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Tag Archives: hypocrisy
Renouncing flouncing (for the second time)
I flounced. Again. Last year it was from a day-long meeting of a colourful political party that will remain nameless. The first two hours were dominated (that is the right word) by someone who had come down from Lancaster to … Continue reading
Posted in a little self-knowledge, activism
Tagged cognitive limitations, hypocrisy, stupidity
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Paulo Freire on thinking ahead… #hypocrisy #epicfail
“What can we do today, so that tomorrow we can do what we are unable to do today?” – Paulo Freire Which offsets a true horrorshow I had recently because I went to something because there was going to be … Continue reading
“What’s the matter? You never seen a hypocrite before?”
Killer comeback at anyone who is accusing you of douche-baggery or hypocrisy or whatever. Perhaps, though, a supreme asshole move? Hat-tip to the Cartoonist. He knows who he is.
Journalism, sex and David Simon – “true dat”
David Simon (“The Wire,” “Treme” etc) has written a very good piece on “War and Piece” (the Petraeus ‘scandal’) Media’s Petraeus Sex Obsession Is Dangerous, Destructive Enough. This is just sex. This is just people. …. Hypocrisy will never go … Continue reading
Posted in a little self-knowledge, media
Tagged David Simon, hacks, hypocrisy, Petraeus
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Dwight Towers seeks help (at long long last) for his hypocrisy…
I am always banging on about the evils of comfort zones, of grooves that have become ruts. The smugosphere-this, anvunclaritis-that. And that’s probably projection – a hatred and contempt for failings I am reluctant to admit in myself and therefore … Continue reading
My own private … smugosphere
Can’t think why this post has been sitting scribbled for yonks and yet somehow never quite got itself typed up… “We all teach what we most need to learn,” someone said to me off-handily last year. We project, too; of … Continue reading
Posted in a little self-knowledge, activism, competence, fear, narcissism, politics
Tagged Freud Schmeud, hypocrisy, projection, smugosphere
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Am I bovvered? And if so, why?
When we complain about what someone is doing that annoys us, we are really not complaining about him at all. We are complaining about our own character. We make a fuss about what he is doing, but that is useless … Continue reading
Slow Train to China: brilliant post by climate scientist
This here is long, but full of fine insight (and brutal sarcasm) about systems thinking and hypocrisy/blindness/self-serving exceptions by people who really ought to know better. AND on the hidden benefits of “slow”…. Frankly, a must must MUST read…
Posted in a little self-knowledge, activism, climate, economics, science
Tagged hypocrisy, Kevin Anderson, Tyndall Centre
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Clutterbug Zine – two thumbs up!!
[text deleted] Lots about travel, but this one is about purging – about de-cluttering and consumerism (especially the “hipster” anti-consumerist consumerism our type of people indulge in. [text deleted] Top tip if you’re de-cluttering: before opening a cupboard or garage … Continue reading
Newscorps: Rupert the Unbearable and Climate Change
Corporations lie. They lie about how they treat their workers. They lie about the Good that they Do. And Newscorp, Rupert Murdoch’s little outfit, makes great play of how it is going (or indeed has gone)“carbon neutral”. Meanwhile its Australian … Continue reading
Posted in climate, competence, media
Tagged Brendan O'Neill is a moron, drivel, hypocrisy, Newscorpse, Rupert Murdoch, Spiked
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