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CHRISTIAN BIGOTRY: “Irony: According to Tony Perkins, God Punishes Gays and Sinners” ☮
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Category Archives: Compassion
COMPASSION: “Josh Coombes: Hairdresser for the Homeless” / BBC News Magazine
PSYCHOLOGY – MINDFULNESS: “The Importance of Staring Out of the Window” / The School of Life / Alain de Botton ☮
We are so busy and so obsessed with our phones, we rarely take a break to do that vital and rather philosophical thing: stare out of the window. Looking achieve a better state of calm? Try our calm cards.
POLICE EXECUTIONS: “There are No Words” ☮
h/t: Being LiberalRIGHT-WING AUTHORITATIVE NATIONALISM: “Illinois Man Arrested for Burning American Flag” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮
An Illinois-based man was arrested after he set the US flag on fire and posted photos on the social networking site Facebook, a media report said on Tuesday.
Bryton Mellott, 22, posted several photos on Facebook earlier this week, showing him with a burning flag. He also posted a statement why he is “not proud” to be an American, Fox59.com report
PSYCHOLOGY – SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: “Relationships: How to Remain Calm with People” / The School of Life / Alain de Botton ☮
Remaining calm around people who annoy us is one of the great life skills. It’s also a teachable and learnable skill.
ACTIVISM AND ADVOCACY: “Recovering Our Pride” / Laura Flanders ☮
NATIONALISM: “Conservative Ethnocentric Bigotry” ☮
FINE ARTS – PAINTING COLLAGE FILM: “Viaje por el Universo Van Gogh” / Vincent van Gogh ☮
Un minuto, una vida: Van Gogh en movimiento
RELATIONSHIPS: “How Romanticism Ruined Love” / The School of Life / Alain de Botton ☮
The set of ideas we can call Romanticism is responsible for making our relationships extremely difficult. We shouldn’t give up on love; we should just recognise that it’s a skill, not an emotion.
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