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20 Super Stylish Storage Bins
I don't know about you, but when the new year rolls around and my Christmas decorations are neatly packed away, I feel the urge to freshen up my home. Bringing in clean, bright colors and a few new items to help me feel inspired and get organized is the perfect way to get over those post-holiday blues. Here are a few of my favorite storage bins to corral all of those toys and clutter in your home:
1. Pehr Canvas Baskets: See Jane Work
2. Wire Baskets: Crate & Barrel
3. Storage-by-Number Cube Bins: Land of Nod
4. Round Belly Baskets: Serena & Lily
5. Load-Bearing Round Bin: The Land of Nod
6. Patterned Storage Sacks: Varpunen
7. Rope Knitted Storage Basket: Rockett St George
8. Braided Wool Baskets: Restoration Hardware Baby & Kids
9. Rugby Stripe Bins: Container Store
10. KOMPLEMENT Baskets - IKEA
11. Gray/White Striped Canvas Buckets: Pottery Barn Kids
12. Curved Storage Baskets: West Elm
13. Horizon Crunch Cans by Umbra: Container Store
14. Brocade Open Bins: Container Store
15. Tall Rope Basket: Terrain
16. White Collapsible Storage Bin: Poppin
17. Swoop Bags: Swoop
18. PRANT Plywood Box: IKEA
19. Tubtrugs: Tubtrugs
20. Smith & Hawken Round Basket with Chalkboard: Target
(Images: As credited above.)
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I have # 12, the basket from West Elm, and I use it to store doggie toys (hi Kayla!).
Except that I bought it for a much more reasonable price (I think it was $29) at HomeSense. It is huge so I can dump all the teddy bears, monkeys, duckies and all kinds of other stuffies in there; and the basket looks nice in the living room.
I have 2 #13s (low rectangular version) on my closet floor for laundry. They are the perfect size for 1 load each and fit perfectly under the clothes rod! I had originally wanted the beautiful #5 when I was looking online, but I'm glad I have #13 because they are a great use of space.
Editors, I love this roundup! Only thing to make it better is listing prices for each.
I love the first ones, the Pehr Canvas ones. I wish they weren't so pricey.
Best storage baskets I ever bought were from Kmart:
They are made of plastic so you can take a hose to them in the summer to clean out those annoying dust bunnies that seem to collect. Plus they come in various sizes and shapes.
I love the Komplement baskets from Ikea. They look great and feel nice too.
I have the Rugby basket from the Container Store and wonder how they got theirs to stand up so nicely. Mine always collapses.


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Emotional abuse leaves few physical scars. Its victims suffer no broken bones, torn flesh or spilled blood. Still, those wounded might describe it as the most painful and destructive form of domestic violence.
While statistics are elusive, experts agree that emotional abuse—for mostly women, but some men as well—have reached epidemic proportions. And despite its everyday occurrence, few of us recognize it, identify it or even do anything about it.
By reading this article series, we hope you will help you learn to listen to your friends', neighbors', relatives'—or maybe even your own—waspish, hurtful words. And if you are a recipient of this type of domestic violence, first hold yourself in high esteem, re-evaluate your relationships and then ask for help.
"There comes a critical time in each person's life when the truth is accessible. Faced with it, you can either run and hide, denying it, or you can face your truth, accept it, and grow stronger," wrote Gregory Jantz in Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse. 1
If you are reading this article, chances are you or someone you love is in an emotionally abusive relationship. Your abuser may be a spouse, a boss, a brother or a sister. You may have tried to ignore it, deny it and fix it. Perhaps you have even tried to accept it. But it hasn't worked. This is your moment of truth. Are you willing to do what it takes to break the cycle of abuse in your life?
While the optimum situation is for both parties in an abusive situation to seek help, Dr. Tim Clinton, President of the American Association of Christian Counselors, insists one person can change the relationship.
"Change a person; change a relationship," he says.
On the other hand, if the abuse is severe and occurring within the marriage relationship, it's time to take bold steps and assert biblical, healthy boundaries.
"Sometimes separation can be a powerful attention-getting boundary if you're fully ready to use it," says Karla Downing, abuse survivor, counselor and author of 10 Lifesaving Principles for Women in Difficult Marriages. "The purpose of the separation can be to physically or emotionally protect you and your children or to convince your husband (or wife) that you'll not continue to live the same way. Separation can also be by mutual agreement for each to work on your own problems separately with the goal of reconciling your marriage."
