Addiction and Compassionate Pragmatism The simplest way to define addiction is as a compulsive behavior that continues despite negative consequences. Of course, these compulsive behaviors are not limited to alcohol and other drugs; the internet, sex, shopping, gambling, eating, work,
There are well-known methods and techniques to purposely oppress and devalue another person or group. First, they must first be cast as some kind of object (e.g., immigrant, liberal, redneck, feminazi, Pocahontas) and then rendered as the “other.” This now-distinctive “otherness” is then incessantly repeated and caricatured in a torrent of images, memes, and tropes… … Continue reading…The Politics of Separation