Comments on: Our Left Wing

by: pyrrho

Mon, 17 Apr 2006 19:49:40 +0000

right on… well put.

by: The Mahablog » Speaking of Anger

Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:04:04 +0000

[…] On to the news: Righties were prompted by the WaPo article on the “angry left” to spend much of the weekend congratulating themselves on how un-angry they are compared to those unhinged lefties. Yes, they’re deluded. I know. But that’s why I had to laugh at a headline in today’s WaPo: […]

by: maha

Sun, 16 Apr 2006 21:58:30 +0000

Nathanael: Don’t be too dismayed if you find yourself repeating some stages as you age. I suspect it’s impossible for a person to know what stage he or she is really in, as all of us are full of shit about ourselves. Me included.

by: Nathanael Nerode

Sun, 16 Apr 2006 19:52:45 +0000

Interesting. I seem to have virtually skipped “rebel”, or at least gone through it *very* young, before the age of 10. Then I hit “adult” very early, and I think I’m probably moving slowly around the edges of “outlaw”.

by: Swami

Sun, 16 Apr 2006 15:44:15 +0000

It’s more of a relinquishment than a “feeding.”

That’s the same concept that some christians refer to as the Victory of Surrender. It’s a concept that has application in life even if you don’t buy the Jesus bullshit.

by: maha

Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:43:01 +0000

(singing) “Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose … ‘

I once met a woman who was 58 years old who said, “I can’t wait until I am 70 and come into my wisdom.”

This is true wisdom. There’s no bigger fool than someone who thinks he’s got it all figured out.

by: Donna

Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:24:30 +0000

I once met a woman who was 58 years old who said, “I can’t wait until I am 70 and come into my wisdom.” .
I thought of this woman’s joie de vivre when I read #10, Matt S’s statement that reaching 60 means ‘having little to lose’.

by: rimone

Sun, 16 Apr 2006 08:55:39 +0000

thank you for writing about these concepts. i think i’m in ‘outlaw,’ (having never made it to ‘adult’) but am striving for ‘lover.’

by: maha

Sun, 16 Apr 2006 05:55:09 +0000

Actually, adulthood is exactly the place where we make the welfare of others a priority over ourselves.

Yes, but no. When you’re in adult phase it seems that way.

we righty idiots have little use for it.

Actually, you’re so stuck in it you don’t even see it. It’s only when you separate from it that you even realize it’s there.

must feed either their sense of justice, or their ego

Only they know, only you need to get beyond “feeding” things. It’s more of a relinquishment than a “feeding.”

by: alyosha

Sat, 15 Apr 2006 21:55:44 +0000

I met Maryscott at her home a few months ago, for a party she graciously hosted for LA area bloggers and like souls. Invitations appeared publicly on My Left Wing and Daily Kos. The occasion was that a My Left Wing regular happened to be coming back into town. The affair reminded some of us as a 21st century version of an early 20th century salon - a bringing together of interesting, like minds for some fruitful, fun, cross-pollination. It was strange to meet or be known to everyone by their on-line handles instead of our real names, but nonetheless everyone had a great time.

The article in the Post is fairly accurate IMO, although her anger unfortunately screams a little disproportionately through Finkel’s writing, especially in the beginning of the piece. Maybe it’s me, but I found it easy if a bit unusual to be in the presence of someone so obviously gifted, but also so, let us say, passionate, about her convictions, probably because I share her convictions, even if I don’t express this in quite the same way.

And so, it is extremely easy for righties, and even some on DailyKos to caricaturize Maryscott as loony, and yet that is what has led to her gaining a lot of public exposure as My Left Wing has gained readership. She was invited numerous times in recent months to guest spot as the stereotypical angry liberal on a program on Fox - on one such occasion, the interview was conducted by cellphone while she was at Disneyland, The Happiest Place on Earth. This led to an actual video spot on Fox, and to her own podcasts. When I saw her at her party a few months ago, before much of this notoriety occurred, she expressed surprise by all of this, the same as if you or I were all of a sudden in the national spotlight, and she is still trying to get used to it/figure out what to do with it.

Thanks for the info on Keen and his ideas. I’m going to look that up. Working on Outlaw and Boddhisattva here.