Re: Elevators and exclusions | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: mrbouchez06 (mrbouchez06aol.com) | |
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 11:22:48 -0700 (PDT) |
could i suggest that how people react to another person's ideas can stop discourse really quickly? words that imply that someone else is cold-hearted/unthinking/value-challenged etc easily discourage anyone from weighing in on a topic that is highly-charged on one side. particularly today, people fear being insensitive or perceived as such so they often don't bring up issues for fear of being publicly "whipped" . I'm not going to bring up the particular comments that i felt were castigating to another because then i'd just be doing the same thing . but i am going to comment that my opinion is that it often appears if one doesn't think like the "group" on this list on every issue, then that one is chastened. sorry - that's my take. i think a major problem for co-housing is that it tends to be exclusionary in nature, not just because people don't wish to have community etc but perhaps because they figure unless they are appropriately "green", "middle-class", "politically-leaning in a particular direction" or whatever, it isn't for them. well, i'd like to propose that there should be many types of communities within the "community-enhancing" environment. While it is true we will all likely have some physical disability in the future, seriously, we all have disabilities right now, some visible/some not and no one can accommodate to them all. my suggestion was that we look for other ways to accommodate as best as we can - stop insisting that everything has to be equally available to everyone at the expense of providing anything to anyone. i'm suggesting we stop acting within the confines that presently exist through legislation on the books or popular conceptions of what is fair and what's not. i'm suggesting we change policies and systems to make a better product/a better community in general. tricia But, so far - all cohousing communities I've seen or heard about are very much middle class, and not even lower middle-class **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)
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Re: Elevators and exclusions mrbouchez06, May 9 2008
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