“Here, son/daughter, let me do that for you. Because I am smarter and better than you. And because your dependency is emotionally nourishing for me. Please don’t ever grow up (read: thrive educationally, socially and economically). I couldn’t stand it.”
If that sounds vampiric, it is. That’s how codependence works. We literally have people who claim to be on the side of the black community saying they can’t be expected to get valid ID’s. How is that different from saying they are more or less a “special needs” community? It should infuriate anyone with self respect who understands what is being claimed.
In this regard, ponder that, from what I read, 5 out of 6 Black Lives Matter members are white.
I will add a metacomment that I’ve decided not to force myself to allocate the willpower and energy needed to keep myself from blogging/pontificating. My logic regarding silence was sound, but I think I can and should still do this–count me among those who literally believe the future of the world is hanging in the balance right now–while also increasing my daily meditations to three hours or so.