tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461948747659071092.post4916418619176446943..comments2023-09-29T02:49:02.989-07:00Comments on An Emphatic Umph: Tactics for the Revolution of Everyday LifeDaniel Coffeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912050391869734890noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461948747659071092.post-92141383840250253762013-03-20T11:12:50.747-07:002013-03-20T11:12:50.747-07:00@Linz and RC: I think you're both pushing at s...@Linz and RC: I think you're both pushing at something really interesting, something that's interested me for a long time: the generosity, and the work, of indifference. RC, this idea of synthesizing is great; I need to digest it.<br /><br />@ Frances: Thanks so much. I love the idea of this rhetorical primer. I've always been attracted to the manual, a book of tactics and preparation. <br /><br />One of my favorite books is a classic, Stoic text by Epictetus called, "The Manual" (The Enchiridion in Greek). Daniel Coffeenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912050391869734890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461948747659071092.post-74288841807939278162013-03-19T13:23:29.223-07:002013-03-19T13:23:29.223-07:00So enjoyed this post, shared it widely too on my F...So enjoyed this post, shared it widely too on my Facebook and beyond. Wonderful to have these sketched out with communicable clarity as you have done. <br /><br />Came across it at one of my favorite aggregators and contextualizers. http://www.blckdgrd.com/<br /><br />This post may be a harbinger of the need for a new kind of rhetoric primer, one placed squarely in the context of the big ears and long reach of the national security state apparatus. One that further takes into account our new precarious relationship to the promises of the First Amendment given the post 9/11 legal structure, particularly the NDAA.<br /><br />Frances Madesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03621630522922354741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461948747659071092.post-35612210900932082882013-03-18T17:45:39.508-07:002013-03-18T17:45:39.508-07:00This hit the spot like a morning tea. Thank you v...This hit the spot like a morning tea. Thank you very much. <br /><br />I think an everyday rebellion against the difficulties of a lifetime––e.g. hostility from strangers, miscommunication, fear of misunderstanding, etc––does require a type of indifference. This indifference, though, I think comes from trying to synthesize the other's moods and your own mood's into something worthwhile. This becomes increasingly difficult as our interactions become more rote and shorter.<br /><br />Thanks again for the writing.<br />R.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06546034163036734491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461948747659071092.post-32166069823959230492013-03-18T15:18:48.112-07:002013-03-18T15:18:48.112-07:00The first and the last ones on this list are my fa...The first and the last ones on this list are my favorites, which got me to thinking that there's something generous about indifference. When you feel separate enough from something not to be affected by it, you can be more generous. You can let it be what it is, without that threatening you being what you are.Lindsay Meiselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17250501133788792507noreply@blogger.com