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The blunt truth
Mar. 9th, 2016 08:13 pm( what if people told the truth? )
( I probably hold my tongue more than some )
( it feels increasingly difficult to avoid giving offense )
In case I am being too vague here, I cite Harvard University's retirement of the title of
Still, I wonder if part of the attraction of rural America for me (not New England) is decreased interaction with others so that I may simply do what I like on my own terms with less thought of others' feelings. I don't have to be so polite and considerate if there are typically few people around me in the first place, then I don't have to worry about avoiding bothering them.
( I probably hold my tongue more than some )
( it feels increasingly difficult to avoid giving offense )
In case I am being too vague here, I cite Harvard University's retirement of the title of
house masteras a recent example of the trend that wearies me. There are many serious problems in society but fusses like that seem to me to be irrelevant trivia that distract from anything that actually matters.
Still, I wonder if part of the attraction of rural America for me (not New England) is decreased interaction with others so that I may simply do what I like on my own terms with less thought of others' feelings. I don't have to be so polite and considerate if there are typically few people around me in the first place, then I don't have to worry about avoiding bothering them.
