Love that he sang in the Opera! 🎉 People these days are so quick to distill one another that we forget people are 3 Dimensional. We are not as flat as our appearance. That’s why we were taught not to judge a book by its cover. We each have the capacity for good as much as evil and at any given time, we calculate between choices leading our lives further toward 1 direction on that spectrum or the other. But time is long. We can’t look at a snapshot of one another and get a full picture of what that life is like. That’s just the marketing envelope the sales letter comes in.
What I love about Mike Rowe is that he sang opera, but is totally transparent about that a friend hooked him up in his first company because men were needed.
I want to see this movie. I did.research Foyt ‘8+ years on The Great War Doughboy Search project. I gained such gratitude for the men and women of this country and what they did for our freedom. I often think about meeting them in the hereafter. When they tell me of their sacrifices for the country, and for our Freedom, then they ask “what have you done with your freedom?” You live differently when your heart swells with gratitude.
“We are very long on certainty and we are very short on humility because we, the people, are in this feedback loop where we are rewarding certainty and punishing humility.” -Rowe
Mike gives credence to the everyday "chat" program. Talking is BACK! Not knocking other mediums, but I've always enjoyed listening to conversation, and it's even more entertaining in this era.I'm a happy camper if the conversation goes long.
We are not allowed to be 3 dimensional anymore. Our shallow label definitions only serve to flatten us. Flatten on many levels. Psychologically, now… and it’s up to us to ensure not physically soon. We must rebel against the idea that labels define us so strongly that they enshrine us, or our identity. If we don’t stay flexible and open to lessons, we risk missing some stellar growth. Labeling absolves us the responsibility of learning. Or making an effort. Of listening. Of expanding our horizon or considering other perspectives. Or thinking critically. Labeling absolves us a responsibility we earned and could trust.
Mike, like many men of his generation, completely missed the point of the Colin K taking a knee a and removal of confederate statues. He wasn't protesting a song about a protest, he was protesting the idea of freedom for all within the lyrics because of the collective experience that black ppl have had over the decades of inequality in this country. And the reason its easy to pull down a statue, is because those men owned slaves and stood for furthering inequality for the ultimate goal of profiting off of the labor of others (much like the oligarchs of the world today). Comparing a hard working electrician to a slave owner who looked out for their personal gain and positioned themselves into politicsl office is disgusting. No other country fights to keep up statues of leaders of a war in which they lost, to honor losers. Especially true in Germany where they would NEVER think to erect statues of Nazi leaders or Hitler decades after the fact. Many confederate statues were erected decades later by racists groups trying to prove a point. That is a fact. He doesn't get it because men of his generation were so indoctrinated into one way of thinking that anything different threatens their self confidence and meaning in this changing world. That's why he wants everyone to "stay in their lane". Mike needs to sit down with ppl who don't look like him and have meaningful conversations. You don't have to agree with what those knee and statue protesters did, but you can still seek to understand. THAT is what's missing in society today, seeking for understanding. Instead, everyone wants to just write a book or start a podcast to further isolate themselves from other ideas. They talked about division, but what he's doing is just another version of that. Hypocrisy through and through.
So glad to hear someone else feels like this. I think something that Michael really missed the mark on is that in 1776, after a gaggle of White guys dressed as Native Americans with charcoal and paint on their face dumped over 300 boxes of tea into the Boston Harbor, and a fight against the unjust imposing of certain taxes, laws, and practices upon the colonists by their mother country of Britain, the African & Native American slaves were still in chains. He says the National Anthem is a protest song, but for who?? If after your protest, my people were still unable to be recognized as anything beyond property, then you need to ask who/what that protest was for, and who benefitted from it. On this July 4th, I think not of what "gratitude" I can give to this country, as the only reason myself and my ancestors are here in this country is because we were human trafficked into a multi-century slave trade to work and build the foundation of a country that continues to refuse to recognize the true reality that our country is built upon, and thrives on, the exploitation of marginalized groups. We are at a point where even discussing this in our schools is seen as immoral, and in some cases, a fireable offense, so we are absolutely nowhere near moving on from it. Gratitude is a huge ask of these marginalized groups, because as in any situation, the magnitude of the misdeed must match the magnitude of the apology. Therefore, without proper, not only recognition, but actual righting of wrongs, there can be no gratitude or acceptance or bridges built, as there is a direct throughline from the plight of these early marginalized groups and the political/social issues we are suffering from, not just as a society or a country, but a capitalistic world that refuses to recognize the system cannot function without this exploitation even today. No amount of gratitude is enough to mask or fix the divides in our society created by the withholding of wages for not just slaves, but sharecroppers as well (who I should mention are well documented as having been around until even after the 1950s), by creating an underlying sentiment that if you're white you're alright, and if you're black or brown, you have to spend your whole life trying to measure up. Look at media in general. Michelle Obama, an extremely accomplished Black woman has been and is continually called not only a man in drag, but a monkey. If even the most wealthy, educated, and accomplished non-White people have to deal with this, there is no other evidence needed to prove that racism is baked into, sewn into the fabric of our country, and there is no way to build atop it. A broken foundation leads to a collapsed building, killing everyone inside. Therefore, there can be no moving on until it is addressed. We tear down statues of slave owners, racists, and bigots not because we don't recognize our history, but because we do. There is absolutely no reason we should be honoring people who had an extremely limited view of what an "American" truly is. If we do this, we alienate the Americans who exist outside of that standard. It is not erasing history, it is choosing which parts and which people we honor. We do not tear down statues to mask history, we tear them down to replace them with monuments that will bring *all* of America together, not just those who meet the standards of the elite. I totally agree, there should absolutely have been a larger diversity of opinions influencing this conversation. I mean no disrespect to Michael or his experiences, but it is absolutely 100% possible to spend your time around these issues and around these marginalized groups and still miss the point. I have witnessed personally White professors teaching issues of race, class, and queerness, all while throwing around slurs in their classroom. My point: You can be around marginalized peoples and political/social issue kinds of conversations for 100 years, but if you don't listen well, and understand where your life experience doesn't always allow you to understand the life experience of others, you end up making broad statements like this that completely miss the mark.
