Watching RBG doc tonight with my kids

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Anonymous wrote:My 11 and 13yo kids would be bored stiff. And they are bright and engaging. But after a week of distance learning they would see it as punishment. And spare the judgment, they are at a top liberal private in DC and know all about RBG. But weekends are for exploring or relaxing.

Also my son noted RBG was as much a beneficiary of her birth - both in her social position as well as the “first” opportunities she was able to be a part of. Young women or men today have to search a lot harder to find something worthy of making an impact. So many bright young people who can go to law school. But they rarely find themselves able to really partake in significant things for which they can stand out and make an impact. He explained how Malcolm Gladwell explained this in one of his recent books.

Thanks for the laugh, pp. I hope your son finds a situation worthy of his talent.

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If your kids can’t look around and see injustice, they are sheltered and blinded by privilege. We have a long way to go and there are plenty of opportunities to contribute. Maybe not everyone will be famous for their efforts, but that would be a strange goal.

Fine. But I don’t get the hero worship. We all know dozens of young people who would do the same thing as her. She didn’t take any serious personal risk to her lifestyle in choosing her cases. She didn’t risk physical harm either as if she were the first female US Marine to save her platoon.

I’m sure your son will have his share of struggles to overcome, such as finding a way not to become as much of a shithead as his parent.

Right. Ok. Soon we will be hero worshiping the guy who won the lotto at the local gas station. Come on. She was lucky to have landed where she did and she was handsomely rewarded for it with fame and money. How many Sidwell students will get that opportunity? Most will struggle in obscurity. Maybe actually accomplish more.

Maybe your son just isn’t anything special. Your ability to pay for Sidwell doesn’t inherently make him more valuable than anyone else.

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“Luck”? Dafuq?

I’ve always wondered how we end up with so many POSs in our country. They are cultivated by parents like PP.

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Anonymous wrote:My 11 and 13yo kids would be bored stiff. And they are bright and engaging. But after a week of distance learning they would see it as punishment. And spare the judgment, they are at a top liberal private in DC and know all about RBG. But weekends are for exploring or relaxing.

Also my son noted RBG was as much a beneficiary of her birth - both in her social position as well as the “first” opportunities she was able to be a part of. Young women or men today have to search a lot harder to find something worthy of making an impact. So many bright young people who can go to law school. But they rarely find themselves able to really partake in significant things for which they can stand out and make an impact. He explained how Malcolm Gladwell explained this in one of his recent books.

Thanks for the laugh, pp. I hope your son finds a situation worthy of his talent.

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If your kids can’t look around and see injustice, they are sheltered and blinded by privilege. We have a long way to go and there are plenty of opportunities to contribute. Maybe not everyone will be famous for their efforts, but that would be a strange goal.

Fine. But I don’t get the hero worship. We all know dozens of young people who would do the same thing as her. She didn’t take any serious personal risk to her lifestyle in choosing her cases. She didn’t risk physical harm either as if she were the first female US Marine to save her platoon.

She was riddled with cancer and died while still in office because she understood her valuable work and the future of that work is at risk now that DT will replace her. Last time I checked cancer is physical harm.

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Anonymous wrote:My 11 and 13yo kids would be bored stiff. And they are bright and engaging. But after a week of distance learning they would see it as punishment. And spare the judgment, they are at a top liberal private in DC and know all about RBG. But weekends are for exploring or relaxing.

Also my son noted RBG was as much a beneficiary of her birth - both in her social position as well as the “first” opportunities she was able to be a part of. Young women or men today have to search a lot harder to find something worthy of making an impact. So many bright young people who can go to law school. But they rarely find themselves able to really partake in significant things for which they can stand out and make an impact. He explained how Malcolm Gladwell explained this in one of his recent books.

Thanks for the laugh, pp. I hope your son finds a situation worthy of his talent.

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If your kids can’t look around and see injustice, they are sheltered and blinded by privilege. We have a long way to go and there are plenty of opportunities to contribute. Maybe not everyone will be famous for their efforts, but that would be a strange goal.

Fine. But I don’t get the hero worship. We all know dozens of young people who would do the same thing as her. She didn’t take any serious personal risk to her lifestyle in choosing her cases. She didn’t risk physical harm either as if she were the first female US Marine to save her platoon.

She was riddled with cancer and died while still in office because she understood her valuable work and the future of that work is at risk now that DT will replace her. Last time I checked cancer is physical harm.

Lol. Everyone dies and the highest rates of death are usually cancer and heart disease. She was coddled To the end and I don’t begrudge her that. Just trying to refocus from the hero worship and realize the real impact of being on the right place at the right time.

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All of our sons and daughters opportunities are expanded through her work.

