Heather Cox Richardson puts her finger on a major theme running through commentary on the DNC this morning:
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Dodo III.replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy and to be honest, a ham sandwich really has more substance and is of more use.
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@Dodo_sipping Absolutely! I've been telling people, "I'd vote for any rotten stump before I'd vote for Trump."
But probably a rotten stump has some use, if nothing else, then to harber lots of living things that shelter in it and to nurture fungi, some of which are edible!
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Yes, I read about her and was very happy (although I don't know anything else about her ) that for the first time a member of the First Peoples will be governor. -
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@wdlindsy Not just for MAGA, I think. As a person who has lost both parents to the cult (not remotely an uncommon story these days), the Harris/Walz ticket feels like the parents the nation needs. I feel more accepted as a queer poly leftist by the vision the Dems have put forward under this ticket than I have ever felt by my own family. I think a huge part of the excitement we're seeing stems from deep psychological issues we have as a result of rampant conservatism throughout the nation.
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I think that if Harris and Walz were able to convince at least some of the leaders of the individual tribes and peoples of the plans they have for America, that would certainly be an invaluable support for everyone, especially in the ecological transformation. -
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@elala Yes — and I would expect them to engage in that kind of outreach as they campaign. I also suspect the native peoples will be on the whole very receptive to Harris-Walz.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Fried Chicken last edited by
@a_phlaming_phoenix Thanks for those valuable comments. I concur and find myself in many ways in the same spot, as an openly gay man in a same-sex marriage in a deep-red state dominated by white evangelicals, including many of my own family members.
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@elala I can't say I know a great deal, though I do have a friend who is also an Ojibwe from Minnesota and I learn much by hearing him talk about his parents' experiences of growing up on reservations in that state.
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It's not too late and the stars have never been so favorable for finally closing rifts. -
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@elala Fun dayn moyl in Gots oyern!
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Did I mention that I'm German and can therefore only guess what you've just written?🤭 -
William Lindsey :toad:replied to [email protected] last edited by
@elala You did, and that's why I cited the "original" Yiddish version of the common saying (in English, now, at least), "From your mouth to God's ears." It originates in Yiddish communities, I'm told.
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Ich hatte vermutet, dass das gemeint war, aber nicht alle Deutschen sprechen und verstehen Yiddisch.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to [email protected] last edited by
@elala Yes, this is what I understand from my German friends, that they often understand much that's said when people speak Yiddish, but not everything. My spouse's grandmother and her siblings spoke Kölsch, since their grandfather was born in the village of Stommeln, just outside Köln, and emigrated to America from there, bringing his dialect with him.
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@wdlindsy Great, you know Kölsch (the dialect) - this is a surprise.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to [email protected] last edited by
@elala I truly can't say I know it. I did hear my spouse's grandmother and her brothers and sisters speaking it, and my husband and I spent time in Köln some years ago as he did research on his family's roots in Stommeln, so I heard Kölsch spoken then, too, and spoke my own very limited German in conversations with local people there.