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Reuters
Assata Shakur, fugitive and prominent Black activist, dies in Cuba at 78
Assata Shakur, the former Black Liberation Army activist who became a civil rights icon for some and a wanted murderer for others after her conviction in the killing of a New Jersey state trooper, has died at 78 in Cuba, where she lived as a fugitive for…
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The Onion
The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Gavin Newsom
Gov. Gavin Newsom has gained increasing national attention for targeting President Donald Trump in the media, reportedly boosting his national standing as the unofficial Democratic frontrunner for 2028, according to polls. The Onion sat down with the California…
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"i literally have binders full of feminists that have told me to shut up" -tboy mitt romney
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On Temperance as cultivation of self
On Temperance: a rebuttal of emotional restriction as virtue
It is, I think, utterly unconscionable to attempt to limit the spectrum of emotions one is willing to use just because they are unpleasant or abrasive.
Anger and compassion may play off eachother, this much is true, but one can hardly be a substitute for the other. It may be compassion for oneself that drives someone to feel they should be treated better, but so often it is anger that enabled them to see they were treated poorly in the first place. Compassion is far from pointless, but it is far from pointed as well, it lacks the sharp edge of anger that one can use to carve clear lines between right and wrong, or between is and ought.
If compassion should be the cloak that shields you from the cold and harshness of the world then let anger be the dagger you brandish at the dangers in the night. If compassion should be your soothing balm to heal from what has harmed you then let anger be the scalpel that cuts away all that which is still harming you. Neither can do the job of the other, both must be used wisely.
True temperance is not to be found in dulling your dagger until it is a cloak, but in the responsibility of knowing when it must be wielded, and when it must be sheathed.
It is, I think, utterly unconscionable to attempt to limit the spectrum of emotions one is willing to use just because they are unpleasant or abrasive.
Anger and compassion may play off eachother, this much is true, but one can hardly be a substitute for the other. It may be compassion for oneself that drives someone to feel they should be treated better, but so often it is anger that enabled them to see they were treated poorly in the first place. Compassion is far from pointless, but it is far from pointed as well, it lacks the sharp edge of anger that one can use to carve clear lines between right and wrong, or between is and ought.
If compassion should be the cloak that shields you from the cold and harshness of the world then let anger be the dagger you brandish at the dangers in the night. If compassion should be your soothing balm to heal from what has harmed you then let anger be the scalpel that cuts away all that which is still harming you. Neither can do the job of the other, both must be used wisely.
True temperance is not to be found in dulling your dagger until it is a cloak, but in the responsibility of knowing when it must be wielded, and when it must be sheathed.
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