tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653559365363127621.post3480638747623188664..comments2023-09-18T02:18:58.934-05:00Comments on The Late Arrival: Monsters Are RealRochelle Fritschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15107772328805626180noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653559365363127621.post-15338605742825622762015-07-01T00:00:09.297-05:002015-07-01T00:00:09.297-05:00Big, fat, loving hugs right back at you.
I think t...Big, fat, loving hugs right back at you.<br />I think the monster's dying...but it's putting up a heckuva fight because it knows it's on its last legs.<br />You and a whole lotta folks like you are killin' it. Literally.<br />xoRochelle Fritschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15107772328805626180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653559365363127621.post-67527747418976798572015-06-30T22:48:50.912-05:002015-06-30T22:48:50.912-05:00This is the perfect analogy and I hate that it has...This is the perfect analogy and I hate that it has to be this way. <br />I read this to my husband through tears and said, " oh my God, I have never felt like that when a cop pulls me over".<br />And dammit I hate that YOU do.<br />I hate that ANYBODY has to.<br />I want to make that monster go away.<br />I will do whatever it takes, so help me God. <br />Thank you for sharing this and I will share this piece with my daughters to show your perspective to them. <br />Big hugs, friend.<br />Big, fat, loving, hugs. <br />❤️Kari https://www.blogger.com/profile/02492014448139890827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653559365363127621.post-13128459136921993222014-11-25T10:56:28.043-06:002014-11-25T10:56:28.043-06:00Thank you sharing your perspective, Larry. And to ...Thank you sharing your perspective, Larry. And to me, that's where everything starts -- having the freedom to share perspectives without fault or blame or contradiction. Thanks for doing that so bravely.<br />Love.Rochelle Fritschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15107772328805626180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653559365363127621.post-82162471153144046122014-11-25T06:07:19.408-06:002014-11-25T06:07:19.408-06:00Let's go back to the beginning of this. Let...Let's go back to the beginning of this. Let's go back to the boy Michael who roughed up a store clerk, who wouldn't obey the commands of a police officer, who was raised, evidently, not to have a respect for authority figures of any kind -- the convenience store clerk, the police, anyone. I want to hear ANYTHING from the Brown family that sounds like remorse over the way they raised their child, because THAT'S what started this. This isn't an issue of color, its a situation where a young adult resisted arrest, tried to grab an officer's gun while wrestling with him in the back seat of the squad car because he outweighed the officer by quite a bit. I currently have a child at home from college who has depression issues, and yes, I do have to confront him over my authority in the house --- and it isn't a race issue. His problems may stem from the loss of his Mother 8 years ago, it may go back further than that, it may be a chemical issue inside of him, but at NO POINT do I make how he is or what he does society's fault. At what point does the Brown family take responsibility for their son's behavior???? --- or why do they feel that they shouldn't have to ? The looters last night: Do the parents of those young adults know where their children are and what their doing, and do THEY condone their child's behavior???? I don't dig back into my lineage and blame them for how I turned out. I fully understand how the personality of what my Dad was like comes out in me, and some of that I still wrestle with, he could've been a better Father, he was a workaholic --- but that doesn't make who I am HIS fault. This isn't about race, and I'm tired of hearing that it is. Allowing your children to break the law, and failing to teach them respect for authority falls on the parents AND the child for failing to meet social expectations. To quote Michael Jackson:" If you want to make a change, start with the man in the mirror."Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04601916547708630768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653559365363127621.post-3441136443127537372014-08-15T08:25:49.795-05:002014-08-15T08:25:49.795-05:00What a perfect analogy. Terrible, and perfect. What a perfect analogy. Terrible, and perfect. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com