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Wednesday, February 22, 2023

If you view media on any sort of device you still "watch TV".

I was chatting with the guide before the tour began and we were talking about the China balloon that was shot down... because I had seen it as i was going thru Myrtle Beach... and then for some reason the guide said something like " I don't watch TV anymore". It Felt more like she was VIRTUE SIGNALING. It doesn't matter What you watch whether you watch something on your handheld device or your computer etc. 

Today, " TV " is a quick way to describe whether you have seen something or not On Any Sort Of Electronic Device . So even if you do not have an old black and white or color television in your living room, if you view media on any sort of device you still "watch TV". And that's okay , it's okay . You're Not a bad person

re Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters, Savannah Georgia

re Our guide :I'm not 100% sure her name ( it may have started with a J & ended with an E). She was a petite middle -to- elderly age white lady. She kept pulling the sweater across her chest as if she thought somebody was looking at her upper torso. It became so absurd and annoying after a while because she kept doing it so often, almost obsessive compulsive.

 Then she kept apologizing for slavery and racism and at the end confessed her sins to us and seemed to suggest that we were all guilty (since our group was all white.)

 My family & ancestors personally were northern folk and some of them fought for the Union in the Civil War, and died to set slaves free. So I personally do NOT have any white guilt, neither for my own actions, nor for my ancestors. 


Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Re St. Dominic's New Orleans

I don't mean to be rude but the Catholic church is known and well-regarded for being a "universal church" meaning catholics from Zimbabwe could theoretically walk into a Catholic church in New Orleans and feel right at home. However sometimes some Catholic churches become too " localized" & they treat you like an outsider if you didn't grow up here or you don't live a few blocks away from the parish. I'm afraid that's happened at this church.

 To the priests and to the locals , please remember that this is a church for for all Catholics, NOT just for people who live down the street. If That's what you want , there's a lot of little neighborhood churches you should attend rather than the universal Catholic church. 

In fact it's the visiting Catholics who need a church more than those who live right down the block who are already settled in known by their neighbors  etc. If you hog the church too you're not doing the work of Jesus Christ.