tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801485432556979796.post790685653499792171..comments2024-02-22T02:15:01.912-08:00Comments on The Narcissistic Continuum: You Can't be Neutral on a Moving TrainCZBZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09575206236892096611noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801485432556979796.post-41703974097508029642012-06-22T11:11:28.302-07:002012-06-22T11:11:28.302-07:00Hi Jan! Hope you had a nice trip to the midwest. A...Hi Jan! Hope you had a nice trip to the midwest. AND, I hope you post about it! (LOVED your story about living in Mexico).<br /><br />What is interesting being older now, is that younger generations have no idea how much of history was omitted from our education. Zinn has had a HUGE impact on the 'telling' of history and unless someone is older, they may not realize they're receiving the benefit of Zinn's activism. Zinn was one of the first to write about 'small pox' infected blankets given to the native Americans. Now my nephew knows about it because his high school teacher taught this to the class. That's certainly NOT the good guy/bad guy version we got in high school! <br /><br />I found a documentary on the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and will post it soon. This was an important event in women's history and I did not even know about it until taking women's studies classes.<br /><br />By the way, my son took women's history classes too and he says that was the ONLY time he enjoyed history. What was happening to the people...it's such a shock when you realize history has come to mean: WAR. How many and with whom and why and who won. It's strange that I was so programmed to think of history that way that I didn't even question why were weren't learning about the significant changes in society because of automatic washing machines, and canning food products and what women were feeding their children after they'd worked 12 hours (without breaks) in the textile mills. <br /><br />You can't help but see Narcissism in the recording of history. We focus on the celebrities and not The People. In other words, we focus on who has the 'right' to determine what's important and what isn't. It reminds me an awful lot of my marriage as retold by the General and not his troops. Ha! <br /><br />Hugs,<br />CZCZBZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575206236892096611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801485432556979796.post-7412462572236897592012-06-22T09:54:25.223-07:002012-06-22T09:54:25.223-07:00I'm finally home after an extended trip to the...I'm finally home after an extended trip to the Midwest and am making the rounds of all my favorite blogs. When my son visited from Idaho, one of the few things he found that he wanted to take with him was his copy of A People's History of the United States. It's MUST reading for anyone who thinks that they know history. When I lived in NYC, I walked by where the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire happened and stopped to read the plaque. How could I have not known that this happened? Once I knew that, it made me wonder about all of the things that I didn't yet know. Questioning long-help assumptions is viewed by some as heresy - for others, it's about kicking down the doors and letting light shine into the dark corners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801485432556979796.post-4343170958208546582012-06-15T09:49:15.128-07:002012-06-15T09:49:15.128-07:00Cosmic clarity?! Gosh, i'm feeling so special ...Cosmic clarity?! Gosh, i'm feeling so special now! <br /><br />Zinn was an amazing man. Whether people agreed with his views or not, he lived by his beliefs and he lived to improve people's lives, NOT just his own! <br /><br />He reminds me how shallow I can be sometimes. How narcissistic I can be...as if my sacrifice "speaking out" is equal to the sacrifices leaders like himself have made. I wonder to myself, "Would I create this blog if it meant going to jail?"<br /><br />We have relative security voicing our opinions. Posting a message about my admiration for Howard Zinn only concerned me for a brief minute or two. <br /><br />Sure, there are people who have demonized Zinn and they'll accuse me of being a liberal femi-nazi socialist and I won't like that very much and I won't appreciate reading edicts from people who consider themselves more righteous than I, smarter and wiser than I. People who have never read a word by Howard Zinn, consider themselves experts on his character. ARGH! <br /><br />He inspired me to speak up and stand by my beliefs. But I won't risk going to jail...nor being hit in the head by police...nor will I sacrifice tenure at University because of my beliefs.<br /><br />This is not to diminish the fear we face when Standing Up and Breaking the Silence. There will be consequences for doing that...but usually WE Get Better. There's a healing reward and tremendous relief when we speak up. It's self-rewarding, more so than speaking up for others.<br /><br />It is inspiring to see someone fully dedicated to equality and justice. He not only empathized with the marginalized people of the USA, he was morally compelled to do something. Yes...he was a remarkable man who touched many people's lives whether or not they realize the difference he made in the way we view history today.<br /><br />Glad you stopped by...tell your daughter to 'break a leg!'<br /><br />Hugs,<br />CZCZBZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575206236892096611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801485432556979796.post-28936611100806130382012-06-14T05:04:57.842-07:002012-06-14T05:04:57.842-07:00never much liked jumping off -- or onto -- moving ...never much liked jumping off -- or onto -- moving trains -- yeah.I'm kinda until the last wheel turns kinda gal LOL -- you just gave me cosmic clarity! I do like your thinking! And I do like Howard Zinn!<br /><br />thanks my friend.Louise Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522775693728655487noreply@blogger.com