Once after school, my Canadian-born first grader said: “Today in class we watched a movie about this land, where the indigenous people are gracious hosts, and all of us are unwanted guests.”
Very good Masha. The epidemic of loneliness is a precursor to the totalitarian mindset. The collective of the lonely are thoughtless. Others will think for them. They need only blindly follow, comforted by a feeling they are morally justified. However in the current situation their justification is informed by neither fact or logic, but rage at an imagined enemy.
Hi Jenn, it is an embarrassing typo, I meant "convinced", of course (I insist that it's a typo, because I know both words well). Thank you for the catch, fixed now. The 70-years old with keffiyehs - I need to give it a bit more thought!
Did you have a conversation with him and try to inculcate some pride in Canada, or did you just let the "“terrible sins of colonialism” meme take root? Is that all?
Yes, this conversation took place about 8 years ago, and we've discussed and questioned it many times since. He is a proud Canadian with a fairly reasonable common sense (for a teenager).
Good to hear that. If I sounded short it's because I'm so tired of reading "my kid is being propagandized" and it seems the parent does nothing about it other than vent on the internet.
Very good Masha. The epidemic of loneliness is a precursor to the totalitarian mindset. The collective of the lonely are thoughtless. Others will think for them. They need only blindly follow, comforted by a feeling they are morally justified. However in the current situation their justification is informed by neither fact or logic, but rage at an imagined enemy.
Hi Masha!
Curious about your use of the word "convicted" to describe your atheism. Also, how do you explain the 70-year olds + proudly sporting their keffiyehs?
Hi Jenn, it is an embarrassing typo, I meant "convinced", of course (I insist that it's a typo, because I know both words well). Thank you for the catch, fixed now. The 70-years old with keffiyehs - I need to give it a bit more thought!
Did you have a conversation with him and try to inculcate some pride in Canada, or did you just let the "“terrible sins of colonialism” meme take root? Is that all?
Yes, this conversation took place about 8 years ago, and we've discussed and questioned it many times since. He is a proud Canadian with a fairly reasonable common sense (for a teenager).
Good to hear that. If I sounded short it's because I'm so tired of reading "my kid is being propagandized" and it seems the parent does nothing about it other than vent on the internet.