tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post1877438695426299957..comments2024-01-31T09:36:11.225-05:00Comments on Two Spirits - One Halle: LiberatedHallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-11979270208897354252018-09-05T18:38:13.283-04:002018-09-05T18:38:13.283-04:00Yes, and Prost!Yes, and Prost!Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-33457240619089484102018-09-01T23:10:17.621-04:002018-09-01T23:10:17.621-04:00Wasn't it wonderful to hear and see the respec...Wasn't it wonderful to hear and see the respect shown between political opponents before and during the services for the late John McCain? It gives one hope for the future of a great nation. <br /><br />And thank you for that compliment dear R. Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-41757032687088882282018-08-27T20:39:18.477-04:002018-08-27T20:39:18.477-04:00My dear Halle! I agree with you that the "we/...My dear Halle! I agree with you that the "we/they dichotomy" is stifling. Too many people here, be they backward-thinking or forward-thinking, see merely black versus white, us versus them. Whether in a university setting, in an organized religious setting, in a factory environment, etc., my experience has been that too many people shy away from independent thought, avoid "thought Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-59679282507860527552018-07-15T16:23:28.294-04:002018-07-15T16:23:28.294-04:00I seem unable to make a clear representation of of...I seem unable to make a clear representation of of my feelings towards what is commonly referred to as a liberal arts education as opposed to one directed towards the hard sciences.<br />Yes, a liberal arts education should enable, in fact encourage independent thought. My point is that today, attending almost any, in fact the vast majority of colleges in America, requires a strict adherance to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-71655260048048799842018-07-15T11:41:09.156-04:002018-07-15T11:41:09.156-04:00Hullo Lindsay,
Yes I've read that book, many y...Hullo Lindsay,<br />Yes I've read that book, many years ago. Now I shall be going on a search in the vast collection we laughingly refer to as the library. <br /><br />It isn't so much the negation of what some call progress that rankles. It has more to do with the knee jerk reaction politicians so often have. A few noisy people, in love with a mythical past, who often have no real Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-2184084074775014892018-07-15T08:26:40.236-04:002018-07-15T08:26:40.236-04:00Hi Halle,
From this post I thought this book I...Hi Halle, <br />From this post I thought this book I found interesting, may also appeal- that is unless you have already read it. It is called ‘The Outsider’ by Colin Wilson. It’s a thoughtful literary style attempt to cover the ideas of his chosen outsiders; Nietzsche, Sartre, Camus, Hemingway, van Gogh, Hermann Hesse and Lawrence of Arabia, Kierkegaard, Blake etc. Those who all were seen(Lindsay Byrneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11030132436987752741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-89097038662049194052018-07-15T06:26:26.287-04:002018-07-15T06:26:26.287-04:00Couldn't agree more about avoiding labels in o...Couldn't agree more about avoiding labels in order to maintain freedom of thought. Almost as though, once we define ourselves, we are then bound to keep the "party line". When I found myself attending a church regularly in my younger days, the "we/they dichotomy" was stifling. <br /><br />Perhaps you might post about your new home to let us all read about it Tom. Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-61440587174049455052018-07-15T04:32:12.899-04:002018-07-15T04:32:12.899-04:00I think there will always be limits on how free ou...I think there will always be limits on how free our thinking can be. That's okay, so long as we try to be honest about about self or societal restrictions. I shudder when I hear the word "normal" being used, as if that describes the heights to which we can aspire.<br /> One must also be aware that all "ideologies" [I use that word loosely!], whether conservative, Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-35040578312565665682018-07-14T22:11:13.847-04:002018-07-14T22:11:13.847-04:00It appears I misunderstand. I have found that unle...It appears I misunderstand. I have found that unless I strictly comform to the conventional wisdom as promulgated by today's liberal colleges, I am summarily defined as a hater and or bigot.<br />Just ask any American liberal what they think of Trump's "America First" agenda. Trump's approach is a clear divergence of leftist, liberal thought. Yet it was that very agenda thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-25646123498776089192018-07-14T17:32:50.986-04:002018-07-14T17:32:50.986-04:00I am definitely resigned to the reality that my th...I am definitely resigned to the reality that my thoughts will mostly be unseen; hopefully not banned or buried. <br /><br />I must take issue with your sentence that claims it is a fact that surrender of one's independent thought and values is necessary in order to be accepted. I don't know where you live, but it has been my experience here that refusing to being bound by other peoples&#Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-66928102606717766132018-07-14T16:38:44.353-04:002018-07-14T16:38:44.353-04:00I too am a product of a liberal arts education, (E...I too am a product of a liberal arts education, (Ed-Psych/Philosophy). Nevertheless, having barely survived my misguided youth, l have matured into a staunch fiscal conservative while still holding on to my own personal devotion to God, family and country. I personally owe them all a great deal including my current good fortune. <br />Sadly l fear that those touting the benefits of a liberal Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com