Randy has been worried about me lately, he has seen my posting drop off, my replies to comments be late. He was worried I might be getting depressed or overwhelmed. So being the grand friend he is, he sent me this song. Ron has both Bob Marley and the happy songs channels on his music subscriptions. The lyrics are on the YouTube page. Thank you Randy. Hugs. Scottie
Bob Marley and the Wailers performing Three Little Birds. From the album Exodus. (C) 1980 Tuff Gong
Scottie's Playtime 
It’s not my preferred style of music, but I agree with its sentiment 😁
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Hi Barry. I understand. I don’t listen to music much as I prefer podcasts. But my wonderful spouse loves music including modern music. He knows the artists and the songs. But that is part of what makes the world grand, different people have different likes, and different ways. Best Wishes. Scottie
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Even when they disagree on the multi-letter perspective. 😁❤
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Hi Nan. Nope, no way, nice try! There is always room for difference opinions in food taste, music taste, likes on most things around us.
But never on human rights to be / live as openly who they are in society. I once saw a great meme of a black man, that said “I can not agree to disagree when my right to be a free man with rights is the question”. So expand that to other groups. I can not agree to disagree when my right as a trans person to go to the bathroom I identify as in public is being denied me.
I can not agree to disagree when my right as a gay kid in school is denied to be open about my dating preference while my fellow straight students get to flaunt theirs.
I can not agree to disagree when the question is if I can be open in society of my same sex marriage or walk hand in hand / kiss my same sex spouse in public like straight couples just because others may not like it.
I can give you more examples Nan, but you tried to be snarky, and it did not work or fall right. Food choices, music choices, movie choices are not things we are born with, not a part of who / what we are. I have repeatedly said I don’t tolerate racism or bigotry, not even if it is based on tradition, or it makes someone feel better to deny the other person the rights of equality.
Hugs. Scottie
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Unfortunately, you are so immersed in defending this topic that you were unable to see my true point. There was no “snarkiness” intended. I was merely emphasizing what Marley said: “different people have different likes and different ways.” Notice … DIFFERENT WAYS.
There is no denying that not everyone is alike, whether in food tastes or movie tastes (as you pointed out), but this ALSO encompasses bodily and sexual differences. I may have reservations about taking these difference to the same level as you, but I DO recognize we are “different people with different likes and different ways.”
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Nan. You wrote Even when they disagree on the multi-letter perspective Notice the part … even when they disagree on … So no I don’t accept that you meant everyone has different ways. That is implicit in those letters and what they stand for! You wrote the words … even when they disagree on … Which means you disagree on their rights to be open and equal in society.
Nan, I do think you accept people are different in likes and ways. I just don’t think you have come to the point where you feel other’s different likes and ways are equal to yours or the way things were before. You still reserve an “It has always been this way so why change it” attitude to some things. You admit openly, and you should as it is fine for you to feel discomfort if you feel it, that you feel uncomfortable with some changes in society now regarding inclusion of all people, which means all the letters. LGBTQIA
Hugs. Scottie
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I suppose we’ll never find common ground on this because it seems no matter what I say or how I put it, I’m the bad guy.
Once more … i DO NOT — repeat, DO NOT — expect people to see things my way. By the same token, I should NOT be required to see (or accept) the same things that others do. I certainly don’t see Trump as the MAGAts do!!
I recognize that the multi-letter situation is VERY MUCH a part of you and your world view. And that’s OK. But please accept that not everyone sees life thought the same lens. And, IMO, different views should never interfere with personal relationships — BECAUSE of exactly what Marley says … people have DIFFERENT WAYS.
I do understand –and accept– that it is a very personal issue with you and why you defend it so fervently. But PLEASE, Scottie, try to cut me some slack and do the same for me.
