Teri KanefieldSep 13, 2025

Part II of this thing I’m working on is ready.

Part I was called “Here’s Why Intolerance and Extremism happen.” It was about demagogues and artists (and more).

In Part II, I offer the lyrics to three songs,
-Sam the Sham’s “Lil Red Riding Hood”
-Roger and Hammerstein’s “You’ve Got to be Carefully Taught,” and
-“Those were the Days.”

It’s about (almost) everything.

https://terikanefield.com/heres-why/

I'm trying to pull together the ideas I’ve been working out over the past several years.

Here's Why Intolerance and Extremism Happen - Teri Kanefield

In September 2024, I visited Chile for the national independence festivities and a reunion for my husband and his siblings. I learned that an 84-year-old in-law, who is one of the sweetest people I know, admired Augusto Pinochet. She was firm in her views. I was warned not to try to talk to her about […]

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Show threadClimate Jenny 2.1Sep 13, 2025
@Teri_Kanefield There are definitely some punctuation errors uncorrected. Or perhaps the AI added them. I hear the AI is crazy for em-dashes.
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@ClimateJenny

I looked at each one and decided, so I missed them. Would you mind sending them to me?

Show threadClimate Jenny 2.1Sep 13, 2025

@Teri_Kanefield These are the same images I used in Part I to illustrate ‘this is the world’ and ‘this is the world with your brain on ideology,’ because for an autocracy to function…

Should have double quotes.

I’ll quit now, but I wanted to play “Are you a better copy editor than AI?” until I was satisfied that the answer was yes.

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@ClimateJenny

HAHAHA. I love it. You definitely win.

Sep 13, 2025 at 11:44pmWeb