{"id":13703,"date":"2022-01-18T13:18:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T19:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevernacular.com\/?p=13703"},"modified":"2022-01-18T19:54:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T01:54:02","slug":"letter-from-a-milwaukee-jail-of-my-mind-to-louisa-loveridge-gallas-on-the-state-of-our-nation-and-her-own-psyche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevernacular.com\/?p=13703","title":{"rendered":"Letter (from a Milwaukee jail of my mind), to Louisa Loveridge-Gallas, on the state of our nation and her own psyche"},"content":{"rendered":"
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E-mail from Louisa-Loveridge Gallas on Martin Luther King Jr. Day<\/strong> Jan. 17, 2021:<\/div>\n
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I\u2019m sending on a link to this famous Vietnam speech by MLK I go back to on MLK day, so pivotal in his career. Stunning that he was assassinated a year to the day after. And so brave as he found that he angered and disappointed a number of activists and allies for his stance against the war who felt he should stick to civil rights in the approach and focus he had been taking.<\/div>\n
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Also I\u2019d like think out loud with you. In a very different way and historical context, I just want to add I am beginning to experience that Biden is being attacked at times, in ways I find irresponsible, for speaking out eloquently and clearly for the moral high road of history in his Georgia speech. I refer not only by Republicans but to comments by prominent Democrats like David Axelrod, Obama\u2019s consultant, on CNN; NYT commentators like Maureen Dowd, and even top legislators like Nancy Pelosi. To name a few. Cheap shots, reaching for a way to insult on minor points, calling out strong opinions disagreed with as unbridled \u2018rhetoric\u2019 to name a few.<\/div>\n
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Of course reasonable, fact-based analysis has to go forward. May everyone be generous and informed as we precede with our critiques even in informal conversation. I know I\u2019m not alone in witnessing that these are perilous times where a compassionate approach to each other and in the political realm is at risk in the zeitgeist of the need to one up, demean too easily and thoughtlessly These are such times of anxiety that inflame disagreements and difference; or enhance compassion fatigue.<\/div>\n
I certainly don\u2019t count myself out. I\u2019ve been writing some pretty snarky op Ed comments. And make an occasional fevered phone call, as I did to Axelrod\u2019s office. My fur can rise along with a hiss if a friend or relative isn\u2019t on the same page with my take on all the complexities we are living within. I fail. I\u2019m working on myself. I welcome any thoughts you may have to help me along and no pressure to respond, of course, as so many influences and responsibilities call upon us.<\/div>\n
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So them\u2019s my thoughts and a link to his speech.<\/div>\n
Take care. Be safe.<\/div>\n
Sincerely,<\/div>\n
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Louisa *<\/div>\n
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