I know what you're thinking
"Why isn't this on livejournal?" I can't answer that.
Remember, Holocaust Memorial Day is January 27th - that's nine days. It doesn't matter if you feel it's exclusionary. If you think the Holocaust should be included in a more general "Genocide Memorial Day" then you can still honor the victims of the Holocaust.
So I'm back in school. Cabellas laid me off, so I can focus on my grades once more when I feel like it. I have more time to spend with friends (missing Grace's going away party because of how little time I had last semester still kind of irks me). I'm going to enjoy 19th Century German History, which indeed I have had to explain to some that this was before the Nazis. I don't know what to do this summer (probably be an RA and take summer classes), but I'm glad that next semester will see three of my high school friends come to the university.
I discovered the other day that there is a major Holocaust denial publisher right here in Lincoln, run by a guy named Gary Lauck (who 'germanized' his name to Gerhard Lauck). Well we're going to have to shut that down somehow. On that note, I was thinking of maybe doing something for a class where I'd study how many students in Nebraska are influenced by Holocaust denial literature. The ADL could sure use that information, Nebraska seems to get lost in their activism and seeing the impact people like Gary "Farmbelt Fuhrer" Lauck have on our state may allow us some more resources to fight neo-Nazis. I remember there were at least 3 neo-Nazis in my high school when I graduated, probably more who weren't very outspoken about it.
Someone is giving a speech here at the university next Tuesday, I wish I could remember who it was or what it was about.
And finally, everyone should read a pamphlet called Dropping Out (For Students) available on the CrimethInc website. It's written by a high school anarcho-leftist dropout who couldn't stand the authoritarian nature of education in America, and it serves as a manual and a justification for what she did. One of the most liberatory and eye-opening pieces of writing I've ever seen. It was so convincing in fact that it unsettled me into thinking I should drop out. Ultimately however, college is a bit more free than high school (a bit...). Also with a degree I can easier educate others inside the institutions or get some other job that otherwise would not be available. You can always just recede from the world and enter her world. If the option is always there for the taking, freedom can wait a little while (but only another year or two).
Until next time comrade.
Remember, Holocaust Memorial Day is January 27th - that's nine days. It doesn't matter if you feel it's exclusionary. If you think the Holocaust should be included in a more general "Genocide Memorial Day" then you can still honor the victims of the Holocaust.
So I'm back in school. Cabellas laid me off, so I can focus on my grades once more when I feel like it. I have more time to spend with friends (missing Grace's going away party because of how little time I had last semester still kind of irks me). I'm going to enjoy 19th Century German History, which indeed I have had to explain to some that this was before the Nazis. I don't know what to do this summer (probably be an RA and take summer classes), but I'm glad that next semester will see three of my high school friends come to the university.
I discovered the other day that there is a major Holocaust denial publisher right here in Lincoln, run by a guy named Gary Lauck (who 'germanized' his name to Gerhard Lauck). Well we're going to have to shut that down somehow. On that note, I was thinking of maybe doing something for a class where I'd study how many students in Nebraska are influenced by Holocaust denial literature. The ADL could sure use that information, Nebraska seems to get lost in their activism and seeing the impact people like Gary "Farmbelt Fuhrer" Lauck have on our state may allow us some more resources to fight neo-Nazis. I remember there were at least 3 neo-Nazis in my high school when I graduated, probably more who weren't very outspoken about it.
Someone is giving a speech here at the university next Tuesday, I wish I could remember who it was or what it was about.
And finally, everyone should read a pamphlet called Dropping Out (For Students) available on the CrimethInc website. It's written by a high school anarcho-leftist dropout who couldn't stand the authoritarian nature of education in America, and it serves as a manual and a justification for what she did. One of the most liberatory and eye-opening pieces of writing I've ever seen. It was so convincing in fact that it unsettled me into thinking I should drop out. Ultimately however, college is a bit more free than high school (a bit...). Also with a degree I can easier educate others inside the institutions or get some other job that otherwise would not be available. You can always just recede from the world and enter her world. If the option is always there for the taking, freedom can wait a little while (but only another year or two).
Until next time comrade.
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