recently took place in Genoa on gay pride: the usual parade of colorful floats and a bit 'loud. Many call it unnecessary
carnival. I like to call a witness. A witness who is rooting in favor of the affirmation of their condition and promoting acceptance of same.
The gay pride parade has always been a cheerful, bright and smiling, a witness for, not against. It 'true that in the last edition there has been some mention of "against" the Catholic Church: understandable, but inappropriate and, more importantly, inconsistent with the spirit of the event. Although the first demonstrations feminist
were colored and smiling: long skirts Flower, carousels, merry circle. The feminist movement of the late 60's was certainly a movement for the emancipation of women and not against the machismo. Again the call oppositional occurred only after. About
innovation arises, those who joined and want to have some say goes against.
This concept concerns the social level, but also the individual level: the great characters who really innovated, have places for, not against, not only Jesus, not only Gandhi, also Kennedy, including Gorbachev. Gorbachev has renewed energy gathering around two new words "FOR" pereistroika and glasnost. Gorby was not against the CPSU, was not against the Soviet Union, was not against the past, it was for the future. Yeltsin's successor. Yeltsin had consensus against placing instead. Against the CPSU, the USSR, Gorbachev against the same. When our grandchildren stumble on the future of Google, in the name of Yeltsin, as the heading read: "Russian politician, lived at the time of Gorbachev."
culture against the dominant, however: according to the dominant culture, who is "against" is more intelligent, more critically, it has more openness, innovation going against the grain. Balle! There is nothing less than being counter against. To be against you, if anything, the mainstream of our time.
Just go to a stage at of a football game to see how the "fans" often devote more energy to injure opponents than to support their heroes. Or
enough to win the repugnance and listen or read the political news story: someone is against the judges, who against nuclear power, those against the G8, who against the fact of L'Aquila, who against the school reform Who against Brunetta, who against D'Alema, who against Franceschini, who speaks against the fact that Gaddafi in the Senate, against whom the conflict of interests, who against Berlusconi (default), some (many) against all odds to case. Today
the true "revolution" (I'd rather say "evolutionary innovation") is that it is in favor. In favor of an idea expressed by others or for the benefit of a new idea of \u200b\u200btheir own. It 's so that it goes "against". It seems paradoxical, but true.
The dominant culture, however, has invented a word, a neologism from slamming in the face to those who become the bearer of this innovative approach: doing good. Who does not slander, does not deny, no screams, no apostrophe, who does not use words such as "intolerable" or "unacceptable," another listener, who can give reason to question those who know, is labeled with the derogatory nickname of " feel-good ".
E 'this is a theme I have already dealt with in the post "I'm a feel-good and I'm proud" of April 13, 2008.
The highest representative of the dominant culture is Beppe Grillo. As emblematic of his public events: vaffaday. If you really succeed in its "supposed" to run for leadership of the Democratic Party and receive a vaffa by voters, would have to reflect that.
Returning to the subject, to be for peace or against the war, is not the same thing: they express different attitudes that promote different behaviors. The demonstrations against the war are often intolerant: you decide who can and can not participate, screaming slogans "against" burn flags. The peace demonstrations receive, aggregate and combine flags, cucendole together. E 'Perhaps this is why Mother Teresa was invited to a demonstration against the war, had this to say: do not invite me to events anti-war demonstrations to invite me to peace.
I think we should reflect on the paradoxes of the "culture of control." We must reflect on the paradox of who ends up supporting "not tolerate intolerance."
The "culture for" calling instead for consistency, to testify "to being" in all areas of life: family, profession, society as a whole. For some, the consistency in certain areas is particularly challenging. For my part, I will give witness to the support always rooting for my Genoa and never against the other team in Genoa ;-).
I opened up a Facebook group called "Those who support only please. Has few members. This group does not adheres to sympathy, adheres to the belief. In fact I received many rejections by friendly people who do not share its philosophy. The groups "against" easy accessions collected much more quickly.
A group on Facebook: the most disengaged imaginable. Yet I want.
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