The seed for this diary found its fertile ground after a few of us read a diary that included this elegant statement of the problem.
"When I feel that I have to walk on eggshells in a diary it is a sign something is wrong. Sometimes one has to say exactly how one feels and it is also sometimes necessary for those hearing these sentiments just to listen for awhile and take note." - LaFeminista
David Gilmour & David Bowie - Comfortably Numb
LINK to Music Video - David Gilmour & David Bowie - Comfortably Numb
Remember that night - Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2007)
Comfortably Numb
by David Gilmour and Roger Waters
Hello? Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone at home?
Come on, now I hear you're feeling down
Well I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again
Relax I'll need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts?
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship's smoke on the horizon
You are the only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain you would not understand
This is not how I am
I have become comfortably numb
I have become comfortably numb
Okay Just a little pinprick
There'll be no more
But you may feel a little sick
Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working good
That'll keep you going through the show
Come on it's time to go
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship's smoke on the horizon
You are the only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown the dream is gone
I have become comfortably numb
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LaFeminista was talking about the misogyny on display in online newspaper comment threads, but some have stayed out of comment threads here at Daily Kos because what they read there has alarmed them or made them feel every uncomfortable. Some people felt shut out of the conversation entirely as they lurked, and then left. Some people seemed to shout past each other, while others seemed to uprate insults posted by their friends while hide rating "the other side." Rebuttal diaries lead to meta diaries lead to meta meta diaries. And like a real world bar room brawl otherwise rational people joined in throwing punches and swinging chairs, without knowing how the fight even started.
No one wins in a bar room brawl. Everyone gets hurt.
Afterward the place is wrecked and there is nowhere to go for a beer.
If you feel disappointed, disturbed or pissed off about what has happened at Daily Kos since the Isle Vista shooting, you are not alone. A few of us are very concerned and have started brainstorming some ideas.
Send a Kosmail to Walking on Eggshells, with a question, a suggestion, or your idea of where we should go from here.
Sun Jun 08, 2014 at 11:40 AM PT:
Thank you, everybody for reading and for posting about how you feel. I think it's important, and just posted another Pink Floyd music video as a chat session with music, "Us and "Them" (Pink Floyd Music Video) http://www.dailykos.com/...
Late arrivals, please make yourselves at home either here or in the other diary, or both. Conversations continue here and I'll be back around lto catch you ater.