What follows are some general principles, gleaned from professional Christian counselors, for breaking the cycle of abuse in your life and for beginning the recovery and healing process. They are easy to understand, but difficult to implement.
Before applying these principles to your situation, it's best to seek help from a trained professional.
Tell yourself the truth. Denial is a hallmark of abuse. Invite the Holy Spirit to reveal the reality about a potentially abusive relationship. Admit you are being abused and recognize the damage it has done.
Seek professional help and guidance. There is no one-size-fits-all prescription for healing. You need a trained professional to assess your situation and your safety, to help you deal with emotional baggage from the past and to help you develop a strategy for change. Healing is a lengthy and sometimes difficult journey fraught with emotional landmines. You'll need help and professional guidance to walk through potentially explosive and destructive situations.
Set appropriate boundaries. In the excellent book, Boundaries—When to Say Yes, When to Say No to Take Control of Your Life, Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend, explain how and when to set appropriate, biblical boundaries. However appropriate, set boundaries with caution; it may escalate the abuse. Experts recommend seeking professional help to guide and encourage you.
Find and maintain healthy relationships. It is critical to seek support from friends, family, and, ideally, your church.
"Pastors, church leaders and church members vary in their ability to give support to women in difficult marriages," says Downing. "Always be willing to reach out to your church for support, but remember that staff may not have the same training as professional counselors."
Support groups led by a trained professional are wonderful sources of healing and comfort. Work to build healthy, biblical friendships and relationships. Research has shown that healthy social connections contribute to better overall health.
Soak in God's presence and truth. God invites us into his presence and transforms us by renewing our mind (Romans 12:2). Spend time in God's Word, prayer, worship, and fellowship. It's possible that because you are damaged emotionally, you are unable to spend long periods of time in prayer or study. That's all right. Do what you can and trust God with the rest.
Forgive. Forgiveness is not denying or excusing the damage caused by abuse. We forgive because God forgave us. When we forgive, we allow God to heal us. Forgiveness is a choice, not a feeling. Forgive your abuser and yourself, if necessary. God will deal with everything else.
With professional help—and by following these principles, you can break the cycle of abuse in your life and begin your healing journey. As you reach out to God and others, you can experience God's redemptive purposes in your life and become a channel of healing in the lives of others. Make Jeremiah 29:11 your mantra: "'I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future'."
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Emotional abuse is any nonphysical behavior or attitude that controls, intimidates, subjugates, demeans, punishes or isolates another person by using degradation, humiliation or fear. 1Yelling, screaming, and name-calling are all forms of emotional abuse, as are more subtle tactics such as refusing to be pleased with anything, isolating an individual from family and friends and invalidating another's thoughts and feelings.
Examples of emotionally abusive behaviors include:
The effects of emotional abuse are often debilitating. They include depression, confusion, difficulty concentrating and making decisions, overwhelming feelings of worthlessness, hopelessness and poor physical health.
"It's important to distinguish between emotional abuse and an occasional outburst of anger," cautions Dr. Margaret J. Rinck, author, speaker, and Christian counselor who specializes in treating abuse victims and abusers. "Everyone has a bad day once in a while and responds with a harsh or negative word."
Emotional abuse is an ongoing pattern of behavior designed to control, manipulate and subjugate another that usually occurs behind closed doors.
Speaking in anger is different than Ruth's experience:
When I set the table for dinner, my husband would come into the kitchen, walk around the table, and adjust the placement of the silverware, plates and glasses, saying 'Some day you will get it right. Or maybe not'….
While the reasons for emotional abuse are complex, most experts believe it is rooted in unresolved childhood trauma.
"They are in as much pain as their victims, only they don't realize it," explains Dr. Rinck. It takes a great deal of effort and professional guidance for an abuser to overcome his destructive patterns of behavior.
Nowhere in scripture does God sanction any kind of abuse. In 1 Corinthians 13, God tells us what love is and what it is not. "It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs…It always protects…" (vs. 4-7 NIV). 2
In regards to abuse within marriage, some misinterpret Ephesians 5:22 to justify abusive behavior. Let's be clear. Scripture reveals that the marriage relationship is to reflect Christ's relationship with his church—one of sacrificial love. A wife is called to respond to her husband's biblical headship, not to his destructive and sinful behavior, just as the wife's mandate is to respect her husband.
