Mastodawn

This is unacceptable rhetoric. Political opposition is not only acceptable and ethical in a healthy democracy but necessary and built into the system. Ad hominem attacks, however, are unacceptable, unethical, and unnecessary. #WordsDoThings #rhetoric #publicspeech

Sørina Higgins 6d ago

Rushdie said it can be difficult to write about peace while living in a time of “inexcusable violence,” including the conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan. “A book cannot stop a bullet. A poem cannot intercept a bomb,” he said. But through literature, he said, writers can express solidarity with those who are suffering and others on the front lines of conflict zones, such as journalists.
#WordsDoThings #books #literature #poetry #peace