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Anonymous wrote:My 11 and 13yo kids would be bored stiff. And they are bright and engaging. But after a week of distance learning they would see it as punishment. And spare the judgment, they are at a top liberal private in DC and know all about RBG. But weekends are for exploring or relaxing.

Also my son noted RBG was as much a beneficiary of her birth - both in her social position as well as the “first” opportunities she was able to be a part of. Young women or men today have to search a lot harder to find something worthy of making an impact. So many bright young people who can go to law school. But they rarely find themselves able to really partake in significant things for which they can stand out and make an impact. He explained how Malcolm Gladwell explained this in one of his recent books.

Thanks for the laugh, pp. I hope your son finds a situation worthy of his talent.

+1

If your kids can’t look around and see injustice, they are sheltered and blinded by privilege. We have a long way to go and there are plenty of opportunities to contribute. Maybe not everyone will be famous for their efforts, but that would be a strange goal.

Fine. But I don’t get the hero worship. We all know dozens of young people who would do the same thing as her. She didn’t take any serious personal risk to her lifestyle in choosing her cases. She didn’t risk physical harm either as if she were the first female US Marine to save her platoon.

She was riddled with cancer and died while still in office because she understood her valuable work and the future of that work is at risk now that DT will replace her. Last time I checked cancer is physical harm.

Lol. Everyone dies and the highest rates of death are usually cancer and heart disease. She was coddled To the end and I don’t begrudge her that. Just trying to refocus from the hero worship and realize the real impact of being on the right place at the right time.

Then perhaps you should acknowledge that everything about your son that you feel is special and more deserving than others is really just luck, and he’s as mediocre as anyone else. He doesn’t deserve special opportunities.

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RGBs impact is do overstated. She is not personally responsible for every movement. Abortion was legal many years before she came to the bench.

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Anonymous wrote:All of our sons and daughters opportunities are expanded through her work.

So true. Her 1975 case before the Supreme court when she was still a litigator was argued on behalf of a man who was being discriminated against by social security.

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She was riddled with cancer but stayed on the bench having her clerks do her work so for what ... so Trump could pick another justice. If she really cared she would have left when Obama was in office.

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Anonymous wrote:She was riddled with cancer but stayed on the bench having her clerks do her work so for what ... so Trump could pick another justice. If she really cared she would have left when Obama was in office.

She addressed that decision.

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IT is going to be impossible to win any argument trying to diminish RGB. What a life and what a legacy.

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RBG*

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Anonymous wrote:My 11 and 13yo kids would be bored stiff. And they are bright and engaging. But after a week of distance learning they would see it as punishment. And spare the judgment, they are at a top liberal private in DC and know all about RBG. But weekends are for exploring or relaxing.

Also my son noted RBG was as much a beneficiary of her birth - both in her social position as well as the “first” opportunities she was able to be a part of. Young women or men today have to search a lot harder to find something worthy of making an impact. So many bright young people who can go to law school. But they rarely find themselves able to really partake in significant things for which they can stand out and make an impact. He explained how Malcolm Gladwell explained this in one of his recent books.

Thanks for the laugh, pp. I hope your son finds a situation worthy of his talent.

+1

If your kids can’t look around and see injustice, they are sheltered and blinded by privilege. We have a long way to go and there are plenty of opportunities to contribute. Maybe not everyone will be famous for their efforts, but that would be a strange goal.

Fine. But I don’t get the hero worship. We all know dozens of young people who would do the same thing as her. She didn’t take any serious personal risk to her lifestyle in choosing her cases. She didn’t risk physical harm either as if she were the first female US Marine to save her platoon.

She was riddled with cancer and died while still in office because she understood her valuable work and the future of that work is at risk now that DT will replace her. Last time I checked cancer is physical harm.

Lol. Everyone dies and the highest rates of death are usually cancer and heart disease. She was coddled To the end and I don’t begrudge her that. Just trying to refocus from the hero worship and realize the real impact of being on the right place at the right time.

Then perhaps you should acknowledge that everything about your son that you feel is special and more deserving than others is really just luck, and he’s as mediocre as anyone else. He doesn’t deserve special opportunities.

Now you’re getting it. In our house we are keenly aware that life and success is a mixture of luck and grit. And when someone like RBG uses her talents to respond to opportunities handed to her we can applaud her good work. But we certainly shouldn’t feel we are a big deal because we have been handed good fortune - be it incident or birth or being a lawyer who has been given notable cases to work. And winning.

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Your children are more free and have more opportunity because of her work. If she had not fought for their equal rights for so many years, we simply can not be sure that would be the case today.

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Anonymous wrote:IT is going to be impossible to win any argument trying to diminish RGB. What a life and what a legacy.

She had a rich lawyer husband who supported her and treated her well. Right? I’d be much more apt to hero worship her if she came from a trailer park and was a victim of spousal abuse.