Paul, I confess that my use of the word "compassion" is problematic. I don't know of a word that precisely defines what I mean. I mean by compassion for women that we "get" the legitimacy of women's issues, even while we recognize the illegitimacy of feminism. This difficulty with words is a pattern with me: I use "evil" without meaning it in moral terms, for instance, and I use "Patriarchy" to describe something that is relatively rare in the West, the shadow form of the male competence hierarchy, unlike most on this substack who use it the way feminists mean it, as the dominant form of male governance in the West.
I find your use of language powerful and exquisitely nuanced David, so please don’t change anything on my behalf 😉
I’m exploring Buddhist concepts and getting a lot from them. I now hear “compassion” as connection - love, ultimately - for all people WHILE ALSO accepting that they are suffering from delusions. However that’s perhaps a stretch from the everyday “social justice warrior” mindset.
Thank you and Janice for a wonderful, gracious and creative conversation. I came away with st least time hope for a brighter future for humanity. I will reread it many times, and I look forward to your book David.
Thank you very much, David. I often struggle to find the right word, but I think that the struggle is worth it, it is an expression of how much I care about finding the right word.
Paul, I confess that my use of the word "compassion" is problematic. I don't know of a word that precisely defines what I mean. I mean by compassion for women that we "get" the legitimacy of women's issues, even while we recognize the illegitimacy of feminism. This difficulty with words is a pattern with me: I use "evil" without meaning it in moral terms, for instance, and I use "Patriarchy" to describe something that is relatively rare in the West, the shadow form of the male competence hierarchy, unlike most on this substack who use it the way feminists mean it, as the dominant form of male governance in the West.
I find your use of language powerful and exquisitely nuanced David, so please don’t change anything on my behalf 😉
I’m exploring Buddhist concepts and getting a lot from them. I now hear “compassion” as connection - love, ultimately - for all people WHILE ALSO accepting that they are suffering from delusions. However that’s perhaps a stretch from the everyday “social justice warrior” mindset.
Thank you and Janice for a wonderful, gracious and creative conversation. I came away with st least time hope for a brighter future for humanity. I will reread it many times, and I look forward to your book David.
Thank you very much, David. I often struggle to find the right word, but I think that the struggle is worth it, it is an expression of how much I care about finding the right word.