“Thy goodness must have edge to it,
else it is none.” (RW Emerson)
On EDGE. Cutting Edge.
Thoreau said he wouldn’t walk across
the street to save the world.
Was he being arrogant?
Or humble?
On the edge? Could go both ways, yes?
Arrogant on the one hand..
Humble on the other.
What it’s like to be edgy, cutting edge, on
the edge, on edge: double-ness (doubt full):
goes both ways: courageous, cowardly;
good move, disastrous; nice, nasty; wise, stupid.
Both.
Imagine- attention efficient & deficient at the
same time. Edgy. On edge. Cutting edge.
Bully Pulpit
Other than politics, is there a context or
environment where bullying is the name
of the game?
Bully & Be Bullied.
Taunt & Be Taunted
Accuse & Be Accused
Judge & Be Judged.
Bring it on.
It turns out that every famous person was bullied
as a youth. I know for a fact from watching Oprah,
Ellen, E News, Entertainment Tonight—all the
interviews:
too fat
too skinny
too smart
too stupid
too cute
too ugly
too tall
too short
too quiet
too loud
too rich
too poor …
(only the nuanced, in-betweeners, liminal not too
one-way-or-the-other are spared the agony)
…and still haven’t recovered: it’s why I drink, eat, jog,
smoke, cut myself, take drugs & risks & run around
indiscriminate but am the man I am today, raised in a
family of second hand holy smoke, tee-totalers,
fundamentalists, republicans, atheists —middle child,
the youngest, the eldest.
We drank tap water. Couldn’t afford a helmet for my
scooter, roller skates, bike.
Told me my ears were so big, if I could wiggle them
I could fly and then punched me in the belly and ran
down the hall..
Bully Pulpit:
Spinners in the hands of god.
“We’re all crazy egos hungry for love.”
This is mere description, not judgment. It’s the denial
and cover-up that raises the bozone level, don’t you agree?
Need we argue?
xxxooo, Presbyter. (Teddy Roosevelt coined the phrase
bully pulpit. In those days bully meant something like
wonderful - superb: Well, bully for you! )
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