Stridency

Stridency attracts crowds
     isolates individuals

   Propogates group-think
     suffocates originals

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M. L. Kiser

Date: 2/12/2023 3:05:00 PM

Indeed it can, well crafted.

Bill Baker

Date: 2/11/2023 2:50:00 PM

How true, hence it's lonely at the top. Like a cigar, the brighter it burns the sooner it ashes. :-) Bill

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/11/2023 7:52:00 PM

Wow. Interesting angle, Bill. Hadn't thought of the results/effects of stridency this way. Thanks, gw

Michael Tor

Date: 2/10/2023 11:21:00 PM

Well said my friend. Deep thought in this one...

John Lawless

Date: 2/10/2023 12:32:00 PM

Today the High School debating teams meet in different rooms.....so no one can be offended.....

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/11/2023 7:53:00 PM

ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. They don't keep score either, do they!

John Watt

Date: 2/10/2023 12:16:00 PM

Perfect title for describing current day political discussions. Whenever I watch a political debate or State of the Union address, my brain plays the Psycho soundtrack with its nails-on-a-chalkboard screeching violins. Well said, Lobo ~ Vivian Leigh

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/11/2023 7:54:00 PM

Political debates today are either shouting matches or virtue-signaling promotions of posturing pols.

R J. Elless

Date: 2/10/2023 11:42:00 AM

Nice Gershon. Four lines that are saying a lot. keep Rolling.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/11/2023 7:54:00 PM

I'll try (to keep rolling). Should be easy with my 'well-rounded physique.' :) gw

Joe Dimino

Date: 2/10/2023 10:43:00 AM

loudmouths. Yep, get the grease, but my squeaking friends have always remained my truest and most enjoyable. Especially for being off-key.

Heidi Sands

Date: 2/10/2023 10:38:00 AM

Yes, true Gershon :)

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/11/2023 7:48:00 PM

Thank you, Heidi! :) gw

J. Summers

Date: 2/10/2023 8:28:00 AM

Shouting others down is becoming more and more the norm. Civility and decorum are nowhere to be found. Oh well. John

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/11/2023 7:47:00 PM

Folks oughta put down their bullhorns and listen to one another... Oh, well. Not likely to happen, is it?

Shirley Hawkins

Date: 2/9/2023 9:30:00 PM

The crowd silenced any modicum of intelligence or common sense that an individual had to offer by shouting over them so their points of view could not be heard or considered. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why the world is in the sorry state it is in today, Gershon

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/11/2023 7:45:00 PM

I agree, Shirley. Too much yelling; to little listening or understanding. Precious little communication taking place...

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