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Since recent events have made them seem all the more relevant to me, I'm reposting the Bubbles series over the next week.
I wrote this piece to teach myself how to exist in a country I'd failed to see.
I wrote this piece to teach myself how to exist in a country I'd failed to see.
BUBBLES 0 - ART
Every human being is a unique and irreplaceable work of art carrying intrinsic and unsurpassable worth. http://www.armoxon.com/2017/08/bubbles-0-art.html
Every human being is a unique and irreplaceable work of art carrying intrinsic and unsurpassable worth. http://www.armoxon.com/2017/08/bubbles-0-art.html
BUBBLES 1 - SISTER
And Sally wept, because she was abused and vulnerable, and she mourned, because she had been beaten and disbelieved.
And Mary mourned, because Thomas was still her brother, and Abe was still her husband. http://www.armoxon.com/2017/08/bubbles-1-sister.html
And Sally wept, because she was abused and vulnerable, and she mourned, because she had been beaten and disbelieved.
And Mary mourned, because Thomas was still her brother, and Abe was still her husband. http://www.armoxon.com/2017/08/bubbles-1-sister.html
BUBBLES 2 - THE GREAT DIVIDE
"I must confess, this year I’ve lost my patience for those who save their first tears for the divide rather than its causes." http://www.armoxon.com/2017/08/bubbles-2-great-divide.html
"I must confess, this year I’ve lost my patience for those who save their first tears for the divide rather than its causes." http://www.armoxon.com/2017/08/bubbles-2-great-divide.html
BUBBLES 3 - SPIRIT
"A spirit might be expressed as a foundational orientation. You might think of a compass.
The compass determines the destination.
Presently, our compass is a set of terrible lies, leading to genocide and slavery." http://www.armoxon.com/2017/08/bubbles-3-spirit.html
"A spirit might be expressed as a foundational orientation. You might think of a compass.
The compass determines the destination.
Presently, our compass is a set of terrible lies, leading to genocide and slavery." http://www.armoxon.com/2017/08/bubbles-3-spirit.html
BUBBLES 4 - BELONG
"You don’t need a population to want genocide and slavery in order to enact them. You just need to convince them to accept a series of propositions that make such an end first possible, then likely, and finally inevitable, even normal." http://www.armoxon.com/2017/08/bubbles-4-belong.html
"You don’t need a population to want genocide and slavery in order to enact them. You just need to convince them to accept a series of propositions that make such an end first possible, then likely, and finally inevitable, even normal." http://www.armoxon.com/2017/08/bubbles-4-belong.html
BUBBLES 5 - BUCKETS
"Those are the sorts of things we might find, in a society dedicated to the idea that life is something you earn.
This is the conclusion: Other people do not matter, and it’s their own fault that they do not." http://www.armoxon.com/2017/09/bubbles-5-buckets.html
"Those are the sorts of things we might find, in a society dedicated to the idea that life is something you earn.
This is the conclusion: Other people do not matter, and it’s their own fault that they do not." http://www.armoxon.com/2017/09/bubbles-5-buckets.html
BUBBLES 6 - THE KNIFE AND THE TRAIN
"We’re close to making genocide inevitable now. What’s next?
Next, we must convince people that violence redeems." http://www.armoxon.com/2017/09/bubbles-6-knife-and-train.html
"We’re close to making genocide inevitable now. What’s next?
Next, we must convince people that violence redeems." http://www.armoxon.com/2017/09/bubbles-6-knife-and-train.html
BUBBLES 7 - OUR FAVORITE FLAVOR
"If you don’t care for the term ‘genocide and slavery,’ try this one: Death of the unprofitable, for profit.
That’s our country right now. That's the spirit that has captured us.
That is our frame, defined." http://www.armoxon.com/2017/09/bubbles-7-our-favorite-flavor.html
"If you don’t care for the term ‘genocide and slavery,’ try this one: Death of the unprofitable, for profit.
That’s our country right now. That's the spirit that has captured us.
That is our frame, defined." http://www.armoxon.com/2017/09/bubbles-7-our-favorite-flavor.html
BUBBLES 8 - CHANGE THE LOCKS
"Cajoling a victim under threat of abuse to reconcile with their abuser, while still under threat of further abuse, is itself abuse.
Reconciliation without reparation is the abuser’s desired end." http://www.armoxon.com/2017/09/bubbles-8-change-locks.html
"Cajoling a victim under threat of abuse to reconcile with their abuser, while still under threat of further abuse, is itself abuse.
Reconciliation without reparation is the abuser’s desired end." http://www.armoxon.com/2017/09/bubbles-8-change-locks.html
BUBBLES 9 - THE LOWEST RUNG
"Inoffensiveness is not the point. The point is justice. Our frame is justice."
"And then there is this:
Tolerance is something meant for unjust humans. Tolerance is no virtue when applied to unjust ideas." http://www.armoxon.com/2017/09/bubbles-9-lowest-rung.html
"Inoffensiveness is not the point. The point is justice. Our frame is justice."
"And then there is this:
Tolerance is something meant for unjust humans. Tolerance is no virtue when applied to unjust ideas." http://www.armoxon.com/2017/09/bubbles-9-lowest-rung.html
BUBBLES 10 - BOTH SIDES
"Look for the argument that fails to recognize that every human being is a unique and irreplaceable work of art. Listen to that argument, as much as you can stomach, then reject it on those precise grounds." http://www.armoxon.com/2017/09/bubbles-10-both-sides.html
"Look for the argument that fails to recognize that every human being is a unique and irreplaceable work of art. Listen to that argument, as much as you can stomach, then reject it on those precise grounds." http://www.armoxon.com/2017/09/bubbles-10-both-sides.html
BUBBLES 11 - I'M TRYING, RINGO
"It’s impossible to even try to be the shepherd without first recognizing you have been the tyranny of evil men." http://www.armoxon.com/2017/09/bubbles-11-im-trying-ringo.html
"It’s impossible to even try to be the shepherd without first recognizing you have been the tyranny of evil men." http://www.armoxon.com/2017/09/bubbles-11-im-trying-ringo.html
