some big pieces missing. Who could be against social justice? What do these people really believe? I say it is relief for me, but it must have been a Kafka-like hell for Jodi. I am grateful for her strength and look forward to her story.
Brava!
A study came out recently showing Smith College to have 40% lgbtq++ identifying coeds on campus. For white females with wealthy, tuition-paying parents, the need to identify out of the perceived "oppressive majority" appears as social contagion. Very few of those who identified in the alphabet community claimed to simply be lesbian. That's apparently too vanilla as well.
Coming from the generation of women who read, Our Bodies and Ourselves to learn how to appreciate our unique sensual bodies, that we didn't need douche and all this other nonsense, it's impossible for me to connect with their mind/body disconnect. For when they decide to reconnect, I offer a self-help guide to finding your center and innate strength thru mind/body acceptance:
https://wordpress.com/post/uteheggengrasswidow.wordpress.com/4778
Heroic!!
“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” ―Benjamin Franklin
Very powerful. Thank you for speaking up and thanks for sharing!
From one bullshit detector to another...,thank you!!! ❤️🇨🇦
Jodi❣️
You were one of the very first voices I heard (as I was seeing you on YouTube) of someone who had faced the Practitioners of "Cancel Culture", within the work place, who had the Courage and Bravery to stand against something that your spirit just couldn't get comfortable with.
For as long as I can remember, I have always been someone who has looked to "role models" to help me navigate my way through a world that presents so many "Choices".
"The difficulty in life is the "choice". ~ George Augustus Moore
My sweet, little Italian Mama and my Dad were my first teachers and "role models" (imperfect as all humans are) aided by my Catholic faith and the teachings of Christ as well as all the admirable people I have met along the way. Truth be told, those who prove to be not so admirable offers lessons equally important.
I was forewarned/taught, as a teen, that life is not always fair and that CHARACTER and INTEGRITY cannot be "bought" but must be "built" day by day, month by month and year by year by making wise choices, some VERY difficult.
Along the path to becoming the person for whom I could be proud, I fell along the path (as all humans will), getting up, dusting myself off and trying again. My journey continues, but my decision making has matured and improved as I continue to grow in my years.
I'm thankful for the guidance I received as I grew and it has helped to make me the person I am today.
At (almost) 65 years of age, I continue to meet "Role Models" in the younger generations who have been faced with the challenges of a world I would never have imagined that I would live to see. It is the people of Courage, Bravery and Character that I have seen step up, at great personal risk, to stand for Objective Truth and to whom I am so deeply grateful.
While I have much less life ahead of me than behind me, I have children, grandchildren and people I love who will be left to carry on long after I am gone. It is for the love of these people that I am so thankful for people, such as yourself, Jodi, who will be remembered as the Brave of your and their generation who stood for the Civil Rights of ALL people.
With the uniting of all people of good will, who see the value in EACH individual human life, despite our foibles and failures as human beings, my faith in America and mankind has been restored! Thank you, Peter, people like you and "BRAVER ANGELS" who have stepped up to fight for right.
When my time on this earth ends, I now can go with Peace in my heart knowing that there are those who will be working, alongside my loved ones, to help depolarize the country we have all called home for generations.
God Bless and Keep You❣️🙏🏻
I agree with you wholeheartedly!!!
How dare they tell me that I have to carry the sins of anyone else. Including my ancestors, who by the way fleed from oppression themselves to live a free life in America after WWII.
Keep on telling the truth. I am very proud of you for not going along with the insanity.
Haven't heard much from Jodi on the podcast or social media circuit lately. Hope everything is going well for her. What she went through was something else.
Glad you two got the opportunity to chat too.