tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post5143603523491473316..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Meanwhile on the LeftJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-58506610180852908672016-11-18T05:45:12.444-05:002016-11-18T05:45:12.444-05:00Good post, G.Good post, G.Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353532874773316117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-73995328344306883962016-11-18T01:08:13.774-05:002016-11-18T01:08:13.774-05:00Wearing a safety pin is a symbol of your willingne...Wearing a safety pin is a symbol of your willingness to put yourself in harm's way to protect others from violence. It's a "safety" pin, signifying that the person wearing it will go out of their way and make use of their social privilege to help other less privileged individuals remain safe.<br /><br />So of course, by all means, if you see someone wearing such a pin who then fails to make good on their promise to protect others, absolutely condemn them for that failure, because they're making false promises on a matter of vital importance.<br /><br />But condemning people merely for the gesture itself, without any actual evidence that it is insincere, simply out of paranoid suspicion? That I can't abide.<br /><br />There's a saying: <i>"We suspect of others what we know of ourselves."</i><br /><br />For myself, if I see someone wearing a "safety" pin, I will take the gesture at face value and assume they are sincere in their message - because I know that in their place, I myself would be sincere.<br /><br />At the same time, if you're the sort of person who instantly assumes such people are just opportunistically exploiting the symbol insincerely for their own selfish ends, I think that probably says more about you personally than it does about them.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-47482159423042410122016-11-17T14:37:21.310-05:002016-11-17T14:37:21.310-05:00"They’re most useful when a button pops off y..."They’re most useful when a button pops off your shirt or — according to pop culture imagery — to fasten a baby’s cloth diaper."<br /><br />Yes, they were used on cloth diapers. I saw them. I guess that puts me in the checkout lane.<br /><br />PS: I'm saved and still relevant.<br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/Cloth-Diaper-Stainless-Traditional-Safety/dp/9533223065Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353532874773316117noreply@blogger.com