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Teed Rockwell's avatar

My brother used to be married to a black Brazilian woman. When asked "is it difficult being in a mixed marriage?" He would say "any relationship between a man and a woman is a mixed marriage." When I told this story to a gay friend of mine, she said "any relationship between two people is a mixed marriage". To which I would add that it's often difficult to harmonize the various aspects of yourself. I still haven't figured out whether I am a philosopher or a musician.

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Joe Duncan's avatar

Excellent piece. I had the same arguments with them back at the time when it happened. It boggles the mind how people can just suddenly go off the deep end whenever something violent happens. It’s like they intentionally eschew all powers of reason to make the most conflicted, illogical points possible. Whether it’s Israel-Palestine, Atlanta shootings, Kyle Rittenhouse, or any other violent act that makes news headlines, it’s guaranteed to be a couple of weeks where I sign off social media to avoid the annoyances and I’m guarantee to argue with people I usually agree with.

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