God never condones abuse.
If you or someone you love is a victim of emotional abuse, there is hope. You can stop the cycle of abuse today by reaching out for help—and by "envisioning the person you were created to be," Gregory L. Jantz, Ph.D. says in Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse 3.
"You were created to have emotional freedom, inner peace, and strong self-esteem. Emotional abuse has undermined God's plan for your life, your joy, and your peace. But what others have sabotaged, God can rebuild."
Emotional abuse is rampant in our culture, and Christians are not immune. While all emotionally abusive relationships exact a toll on their victims, this type of domestic abuse within marriage is particularly destructive. The intimate nature of the marriage relationship presents unique challenges.
Consider Don and Melissa.
They had just given birth to their second daughter. Instead of brimming with joy and happiness, Melissa's relationship with Don was like "walking on eggshells."
I had just given birth to our daughter and was still in the hospital. My in-laws—recently separated—were coming to the hospital at the same time. Dad walked in, and it was kind of strained. After my in-laws left, my husband became angry with me. 'You should have gotten up to greet my dad,' he said. We didn't have our special dinner as we planned, and he told me to "name the kid whatever you want." The next day when the baby and I were supposed to go home, he didn't come to pick us up…That's when I had the breakdown. I knew emotionally, I just couldn't do it any more.
I had just given birth to our daughter and was still in the hospital. My in-laws—recently separated—were coming to the hospital at the same time. Dad walked in, and it was kind of strained. After my in-laws left, my husband became angry with me. 'You should have gotten up to greet my dad,' he said. We didn't have our special dinner as we planned, and he told me to "name the kid whatever you want." The next day when the baby and I were supposed to go home, he didn't come to pick us up…That's when I had the breakdown. I knew emotionally, I just couldn't do it any more.
Both Melissa and Don are Christians. In fact, they met at church. However, as is frequently the case, both came from dysfunctional families. Their earlier childhood experiences set them up for poor choices later in life.
Counselors agree that you and your spouse need help to work through the challenges—as a couple, individually or both.
Dr. Tim Clinton, president of the American Association of Christian Counselors, urges victims to find a safe place to talk and to "seek professional guidance when developing a strategy for change." He emphasized that each situation must be assessed and addressed on an individual level.
Until you find that counselor who best suits you, these resources may help you get started in your effort to curb the emotional violence you're experiencing.
Karla Downing's excellent book, 10 Lifesaving Principles for Women in Difficult Marriages (Beacon Hill Press), offers solid biblical principles you can put into practice, including how to speak the truth in love, set boundaries and change yourself, rather than him.
Dr. Margaret Rinck, a clinical psychologist and author, dissects what happens in emotionally abusive relationships and offers sound and compassionate advice in her book, Christian Men Who Hate Women (Zondervan).
She writes, "We need to set women—and men—free from the terrible bondage that entraps them." It might seem that a husband is the "bad guy" in the relationship, but "in reality he is in no less pain than the woman, but he usually does not know it." 1
In a related essay 2, Dr. Rinck recommends using assertive responses to abusive bullying, such as:
"I guess we disagree. It's okay with me if we don't see eye to eye about this."
"It's not okay for you to react to me in this manner."
"I will not be manipulated by your screaming and yelling."
Learning to set limits is difficult, but necessary, for breaking the cycle of abuse.
To preserve the victim's health and sanity, sometimes a "therapeutic separation" is necessary. A "therapeutic separation" gives the victim time to heal and "creates a crisis" in the life of the abuser. It forces him to face the destructive nature of his behavior and gives him an opportunity to seek help. The ultimate goal of this type of separation is healing—for the victim, the abuser and the marriage.
"When a woman says to me, 'If I stay here much longer, I'm going to hurt myself or he's going to hurt me,' I think it's time to…move into a period of separation," explains Dr. Clinton. "There are safety factors for her, and the kids that need to be considered."
During the separation, the victim, with guidance from a counselor, can begin to set appropriate boundaries and goals for the relationship. The abuser can also begin to address the issues causing his behavior. When both partners are willing to do the necessary and painful work required for healing, spouses can salvage the relationship.