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Nan. I have been up since 12:30 last night. I got out of bed at 2:30. I am tired. I deliberately saved your comment and the page it is on because I feel you are wrong on your premise. I just don’t have the strength right now tonight to respond. But know that the idea that you are automatically the bad guy is wrong. I do not and never have thought that about you. I often feel you are misguided or deeply incorrect on issues, but I never blanket rejected what you say. So when I get up tonight, I will go detail by detail in why I wrote what I did. If you choose to accept it, it is up to you. One last thing. I have said before I do not read minds, I can only go on what a person writes and what they have written before. Night, sleep well. Hugs. Scottie
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Let it die, Scottie. PLEASE! There’s nothing more that needs to be said. You see things one way … I see them another way. If you’re writing your thoughts/responses/opinions/facts/studies for other readers of your blog, that’s your prerogative. But I’m done.
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Hi Nan. No Nan it is not done. I hate that
drop and run crap. You started this and you feel aggrieved. I intend to deal with it. Buckle in, this might get long. But I am going to address the points you made to clear up the misconception you carry.
This conversation has migrated beyond the original comment so now there are at least two different parts. Maybe three.
The original was your snarky comment about the world being better with differences. Yes everyone knows it is a better place with both vanilla and chocolate and every other flavor. Your comment was not about that. Your comment was pointedly on not agreeing with LGBTQIA diversity being a good thing, but pointedly was about not agreeing with LGBTQIA existing. In your case, the full equality in society of the gay and trans people of all ages. You have repeatedly stated that you don’t think rainbow stickers, pride symbols, and safe room signs in schools. You also have long and loudly stated you don’t feel comfortable with trans women in female bathrooms. There are other times you have objected to visible inclusion in public society of the LGBTQIA people.
That means it is about civil rights. Not diversity. It is the rejection of diversity, of the joy in differences in the world. There can not be a compromise over people’s civil rights to participate in society equally and fully. You and others want to give partial equality and only limited public participation to the LGBTQIA based on your own writing.
I called you out on it. You claimed it meant something else. Then you admitted it was what you were driving at.
You also wrote
Nan the same level I do is human civil rights and equality.You don’t have to agree with anyone or anything, but you do have to accept the equality and full participation of the LGBTQIA in society / public life. That doesn’t make you a victim any more than not allowing Christians to force their god on school kids is denying them the right to practice their religion! Again, a person’s human rights are not limited to straight white cis men and women. They (human rights) can not be compromised on.
To be clear, different ways are one thing and great. Restricting equality and full participation in society is not different ways, it is not a difference in opinion on topics or issues. It is something not to be tolerated. And I don’t.
I really don’t mind your opinions might be different from mine or anyone’s, and if you had bother to read the many things I have replied to you and Tildeb you would see that. You can have your likes and dislikes, you can have your discomforts about something. That is your right!. But you don’t have the right to restrict others rights / equality based on them. Racists don’t get to use their feelings about black people to keep black people from full public social participation and equality. Even though they try. Misogynist don’t get to deny women full participation in society / public life or deny them equal rights.
So Nan, as you can see I do cut you slack, and you are not a victim here. You tried to backdoor slip in a snide comment hinting that limiting the equality / rights of LGBTQIA was the same as different views and got caught. You tried to walk it back and then admitted it was what you were saying. Then you wanted to play victim that I always think you are wrong. You know that is not true and it sounds petulant. Hugs. Scottie
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Hi Scottie;
Sometimes things stack up on a person. We stress out – and yet, for the most part, there isn’t much we can do about most of what we stress about. Of those we can, we are often so stressed out about the things we can’t control that we tie ourselves up in worry and have no bandwidth left to deal with the things we can control.
It’s a wonderful song.
Hugs, my brother.
Randy
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Hi Randy. What a fortunate time for me to see this comment. Sorry about your morning. I am glad you are OK but as I said, as big as you are you need to stop taking on / challenging semi trucks. There is a time to act our age dear brother. 🙄😛😋😏😀😂😍
Again glad you are safe, and all it cost you was the tire. Hugs. Scottie
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