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Post by stardust on Sept 30, 2011 15:40:27 GMT -5
I also agree that it is time to let it drop. While I doubt that we changed his mind, I suspect he will be very careful about what he says the next time.
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Post by reihmer on Sept 30, 2011 15:41:37 GMT -5
Sorry, was forced to de-lurk for this one.  Glad you de-lurked. |
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Post by marie23 on Sept 30, 2011 15:42:20 GMT -5
AdamLambertVids Adam Lambert Videos Watch this MTV video: @jambajim talks about @adamlambert's new music m.mtv.com/blogs/newsroom… 1 hour ago Favorite Retweet Reply in reply to ↑ @jambajim jim cantiello @adamlambertvids Thanx for sharing w/ your followers! Altho I don't say much other than I'm excited about it. Wish I had scoop to share!  I think at this point of waiting we take anything we can get ....  I'm so desperate at waiting for Adam's new music that I've started to watch X-factor auditions .... :-/ Lol, hehe, oh it's not so bad I watched the 1st episode, then kind of stopped, got bored and watched the next three. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2011 15:56:01 GMT -5
A young up and coming Canadian journalist reached the gagging point with the self-censoring and other censoring that has largely made real investigative reporting an oxymoron. He up and quit hs job and wrote this blog explaining why he did that. The blog post went viral! He is couch surfing his way across the country and looking for a way to make a positive difference in the world. If you are interested...here is the link to the original blog post. kainagata.com/2011/07/08/why-i-quit-my-job/Thanks, mszue, this was really interesting. Thank you so much for sharing it! |
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Post by cassie on Sept 30, 2011 16:15:39 GMT -5
I also agree that it is time to let it drop. While I doubt that we changed his mind, I suspect he will be very careful about what he says the next time. I agree with you. I doubt we changed his mind. But, you know, the brain is a very complicated organ. There is still much we don't understand about how it functions. One thing that seems to be emerging is how early in life certain skills, attitudes and personality traits are established. At this time neural pathways are being built at an accelerated rate. Every time a behavior or thought pattern is repeated the pathway becomes stronger. I believe this is one reason that attitudes and prejudices are so difficult to break thru. I think they have become entrenched in our neural responses at a deeply instinctive level. A level that does not respond to or alter when confronted with logic and higher level thinking. I don't think that is a reason to stop fighting intolerance or prejudice, but it might be a hint as to how to combat it. Some habituated behavior can be broken only by creating a new, contrary and stronger habit. Therefore, pointing out another's unacceptable speech and action and demanding it stop is an important step. If, in order to keep a job, to be accepted by peers, or to avoid being ostracized, someone must rein in their unacceptable opinions, they must edit their comments or public actions, then they are building new habits. And building new neural pathways every time they do it. What starts out as begrudging acquiescence can, in time, become a script, which in time can become a habit, which, eventually, can lead to a genuine change in attitude. This is a basic principle in certain kinds of cognitive therapy. (It is also a basic principle of brainwashing, so, one must be careful.) It is an important step in changing and eliminating prejudice. It has another added benefit. Since I started by saying that certain behavior patterns and attitudes are forged early in life, if young children do not HEAR or SEE prejudiced speech and behaviors, even if it is just their elders being "politically correct," those patterns and attitudes do not become encoded in their neural pathways. Basically, they don't learn to hate. So, even if we don't change the attitudes of one generation, if we change acceptable behavior we may change the next generation. Yes, I know I am over-simplifying. There are many complex factors. Still, having a positive attitude (even when you don't yet FEEL it inside) and making it uncomfortable or uncool for others to express hateful, hurtful prejudices and attitudes CAN make a big difference. |
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Post by reihmer on Sept 30, 2011 16:15:45 GMT -5
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Post by gelly14 on Sept 30, 2011 16:16:13 GMT -5
Going to bed. Good night guys!  Adam is still 1 GLOBAL RANKING! YAY!!!  GlisteningADAM Adam Love Fan Site by SusieFierce Adam Lambert is ranking #1 in the @followfridaycom ranking bit.ly/dxUoec #YAY! www.followfriday.com/followfriday/adamlambert |
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Post by reihmer on Sept 30, 2011 16:18:08 GMT -5
Going to bed. Good night guys! Nite Gelly.  |
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Post by SusieFierce on Sept 30, 2011 16:18:29 GMT -5
I also agree that it is time to let it drop. While I doubt that we changed his mind, I suspect he will be very careful about what he says the next time. I actually haven't seen any calls for "activity" discussed further. Some questions were raised, but as far as I know, no one has pursued anything. It's been pretty much dropped (in my feed, anyway) other than the "Lulz, he deleted his Twitter ..." reaction. Did someone suggest screencapping it for his employers? If so, that went right past me. If someone tweeted my Twitlonger to him or anyone else, they removed my @reply, because I would have seen the notification and I have not received any. I think I would have been uncomfortable with that. It's not necessary. I think most wanted to save the record for our own archive, not to get the guy into further trouble. The first thing I asked myself when I saw the tweet was, "What if he had been speaking about Bieber?" or even more challenging, Durbin ... or Chris Brown. I can usually take a pretty sick joke – if it's funny – BIG qualifier there, but I still thought to myself, "No, I'm pretty sure I would think that beneath contempt regardless of who he was talking about." I think it's best to just let it go at this point. Maybe this was a pivotal test in his quest for living a "humanist" life. I hope so. That's the thing that was so does-not-compute for me. He really did seem like he aspired to a higher ideal and to say something so base and uncalled for was confusing as hell. |
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Post by lynneville on Sept 30, 2011 16:27:15 GMT -5
Oh, man, I may have made a dumb mistake. I briefly (about 10 seconds) followed a twitter account associated with my kid's school, not thinking that all those kid's parents could now see my Adam- centric twitter account!!!! I unfollowed immediately and immediately protected my tweets. Will that be enough? Is that the same as a locked account, and if not, how do I do that?
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