Random Love (anti-rants)

[popvulture]

@sabergirl:

Not sure what you’re feeling good about, Dennis—I’m glad you’re happy. I can’t say I find much bright and shiny stateside at the moment. More dark days ahead for the US of A.

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I hear you, @sabergirl — I feel the same way at the moment. Bleak times. Sending a hug across the webbernet

[Seul]

@Dmart:

Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can.

You've got my love brother, from the bottom of my heart.

Shoutout to @sabergirl and all women here… Y'all safe here but unfortunately it's the only god-dang place y'all are safe at...

[goosehd]

Deep down aren’t we all the same with a need to be loved, appreciated, and understood.

[Seul]

@MisterEclectic huge respect my son… Beautiful work... Good teachers are so fucking important...

[Seul]

@goosehd:

Deep down aren’t we all the same with a need to be loved, appreciated, and understood.

Yeah bruv - and with the fucking right to abort…

[goosehd]

…this is close as it gets to a hug via the inter webs…love you all!

Edit: and with serious respect!

[Seul]

Mmmm you smell good!..

[MisterEclectic]

@Seul Appreciate the kind words. 

[goosehd]

[sabergirl]

This forum is the best [emoji3059]

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[ROman]

Very nice expressions of love on the forum. Nice.

[neph93]

I’m going to share something here that I shared with @goosehd in pm yesterday. Many of you may be familiar with The Hold Steady and their singer/lyricist Craig Finn. He has a few maxims I’ve always liked but I’ve increasingly come to believe are rules for life.

Hold steady, stay positive, be honest. We all want the same things.

[Tago Mago]

Amen to that, @neph93

[Seul]

@neph93:

Hold steady, stay positive, be honest. We all want the same things.

Clearly some folk do not want the same things, but that's too political a debate for here and now 

[mclaincausey]

100% @Seul  We are far past "we want the same things, we just see different ways to get them."

The sad reality is that substantial number of humans want to deprive others of the "same things" that they would like to reserve for themselves.

[Seul]

And that is definitely a political post and I'm sorry but after all these years y'all know how I work 

[goosehd]

…and that’s why we love you! 

[Seul]

And you still smell way good.

[neph93]

I predictably dumped the political post. Which I guess means I’m back 

I don’t think Finn’s comment about wanting the same things refers to politics, more to a simple taxonomy of human needs. Food, shelter, etc…. But most of all love.

[mclaincausey]

What's more fundamental than reproduction? Or peaceful coexistence?

As for love, what about people who don't want grown adults to be able to be with the person whom they love if they are the same sex, and enjoy benefits the rest of us enjoy such as visitation rights? Nobody gets a plaudit from me just because they love someone, or are loved by someone–empathy and demonstrating that the same is respected in others whom they might see little in common with is what will carry that beyond their sphere and make it meaningful to me.

Perhaps I woke on the wrong side of the bed but this all sounds like a sanguine take relative to what I'm witnessing and expecting to witness.