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back on topic (my so called, uhm, mission statement) I am trying for simple and readable. I believe I am not alone with the feelings of doom I experience when witnessing human actions and reactions. I find it unsettling when we allow our fears to dictate our treatment of others and how we choose to ...

[quote=""ToThePoint""] I am working on a project and would like to ask for some critique and possible edit advice for the following statement I put together. [.....] HemingwayApp.com Grammarly.com [/QUOTE] Thanks! I downloaded both and I am liking the hemingway app very much!!

These are the essays that I wish to challenge myself with so that I can satisfy my desire to get my head screwed on straight. I love the critique that I have been getting from you all and I am looking forward to learning from you all. It is a tall order for me but I am posting this in hopes that it ...

[quote=""DMB""]I think you might approach it by making a series of short statements, each expressing a single idea. And they should be your ideas of what it is important and the goals you seek. [/quote] So I took your advice and I am feeling a bit unsure about what I want to do n...

[quote=""Hermit""]
Some expressions seem cumbersome to me. Maybe you are trying to express too much at the same time.[/quote]

Yup. I see it now. thanks

Mass reply I thank all of you!! I have plenty of good advice here and I will be looking into it all. Also, I will write out something longer and pare it down as suggested. When I post it, I hope you will not feel frustrated or feel you are wasting your time with me. It may still fail. I am learning....

[quote=""subsymbolic""]Third paragraph starts badly 'many things' then loses its way; first and second are much better. The problem here is that you are trying to craft it to sound spontaneous but you also want to pack a lot into a compact slice of prose. To write short effective...

[quote=""Hermit""]Koy is about right. More often than not freedom is won through the use of force, and more often than not this force involves violence to the point of bloodletting. Gandhi's satyagraha and the civil disobedience campaign in the 1960s US are no indication that non...

revised: Freedom is not won by bloody sacrifice. Nor can it be maintained through the use of oppressive force, coercion, deception or the marginalization of persons or ideas. The failure to maintain freedom leads to yet another bloody revolution and the clock is reset. Freedom was never truly won in...

[quote=""subsymbolic""]Before trying to perfect the grammar, try reading it out loud with the sort of passion you appear to be aiming for.[/quote]

OK. I'll try, thanks.

ETA: THANKS! that does help

revised: (still not working for me as well as I would like) Freedom is not won by bloody sacrifice. Nor can it be maintained through the use of oppressive force, coercion, deception or the marginalization of persons or ideas. The failure to maintain freedom leads to yet another bloody revolution and...

[quote=""Koyaanisqatsi""]Well, historically, freedom absolutely has been won by bloody sacrifice. In fact, that's pretty much the only way it has ever been won. Only rarely has freedom been won by decree or law and that only comparatively recently in the course of some five thous...

[quote=""DMB""]I suggest the following amendment with regard to wording and punctuation: Freedom is not won by bloody sacrifice. Nor can it be maintained through the use of oppressive force, coercion, deception or suppression. It is won by those who choose to become informed inde...

I am working on a project and would like to ask for some critique and possible edit advice for the following statement I put together. Thanks!! :) Freedom is not won by bloody sacrifice. Nor is it maintained through the use of oppressive force; coercion; deception or suppression. It is won by those ...

[quote=""subsymbolic""] So now we have anti trump riots. How convenient for him. NVDA please, if you don't want to make a shit situation shittier. WTF is NVDA? Googled it and could only find it's the stock listing for Nividia. Satyagraha.[/QUOTE] I also had a hard time finding th...

[quote=""Serf""] So now we have anti trump riots. How convenient for him. NVDA please, if you don't want to make a shit situation shittier. :thumbup: agreed[/QUOTE] I can't get this out of my mind. I myself would like to step up with some NVDA but I really have no idea about what...

[quote=""cape_royds""]Not a bad list, but it's more of a laundry-list of bourgeois liberal fears, rather than a means to classify Fascism. The main question should be, "what distinguishes Fascism from other authoritarian, nationalist, or militarist political ideas?" All...

[quote=""subsymbolic""]So now we have anti trump riots. How convenient for him.

NVDA please, if you don't want to make a shit situation shittier.[/quote]

agreed

I stumbled upon this list. I would like to know if it is a reasonably accurate description of what you would expect find in a fascist society or might it be a list conjured up by some sort of anti-american agenda to label our American society as moving toward fascism? Fourteen Defining Characteristi...

[quote=""Tharmas""] Coincidentally, right now I am reading the book Why Does the World Exist? by Jim Holt, a science writer for The New Yorker and The New York Times . I'll wait for your review. Let me know if it is worth a read. Review of Jim Holt’s Why Does the World Exist? [/Q...

[quote=""adampjr""] Is it necessary to be sensitive to the evangelical christian's who all hopped into bed with the KKK; neo-nazi skinheads; and white nationalist in their support for Donald Trump? I think not. Especially since they have embraced, if not invented, the whole anti-...

[quote=""plebian""]I am struggling with the idea of whether or not to even simply be civil to anyone who voted for Trump for any reason. My instincts tell me to physically harm them but my reason tells me that that might be counter-productive. My ethics are taking a beating today...

I've changed my facebook profile photo to all black to express my embarrassment about the election. Friends are starting to do the same. Curious if it takes off.

Is it necessary to be sensitive to the evangelical christian's who all hopped into bed with the KKK; neo-nazi skinheads; and white nationalist in their support for Donald Trump? I think not. Especially since they have embraced, if not invented, the whole anti-politically correct movement? Anybody el...

1) Have you ever been to church? I attended a baptist church at age 13/14 with a childhood friend. However, the reason for my attendance was because I had a crush on a girl who attended. When she moved away, I no longer had a reason to show up. 2) Do you have any Christian friends or family members...