The second is about the pettiness of our hatred for others. I post this in regards to Syrian refugees and the further crisis the US right wing is trying to making out of their displacement. The photo of the "Pale Blue Dot" is taken from the Voyager space craft. It is the most distant photo of a visible Earth ever taken.
Friday, November 20, 2015
A Little Food for Thought
The first... the culminating monologue from the 1940 Charlie Chaplin movie The Great Dictator. The premise of the movie is that a Jewish barber during WWII accidentally replaces Hitler as the leader of Germany and the Nazi army. This speech is also the reason why he never worked in Hollywood again. Apparently mocking Hilter is a bad thing? In reality it was a fight against fascism. Perhaps something today we need to keep in mind...
The second is about the pettiness of our hatred for others. I post this in regards to Syrian refugees and the further crisis the US right wing is trying to making out of their displacement. The photo of the "Pale Blue Dot" is taken from the Voyager space craft. It is the most distant photo of a visible Earth ever taken.
The second is about the pettiness of our hatred for others. I post this in regards to Syrian refugees and the further crisis the US right wing is trying to making out of their displacement. The photo of the "Pale Blue Dot" is taken from the Voyager space craft. It is the most distant photo of a visible Earth ever taken.
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