ryewilldo.bsky.social
Teacher of banned books (retired). Navy and army veteran. No MAGA, no fascists.
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There is no common ground!
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I have no credibility to critique singers. I was so terrible singing, that in the 4th grade, in preparation for the Xmas performance, our music teacher would send me out of the classroom into the hall to be the "echo."
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Let's start with cognitive tests for the electorate.
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Johnny Cash couldn't sing either. There is a term for vocalists like him. I think it is "stylist." I'm probably wrong, but I'm a big fan of both for their music and what they stood for.
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Or Adele.
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In Twain's day, it was banned because Huck was not a proper role model for good, Christian children. Today, it is often challenged for the use of the "N" word 100+ times. It has been challenged for other reasons along the way.
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Huck Finn has been challenged from the very beginning. When Twain's local library banned it, he thought it amusing that they would ban Huck while leaving an "unexpurgated" Bible lying about.
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Ernest Hemingway said "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn."
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George C. Scott for me.
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Thank you for the Thoreau quote. Buried my mother today, aged 96 years. My favorite: "Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains."
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Oh, hell no.
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I watched the first "Rocky" when it premiered. A familiar underdog story told very well. I had no interest in seeing any of the sequels.
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Grew up in the '60s. Now, thanks to YouTube, I get to do this every day. 50+ years ago, you either bought the record, waited to hear it on the radio, or hoped like hell it would be performed on the Ed Sullivan Show.