Sometimes—and despite best efforts—separation and divorce are unavoidable. Other times, couples restore their relationship.
Remember Melissa and Don?
It has been a long and difficult journey, but they have found healing—individually and in their marriage. Melissa offers these words of encouragement: "It may seem hopeless, but it's not. There is a way out. There is hope."
We help save a marriage about every 6 minutes. Thank you to all of the friends who make the work of Focus on the Family possible.
"In the pews of every church, including yours, are women who are victims of abuse," 1wrote Brenda Branson and Paula Silva in their book, Pastor's Guide—Dealing with Domestic Violence.
Silva is co-founder and vice president of FOCUS Ministries, Inc., one of the few Christian ministries devoted to helping victims of domestic violence and educating pastors on abuse. For Christians and non-Christians alike, the nature of domestic abuse is psychological.
"Emotional abuse is always a component of physical, sexual, and verbal abuse, but it can also stand alone," she says. "In all cases of abuse, the perpetrator uses intimidation, humiliation, isolation and fear to diminish their victim's sense of self and sanity."
Naturally, Christians in emotionally abusive relationships turn to their churches and pastors for help. Some feel loved and accepted unconditionally; others walk away more deeply wounded.
Dr. Tim Clinton, President of the American Association of Christian Counselors, says the impact of emotional abuse can wreak havoc on one's spiritual life.
"It's tough to believe in the fidelity of God, if all you're experiencing is ongoing abuse in your life," he says.
He challenges churches to take time to address these kinds of issues because "it deeply impacts how these women do intimacy with the Father. If our goal is spiritual vitality—spiritual growth and formation—we need to train people in how to do relationships and intimacy better."
Paul Hegstrom goes a step farther, saying that the church often turns a blind eye when confronted by someone who has been emotionally abused.
"It is a sad state of affairs in the church that when a woman has been abused, it seems that the congregation, her friends, and her clergy shy away from dealing with the situation," he writes in Angry Men and the Women Who Love Them—Breaking the Cycle of Physical and Emotional Abuse. "She feels forsaken by those she should be able to lean on the most." 2
Forsaken, Hegstrom says, because of an incorrect interpretation of the Scripture.
"Many times in a Church world, submission is held over the heads of women by men who are emotionally manipulative or abusive in order to get their way and maintain power and control."
Do you know someone like this?
Someone like Mark?
He and his wife Janet signed up for a Bible study. Mark instructed Janet not to speak during the Bible study, telling her "women are to keep silent in the churches" (1 Cor. 14:34).
Although Janet had questions, she remained silent in order to "submit" to her husband. Like many abusers, Mark distorted Scripture to manipulate his wife's behavior.
"Ephesians 5:24-28 reminds us that as Christ died for the Church, a man should give his life for his wife," 3writes Hegstrom.
Pastors can help men better understand their biblical role in marriage by providing balanced teaching on Ephesians 5:22-28, offering marriage classes and counseling and modeling a loving relationship with their wives.
Besides helping men understand their role as husbands, Silva says there are ways pastors can show compassion to victims of emotional abuse—and foster a compassionate atmosphere within the church:
Along with loving confrontation, pastors should encourage the abuser to join a treatment program. An organization that can help is Life Skills International, found online at http://www.lifeskillsintl.org/. Founded by Paul Hegstrom, a former abuser, the program addresses abuse from a biblical perspective.
Men, women and children caught in the cycle of emotional abuse need practical, emotional and spiritual support. Shouldn't pastors and churches volunteer for the front lines when it comes to addressing emotional abuse and other forms of domestic violence?
Victims want and need support from their churches. Take steps to make your church a safe place, where victims and their abusers can find grace, love and healing.
Meet Jennifer.
Committed Christian.
Leader in her church.
Respected member of the community.
But as a survivor of emotional abuse, she's now a patient in the local hospital's psychiatric wing.
This is her story—one of help, hope and redemption.
Jennifer describes her childhood as emotionally abusive and unpredictable. Her mother, now a committed Christian, struggled with uncontrolled rage and mental illness when her daughter was a child. Not only did the incidents of violent and frightening outbursts of rage leave her feeling insecure, unloved and inherently bad, Jennifer's mom blamed her for her own unstable behavior.
