@EsmeLKPartridge Notable, that folk on the autism spectrum typically lack the capacity to recognize irony, but acutely hear the depravity, say, of the slightest cruelty or violence masked (unconsciously) within our rhetorical swagger. Just one of the reasons Special Ed folk find the work holy.
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Catherine Pickup at Reality Kitchen in Eugene, OR, 2016 with Sam, around our free lunch program for elders as part of the River Road ag project youth-elder-support initiative, and its tie-in with visionary agricultural research out of OSU.
Considering Twitter and 'sins of speech' in the light of Proverbs 26:17-28 just now. To précis Illich: "Evil's defining feature? Its disguise as good." Also, St. John Chrysostom on slander as "worse than cannibalism." What shape then, a practiced response to a culture of slander?
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Copy of tweet: John D Newland Prv26-"Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart." 6:10 AM · Oct 31, 2014