Lots to read and see.

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Weekly drabble: Draco Malfoy, Disciplinarian *snigger*

clanmalfoy has posted the second part to "What Hols Are For," found here. And related to Clan, her story Better Than Chocolate inspired lyrakristine to draw this amazing piece of art. Look at Ginny's hair!! I love her hair.

And last night, mynuet treated me to the start of a truly fabulous fic. Even though I know exactly what's going to happen, I'm on tenterhooks for more. That's how great it is. So you'll have that to look forward to in the near future (I hope).

Now, in more political-minded news, I've read a couple of things lately that, as a generally moderate thinker, actually appeals to me. I like hearing discussion on both sides, but most of what I've seen lately has been vitriol and snippiness and ranting and wailing, and I can't tell you how much that turns me off and makes me turn a deaf ear. (As my handwriting analysis showed, I don't like extremists of any kind. <g>) But here are some viewpoints where cooler heads are prevailing, and I'm finding it refreshing and much more conducive to actual, thoughtful discussion. First, some thoughts from kstanley. Second, some thoughts from dlgood. I'd post some conservative-leaning rhetoric too, except LJ (and my friends list in particular) is notoriously lacking in non-liberal thinking -- or those who would offer it prefer to stay quiet, either out of a sense of self-preservation or to keep the peace, which I certainly can't fault them for. It's something that's always bothered me about LJ -- that due to the general tide, some people don't/aren't able to feel as free as others to speak their minds.

Edit: Yay! I've found a reasonable dissertation for the conservative camp. Whether you agree or not isn't really the point; it's about working to understand one another, rather than perpetuating the divisiveness I've been seeing (moving out of the country, forming "the new Canada," and what have you -- instead, why don't the people in the blue states move to the red states and affect change there? As Jade points out to me, obviously Ohio just needed about 150,000 more blue peeps).

Comments

[kstanley.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the rec! I'm actually pretty upset. I loathe the Bush Adminstration and think they are exceedingly dangerous, but I am ever practical. People should get it out of their system and then turn to the job at hand which focusing on getting the issues that are important to the Democratic Party on the discussion table.

I have never felt comfortable demonizing all Republicans, because I know and love so many of them. That's why all of my slags have been focused directly at Bush and his Adminstration rather than "Republicans" or "Christians." I think is an important distinction. After all, what sort of liberal would I be if I was prejudiced against a group of people just because their values and religious beliefs were different than mine?