Ridicule as a form of empowerment
A friend from Slovakia explained how necessary ridicule was to empower others to stand up against tyranny. It was their biggest tool against oppression. Who knew.
The scary truths, or predictions creates a hard nut of fear from which people remain paralyzed to act.
Cutting leaders down to size, gives context to the possibility of winning.
He also said music was used to send messages that would be remembered.
So.
In that vein and because it's Saturday.
Here you go. Best collection of songs ever. How many times did you watch…
Would this rather silly (but with a serious message) Android game work? (Google Drive Link to video):
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/10oQTh4B7lPStf6FQfJKUUrtG6miXR_2b
Dear Ms. Rogers,
I plan to visit Shedd Aquarium in the near future, and have a question for you. With the increasing recognition of the rights of the LGBTQ community today - such as the recent move by Target stores to allow biological men (who have only XY chromosomes) identifying as women into women’s washrooms - and with which I am sure you fully agree – I would like to know if you will allow me, in the interest of intellectual and moral consistency, to similarly use the dolphin pool as a “washroom” at Shedd Aquarium, should the need arise during my visit, just like the other dolphins at Shedd do. You see, Ms. Rodgers, I have always identified as a dolphin – I love swimming, taking baths, and really enjoyed watching Flipper as a child. I knew very early on that I was a dolphin, despite the oppressive human-centric bias against us who identify as dolphins, and despite my having two legs and opposing thumbs (which I hope to remedy soon through publicly funded surgery).
I do hope you will provide the same respect to us dolphins who just happen to have different chromosomes from what we identify as, in addition to a human-like body, and that Shedd will quickly approve of us in the LGBTQ-D community. (Yes, the “D” stand for “dolphin” - although I don’t want to offend the “porpoise” community either - and while you may consider this absurd today, ten years from now I am sure you will look back and understand that I was just ahead of the times a bit.) You may also wish to consider providing litterboxes at Shedd for people who identify as cats – see this woman here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gWXwbToNpA, or hay in your cafeteria for this former person who now identifies as a horse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rc1GG7L8bM
Copying a few others here who also identify as dolphins. Perhaps we’ll all visit as a group!
Finally, Ms. Rogers, could you please provide the rationale behind your denial, should you answer in the negative re. my using the dolphin pool? I am very curious to understand why biology is determinative in some cases - e.g., your Shedd Aquarium restricting us human-appearing dolphins (who self-identify as dolphins) using the pool as a washroom like the other dolphins - but not determinative in all cases, such as in the Target bathroom situation – which, as noted, I’m sure you support - where people who have only XY chromosomes are now allowed to use women’s washrooms.
Eeee-yeee-eeee (that’s dolphin for “thank you,” which I’m sure you know, working there at Shedd; I am currently working through my pronunciation class in my Dolphinese 101 class, so apologies if I mispronounced a few words) .
Flipper Jim