Student Protesters
My thoughts on masked protesters:
1) Why wear the masks?
> For the mystery and intrigue, to try to make oneself seem more powerful and intimidating?
> Because mommy and daddy would be disappointed and cut off funds to their children
who are old enough to work and support themselves?
> Because as an employed adult, one might be seen and be fired?
Especially as a college teacher, or a rogue government agent?
> To prevent oneself from being identified as a hired hand, that gets paid to protest?
> To keep from endangering one's student visa status?
2) Why support the Gaza protests?
> How can someone who believes in abortion - protest the death of any other human?
> Many 'silver spoon kids', having little expected of them, and not yet being crucial to world
function, look for something to give them a sense of value.
In centuries past, these people use to dabble in science theory and try to understand how the
natural sciences work. Now it seems that protesting is a shortcut to feeling valuable and needed. > I suspect that some college teachers give extra credit for protesting.
These protests are far more organized and self-documented that we might imagine.
3) What role does guilt play in protests?
> Some people protest to assuage the guilt they feel over abortion. Yes.
Ask any protester wearing a mask if they have an opinion about abortion.
A guilty conscience can socially-activate people.
Frankly, it seems wimpy to act so angry about something, yet wear a mask, when in fact - showing our faces would add legitimacy to the issue we are protesting, because we care enough to show our faces.
John Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence in large letters, knowing that an unsigned declaration, would be regarded as little more than a petty, pouty wish list from a group of unhappy, impotent Colonists.
more below...
Pettis Bridge, 1965
people without masks
Look at all these people without masks.
Which group is the braver - The old Civil Rights activists
or the current Hamas supporters?
Bryan 'Hakyim' Simpson - from Oregon.
Worth investigating?
Worth protesting about?
Have a look.
STUDENT PROTESTERS
authority v. responsibility
I've included this piece from my website, FatherlessMale.com
So many young adults today still live at home, are on the family phone plan and car insurance,
driving a gifted-car yet consider themselves 'independent adults'. Nope. They sit at the table,
especially for college-age people... and their parents.
One of the great balances in life is the balance between authority and responsibility.
The amount of responsibility we take for ourselves should roughly equal the amount of authority we have. The amount of authority we have over our personal lives should roughly equal the amount of responsibility we are able and willing to carry.
Accordingly,
The amount of authority we have over other people should roughly equal the amount of responsibility we have for their well-being.
The amount of responsibility we should take for other people should roughly equal the amount of authority they surrender to us.
Is your life out of balance?
If we have responsibility without authority, we tend to be treated like plantation slaves.
If we want more authority than responsibility, we tend to act like plantation owners.
There are variations to this equation:
1) Employment. When we trade our time for a paycheck, the fulcrum shifts, and the boss has the
The amount of responsibility we take for ourselves should roughly equal the amount of authority we have. The amount of authority we have over our personal lives should roughly equal the amount of responsibility we are able and willing to carry.
Accordingly,
The amount of authority we have over other people should roughly equal the amount of responsibility we have for their well-being.
The amount of responsibility we should take for other people should roughly equal the amount of authority they surrender to us.
Is your life out of balance?
If we have responsibility without authority, we tend to be treated like plantation slaves.
If we want more authority than responsibility, we tend to act like plantation owners.
There are variations to this equation:
1) Employment. When we trade our time for a paycheck, the fulcrum shifts, and the boss has the
right to create expectations for us. If we disagree, the employment will likely end. We surrender authority - in exchange for the paycheck we take home. This brings up a great truth:
"Every successful organization has a chain-of-command." The superior in your chain-of-command may have the right to adjust the balance between authority and responsibility.
2) Military Service. "Take that hill at any price." likely means that many will die.
3) God calls us to be kind to the poor, widows and to the fatherless; those we have no control over.
2) Military Service. "Take that hill at any price." likely means that many will die.
3) God calls us to be kind to the poor, widows and to the fatherless; those we have no control over.
Kindness often means giving something to them, without gaining any authority over them.
And there are abuses to this balance:
1) Teens who are still legally children, who date and become sexually active - that can't afford to
And there are abuses to this balance:
1) Teens who are still legally children, who date and become sexually active - that can't afford to
raise a baby. They are demanding a level of authority far higher than the responsibility they are
able to carry. My children did not have my permission to date until they were legal adults.
2) Many young adults live at home and do not pull their fair share of the load - yet claim to be
2) Many young adults live at home and do not pull their fair share of the load - yet claim to be
'independent adults'. Once we are old enough to claim the right to make our own decisions,
we are old enough to pay towards our living expenses; housing, transportation and food costs.
So many young adults today still live at home, are on the family phone plan and car insurance,
driving a gifted-car yet consider themselves 'independent adults'. Nope. They sit at the table,
eating parent-bought food, rolling their eyes when their parents talk about how young people should behave. Wow - how immature.
When my children became adults, if they continued their education, they could eat and live at home for free. But they were expected to work part-time for their other needs and wants - like auto expenses, phone, fast food, etc. If they worked full-time without school, they could live at home,
When my children became adults, if they continued their education, they could eat and live at home for free. But they were expected to work part-time for their other needs and wants - like auto expenses, phone, fast food, etc. If they worked full-time without school, they could live at home,
but were expected to helped pay for utilities and food.
They learned how to 'adult' while having a home-safety net.
And once we make babies, we have obligations to those children - until they are adults,
when they can claim and their independence and shoulder their rightful responsibilities.
And once we make babies, we have obligations to those children - until they are adults,
when they can claim and their independence and shoulder their rightful responsibilities.
But legal, adult children - who claims full adult authority, they are eligible to take full responsibility
for their own lives and needs.
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The greatest part of responsibility v. authority is what God allows and what God demands of us.
We need to understand this:
We live on a planet where everyone dies and has to answer to God for our choices and decisions - how we used our free will. This is true in spite of His great love for us.
Victimhood does not excuse us from the consequences of our own selfish choices.
We each still have to do the best we can with what we have.
Consider the early Old Testament, where God freed the Israelites from 400+ years of slavery in Egypt. After He delivered them, what did He do? He gave them a bunch of rules to follow,
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The greatest part of responsibility v. authority is what God allows and what God demands of us.
We need to understand this:
We live on a planet where everyone dies and has to answer to God for our choices and decisions - how we used our free will. This is true in spite of His great love for us.
Victimhood does not excuse us from the consequences of our own selfish choices.
We each still have to do the best we can with what we have.
Consider the early Old Testament, where God freed the Israelites from 400+ years of slavery in Egypt. After He delivered them, what did He do? He gave them a bunch of rules to follow,
called 'The Levitical Law'. (The Book of Leviticus)
Yes, newly freed slaves had to become obedient to God's will - or be punished.
Many disobeyed and many were punished, under orders from God. Is that fair?
Yes, it is. Please read Psalm 24
1 The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;
2 for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters.
We are all God's belongings,
and there is a difference between being owned by another human...
and being owned by God.
The first is slavery.
The second is the only way we could ever exist.
Outside of God's creation of the human race, there was never another option for our existence.
Yes, newly freed slaves had to become obedient to God's will - or be punished.
Many disobeyed and many were punished, under orders from God. Is that fair?
Yes, it is. Please read Psalm 24
1 The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;
2 for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters.
We are all God's belongings,
and there is a difference between being owned by another human...
and being owned by God.
The first is slavery.
The second is the only way we could ever exist.
Outside of God's creation of the human race, there was never another option for our existence.
