[Vision2020] Re: Just got started, Melynda, hang in there...

[Melynda Huskey]

ToeKneeTime at aol.com wrote:
> Melinda,  Tolerance and diversity are certainly concerns just as 
> relevant and pressing as the Marxist attack on Wal- Mart.  Or my views 
> regarding poetry for Pete's sake...   I just became aquainted with 
> this forum, I therefore would hope that you would give me an 
> opportunity to get up to speed on all the current issues in contention 
> as well as bring up one of my own. 
>  
> You write beautifully, by the way.
>  
> Best,  Tony
Dear Tony,

Welcome to Vision 2020.  No matter what you read in the paper, it's not 
all Molotov cocktails and flagrant assholery around here.   I encourage 
you to follow the list for a while before you jump in with another tirade.

Think of it this way:  V2020 is like a bunch of people standing around 
in East City Park, talking.  You join them, don't introduce yourself or 
listen for long enough to get what they're talking about,  and then 
start hollering.  "Snot-nosed liberals," you shout.  "Don't tell me to 
respect diversity, you big fat hypocrites."  People are going to give 
you some funny looks.  Pretty soon, they'll get irritated and shout 
back, or walk away wondering what the hell's the matter with you.  
Either way, if you decide later you'd actually like to join the 
conversation, it'll be pretty hard to get anybody to listen.  (Ah, if 
only East City Park came with a bozo filter . . .)

Finally, as the resident socialist on V2020, I have to say that much as 
I'd like the company out here in Redsville (population, 1), all of the 
Walmart opponents I know are moderately to mildly liberal centrists.  
Nice people, but not really much on actual Marxism, if you know what I 
mean. Seriously, if a fear of the dictatorship of the proletariate keeps 
you awake at night, your slumbers should be undisturbed here in Moscow.

Best,

Melynda Huskey