"It's your fault I act like this," she said.
Suicide first entered her mind at age six.
A sensitive child, Jennifer attempted to avoid her mother's wrath through perfectionism. By junior high school, weary and disillusioned, she knew she could never earn her mother's love and approval.
If not her mother, she needed someone's approval, so she sought it out by misbehaving at school, ditching it altogether or seeking affection from the opposite sex. Lonely, insecure and feeling unlovable, she grew to accept cruel and destructive behavior from friends, thinking she didn't deserve any better.
Then she met Rick, a quiet but popular football player, and she described it as "love at first sight." But he had a difficult home life, too. Raised by an abusive, alcoholic father, Rick described seeing his father break a plate over his mother's head because he didn't like what she had cooked for dinner one night.
"I would never treat you like that," he promised.
Jennifer and Rick married after high school. Still, she felt empty and unlovable, despite a happy marriage. That changed one year later, when Jennifer gave her life to Christ. For the first time, she felt loved.
This change was great news for Jennifer, but Rick found it hard to watch. Burdened by the trauma of his past, he grew increasingly critical, unloving and withdrawn.
"He was becoming more like his father every day," says Jennifer.
Rick never abused her, physically, but his constant criticism and belittling remarks escalated.
"If I did something that displeased him, he wouldn't speak to me for days—even weeks—at a time," she said.
As the abuse worsened, so did Jennifer's health. She grew more depressed and despondent by the day, until she could no longer function. She developed chronic respiratory infections and other physical ailments.
Jennifer finally confided with a friend. But this friend—a pastor's wife she had known for a few years—made the situation exponentially worse.
"Why would a husband treat his wife like that?" asked her friend. "You must be doing something to provoke it."
This encounter left her feeling rejected by the church—and, ultimately, by God.
Sinking deeper into depression, she didn't know how much more she could take.
"I can't live with this much pain," she said.
Thank God some friends from church noticed her growing dysfunction and despair. They took her to see a Christian counselor. Although he was not a good fit for Jennifer, he did refer her to a Christian psychiatrist who understood Jennifer's pain and how to help her. The doctor hospitalized her for her own safety and to give her time to heal—away from her emotionally abusive marriage.
"I wish I could tell you a few months of good Christian counseling solved the problem," says Jennifer. "But it took a lot longer than that!"
Eventually, with Christian counseling, the support of family, friends, a new church and medication to address the biological issues associated with her depression, Jennifer began to heal.
Now, almost twenty years later, Jennifer describes herself as healthy.
Then she adds, "But I don't know if you can completely heal from a lifetime of abuse. It's taken me a long time to learn to trust people and to form healthy, biblical friendships."
Despite the time it has taken to heal, she's grateful for all the love and support her friends and counselors have shown.
"Their love, day in and day out, has been important in my healing process," she says.
Like Jennifer, victims of emotional abuse need professional Christian counseling and a strong support system to recover fully, according to Joann Condie, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC).
A counselor will assess an individual's unique situation and personality and recommend long-term counseling—like Jennifer—or short-term, intensive therapy.
Today, Jennifer reaches out to other women, sharing her testimony of God's faithfulness and love. She marvels that God has redeemed her pain and uses it to bring healing to others.

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I have a friend who is apathetic. She disconnects when she is in a group and politics of any stripe comes up. I'm thinking that anyone who is apathetic can be reached if they understand how there is a great amount of evil and injustice being done to them and to others. I think that a sense of outrage needs to be cultivated in apathetic people. Maybe showing them something like a video of a child hit by a predator drone who has his lower jaw ripped off and his tongue hanging out with a look of panic in his eyes. To know that that is being done causes me to be outraged, and I don't know why it wouldn't be the same for anyone else.
I'm not sure the best way to go about this though and I'd like to put some videos/articles together for her. Does anyone have any advice? If you were once apathetic, do you remember a specific video/article that clicked with you for the first time ever?
Once apathetic? I still am.
In my book you're not, but I suppose you're being sarcastic.
To know that that is being done causes me to be outraged, and I don't know why it wouldn't be the same for anyone else.
