A personal blog, named in honor of the novel Petticoat Government by a favorite author, Emma Orczy. The novel is about a fictional woman, Lydie d'Aumont, who attempts to inject some fairness and good governance into the court of France's Louis XVth despite the corruption and selfishness there.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Mockery
Today I found myself in a conversation about politics with a stranger--I try to avoid those, but I got sucked into it by a comment I'd made on a Facebook friend's link to an article. At the end of our conversation, which stayed amicable despite the other party's rather insulting style, I found out that the other person likes to go to a website that couches its opinions and commentary in a mocking way. I do not like mockery. I didn't like it as a girl when I was told my clothes were ugly followed by a laughing "Just kidding!", and I don't like it any better now. Mockery is a pride game, a way of saying "I'm so smart/awesome/pretty, and you're laughably not." There is humor, and then there is selfishly making fun of others, and I hope I can teach my children the difference in such a way that they will always opt for kind-hearted humor.
I'm starting to think this is a major part of why I like some blogs better than other . . . mockery . . and too much political pushiness . . . i just want to hear about families learning, I guess? But I do love Homespun Juggling!
ReplyDeleteHomespun Juggling seem to be full of the good kind of humor. I really admire people who take the high road when it comes to provoking laughs and avoid the mean spirit I see in so many blogs and comments.
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