I Love Being Wrong!
Sometimes it's great when I'm catastrophically wrong. The kind of wrong that really razors up your chest when you realize how wrong you were to begin with. But here at When You Were 5, we pride ourselves on having shovels deep enough to extricate ourselves from the holes we dig, and today is no exception.
Let me tell you what I mean :
Lately I've been on Squareslants' blog, weighing in on all things political. Or more specifically, ranting in. (Being a Blue Voter post November 2nd will do that to a guy). But more to the point: there was a comment there by PJS, who at first blush I took for a rightwing nutjob whose only purpose in life was to get me angry. (It's a short walk, granted.)
But, I took the high road and apologized for my vitriol. And upon visiting his site, realized we have a lot in common (movies, music, sillyass Starbucks couples who name their daughters Zoe). And not only that, he's a damn good writer.
So, even though his politics are not anywhere in my zip code of reality, I still dig what he's doing and am glad to have been introduced. Never let it be said that this rag is partisan to the point of isolation. So, if you're feeling like the Red state folks are beyond repair, check his site out, then check your head.
Here's to a purple nation, indivisable and with absurdity and cable channels for all!
Let me tell you what I mean :
Lately I've been on Squareslants' blog, weighing in on all things political. Or more specifically, ranting in. (Being a Blue Voter post November 2nd will do that to a guy). But more to the point: there was a comment there by PJS, who at first blush I took for a rightwing nutjob whose only purpose in life was to get me angry. (It's a short walk, granted.)
But, I took the high road and apologized for my vitriol. And upon visiting his site, realized we have a lot in common (movies, music, sillyass Starbucks couples who name their daughters Zoe). And not only that, he's a damn good writer.
So, even though his politics are not anywhere in my zip code of reality, I still dig what he's doing and am glad to have been introduced. Never let it be said that this rag is partisan to the point of isolation. So, if you're feeling like the Red state folks are beyond repair, check his site out, then check your head.
Here's to a purple nation, indivisable and with absurdity and cable channels for all!
posted by Stefush at 9:56 AM
2 Comments:
Heya Stefush (how the hell do you pronounce that, anyway?). Yeah, I've avoided going too political on my own blog, because I want it to be my own little happy refuge from life's daily slings and arrows, but I did tiptoe into the political waters a bit on sidewaysslant's blog.
I love it when people can disagree civilly... it's a lot more fun to talk politics with someone coming at you from a different angle than to sit in a circle of people just agreeing with one another. I used to have a German friend in Manhattan, as liberal as the day is long, and he and I loved to go out drinking and hotly debate the issues of the day. We also used to give each other "required reading" assignments to prove how open we both were (that was tough!).
Anyway, thanks for commenting on my blog, I'll be keeping an eye on yours too.
-P
Rock on, PJS. To answer your question: Stefush is pronounced Steh-foosh. Emphasis on first syllable. What does PJS stand for?
I agree with doing reading lists. Here is mine for you:
1. Anything by Noam Chomsky or Arundhati Roy.
2. Howard Zinn's People's History of the United States
3. websites: democracynow.org or truthout.org
4. movies: Outfoxed, Hijacking Catastrophe
There, now it's your turn.
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