I'm not sure the best way to go about this though and I'd like to put some videos/articles together for her. Does anyone have any advice? If you were once apathetic, do you remember a specific video/article that clicked with you for the first time ever?
To know that that is being done causes me to be outraged, and I don't know why it wouldn't be the same for anyone else.
I know it seems like what outrages you would outrage anyone, but that's not really how it always works.
For me (and I think this is the case for a great many others) apathy was largely (if not entirely) due to a lack of knowledge. Don't get me wrong, I'm fully aware that for many people ignorance doesn't make any difference whatsoever...not only in forming opinions, but in espousing them...even to the point of pretending (and even exclaiming) they are facts.
But there are also a great many people whose ignorance brings them in the other direction. They feel (and rightly so) that they do not know enough on the subject to have a valid opinion. It's entirely possible they've held an opinion or two in the past and were either put in doubt after hearing someone else's take on the subject, or put in their place quite mercilessly by someone who was much more informed than they. This can easily allow one to come to the conclusion that they are not in a position to have an opinion...so they don't.
Think about the world from the uninformed person's perspective. You have "really smart" people on both sides of every economic and political topic. Hell, that fact is preciesly a tactical piece of information used by the opinionated faction of the uninformed populace whenever they want to try to discount something they disagree with. We've all heard them. When they're backed into a corner and have nothing left, they resort to the ol' "for every supporting paper/expert you could cite, I could find one that says the opposite". And then if they're really stupid they finish it off with the insufferable "so I guess we'll just have to agree to disagee."
But it is true that there are smart people who completely disagree all the time. Experts in the same fields, even. So it's not hard to understand how someone who is not at all informed, understands virtually nothing of the subject at hand, and may not be very bright overall, could simply feel that it's hopeless...and could rest on the notion that "these people are genius experts who study this their whole lives and even they can't agree...so how the heck am I supposed to know?"
That's where apathy comes from. The easiest thing to do is just say "well I'll just let the experts sort it out."
In the same sense that the cure for poverty is wealth, the cure for apathy is enthusiasm. However, enthusiasm doesn't easily come from nowhere. People have to have a reason to care. So for the answer you might look to where people are most enthusiastic. (Which, if you click the link, you'll see I'm talking about Ron Paul supporters). Just do a search for "Ron Paul cure apathy". You'll see all kinds of references and videos of people talking about how they went from "political athiest" to "activist". (Videos like this, and this.)
For some, it can be something as simple as having someone that is trustworthy and honorable. But for many others, (myself included) apathy began to disappear as knowledge was acquired. I'm actually of a less common breed in that my discovery of Ron Paul largely came after my discovery of free market economics. For me, it was largely an understanding of economics that was the understanding that allowed me to begin forming assessments and opinions about these kinds of things.
This of course was informed by a parallel study of libertarian theory as well. Between these two things I began to become more and more politically inclined. In my opinion political ideology largely comes along with economic understanding. I don't think one could possess any significant understanding of economics and not have opinions regarding policy.
And I think this explains the enthusiasm for Ron Paul. His words and expression of ideas invites others to investigate these things...both libertarian philosophy and free market economics. And it's like he says, freedom is innately attractive. We all have a desire to be free. And Paul supporters (even the super young ones) tend to be extremely knowledgable (especially when compared to the average person). Whether he piques their interest (through his consistency and honesty) and they in turn go study and become exicted, or whether they study and are in turn drawn to him because he's the personification of the right philosophy (both political and economic) and become excited...the result is the same: knowledge and enthusiasm...which is the cure for ignorance and apathy.
So my suggestion for curing apathy is to introduce these people to the idea that there is a right answer...that you can understand what's going on, and that you don't have to be clueless and throw up your hands and leave it all to the "experts" in Washington.
Ways to go about this are mentioned here:
Beginners' video list
A model of the liberty message...this is what you can be
This is what you can do with OccupyWallStreet
As much as I want to believe that video, and I'm not saying that I necessarily don't, but that video doesn't provide proof that it was predator drones that killed/maimed those civilians. It may have been done by the NTC which is the National Transitional Council of Libya.
I'm not saying it isn't true, but just giving a warning to people that it may not necessarily have been the US or NATO that did the murdering/maiming in that video.
Also, on wikipedia, the articles that are sourced have Libyans (whether civilian or military) saying it was US/NATO. The problem with this is that nationalist conservatives tend to assume that anything a foreigner says is false. So, unless there are Americans/Europeans providing the evidence, chances are you will not actually get through to a conservative. And, of course, what are the odds the American State or NATO is going to admit that they are guilty of warcrimes...
Collateral Murder - Wikileaks - Iraq
I'm apathetic, but I'm not unaware nor unaffected. It seems the work it takes to make such a change dwarfs that of Sisyphus, except instead of a boulder we are rolling the world. For some people you have to find something that strikes more at home with them, something that is directly affecting them, something slowly crippling their life, or another way expose a complete lie they've been led to believe, and if it works they'll begin to unfold the veil themselves.
I started looking into the meaning of life. I realized politicians are all liars. I started listening to Alex Jones circa 2007. Then I started following Ron Paul. Then around 2009 I looked into austrian economics. In 2010 I started questioning the state and then civilization.
Thank you John James. I was hoping you would respond with one of your long and definitive answers. I'll start her out with that beginner video list. And thank you gotlucky for the heads up on that video.
Anarcho-libertarian:Thank you John James. I was hoping you would respond with one of your long and definitive answers. I'll start her out with that beginner video list.
Glad I was able to offer some help.
Take care though to present it steadily. Don't just give her the link to the playlist. Send her a couple at a time, spaced out. For one, she's much more likely to watch them that way. (I guarantee, if you send a newbie you're trying to convince a playlist of 50 videos, making up 8 hours of content, it's too daunting. People like to be able to feel like they accomplished something, and they don't always have a lot of time (or motivation) to do that. (And don't forget, your whole goal is to get her motivated). This is part of the reason magazines are so popular. You don't have to read it all together, all the way through, and all in order. You can just take one easily digestible piece at a time. This is how you need to present these ideas. I would say it's like spoonfeeding, but that's more for helpless, stationary infants. This is more like leaving a trail of Reese's Pieces for someone to actively follow on their own.)
Two, it gives some time to sink in. Three, it allows you an opportunity to hear feedback and have some discussion. And four, at some point it may very well leave her wanting more. (As you could see, this was the case with Heather's protege's right away.) And that's what you always want. But even more so with something like this, because you don't want to be leading her forever. You can always be a mentor, but the goal is for her to get that spark of her own. She needs to have her own fire beneath her, and an interest in these things for herself...to at the very least start thinking about things in a slightly different way. Or even just be a bit more questioning.
This story provides one of the best illustrations of this I've ever heard. It's what every libertarian needs to be doing.
The narrator is a great inspiration for anyone wishing to share these ideas (which should be everyone who's familiar with them) and provides an excellent model for how these things can be approached. Think of your discussions in the terms with which he frames the conversation. See if you can achieve a similar dynamic. (This won't always be possible. Your own abilities do play a role, but it is largely a function of the person you're trying to reach. Obviously the more versatile you are and more attune to different personality types and interest levels, the easier it will be for you to adapt your strategy and discussion style to the person, so that you might communicate in the most affective (and therefore effective) way possible...i.e. a way that the person understands and is most impacted by. (But bear in mind, this won't always be the way they are necessarily used to being spoken to...or possibly even how they want to be spoken to.) Often times a change of pace from what they're familiar with can help make the message louder.)
So drop a few Pieces and let her follow. Then engage some discussion and see how it goes. This will help you understand where she's at and what might be a good next step. The list is arranged in a helpful order that will provide one of the more smooth transitions to this area of thinking. So just start with the first 2 or 3 and wait for a response. Make sure she views them. When she's ready, send a couple more. Pay attention to the video lengths to gauge how many should be sent in one package. Obviously the longer ones should be sent solo or maybe with one or two short ones. At the very most, two long ones, but you don't want that to go often. But it will also depend on the person. There are some who it seems they have been waiting for this their whole lives, and they can't get enough.
I'm sure there's a few here who can relate to that.
I'll second that notion. I just find the language, and to a degree the consequences, of the science of Weber/Menger interesting and a better description of positive reality than the British / traditional systems.
"As in a kaleidoscope, the constellation of forces operating in the system as a whole is ever changing." - Ludwig Lachmann
"When A Man Dies A World Goes Out of Existence" - GLS Shackle


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