I think it important to vote for the lesser of two evils... no man can save us but there are those still trying to work and those that are just out to destroy. We ALL know who is who
@renato why would who he votes for/how he votes have Any impact on how you view him, whether or not you watch his show, or if you do/do not respect him?
@user-se1ev7my6f I don't necessarily need to know that I share the same values as someone in order to take their guidance seriously. But, if I feel like we don't share core values, then that makes me feel like he's not of my ilk and therefore, I'm more suspicious of his guidance. After all, why would I want to do what works for someone else if I don't want to be like them?
@@renatobuchert7879 Dr John doesn’t expect anyone to ‘be like him’. He asks deep, probing questions to make the callers be introspective and think about what Their needs are. I worked with someone who was politically opposite of me. I didn’t like her political leanings, but she was very professional, knowledgeable, and successful in our industry. I became acquainted with her, was her back up when she was on vacation. I learned quite a bit from her and respect her professionally. We will never be friends, but I respect her work ethics and her success. It’s about respecting other human beings for who they are as individual people. It’s ok to disagree with someone politically and still be friendly/friends with them.
@@user-se1ev7my6f Right, but you said you'll never be friends, ostensibly because of the political differences. Which means, you'd like this person more if they agreed with you. I'm not saying I'm throwing Dr. John because of it, but what I perceive is a pretty big asterisk to trusting him. Like, I wouldn't want him as my therapist because what he judges to be wrong or what he thinks I should do about it is influenced by his personal values, which are not mine.
Nobody missed the point. It was a hollow sentiment meant to get him social points which it did, then he used that to cash out like he was some kind of martyr.
@@ma_ncube@bendtanfill Is correct! Kapernick showed Zero respect for his adoptive parents who provided him with a happy, loving home and many opportunities. Then he trashed white people (calling them privileged 🙄) while ignoring the ‘privileged’ childhood and life he lived. He is a hypocrite, and has very low self confidence. If he was confident in who he was a person/man, he would have used critical thinking instead of being swept away by the bs.
With all due respect, I’m Pretty sure that i don’t understand his protest. I believe it was along the lines of how black citizens were being treated. His action of protest was to kneel during the national anthem. Forgive me for being ignorant, but is that not what he was protesting?
Journalism is all about trying to foretell the future. Getting experts on to GUESS what's going to happen. How about living & reporting the reality. Stay in reality. This & such happened on this date in this town.
I was planning to take my children to see “something to stand for” on July 4th but it didn’t play in the theaters any longer 😢 Any ideas where I can watch this great movie on TV,I really want my children to see it !!!
Well Mr Rowe the difference with Mr kapernick and his protest in protesting a protesting song is you Mr. Rowe can trace your family back several generations and get all gee-gosh aint that wonderful. My kapernick on the other hand would get back to about 1868 and his family tree becomes an inventory . Yes, that's right Mike, owned. Just like cattle and sheep and whatever. Big difference, which goes forward to this day....and worthy of protest.
I think they are wrong about the Fed Minutes. If you think we can’t handle that much truth and never give us the opportunity to process that truth then you’re right, people will never learn to live with what is true. But then you argue the fact that parents never coming out of the bedrooms to teach their kids how to fight and still love, you are saying the opposite. We are asking for the truth. Give us the truth, let us process the truth, and let us move forward.
I was with this guy until he started talking about protests, acting like these people are all ignorant because they believe in something strongly enough to protest it feels pretentious.
I guess the question is: One question of a man’s opinion, does it dictate your worth of that person? Can you disagree on one issue, but still respect the person? We used to be that way. I encourage you to learn to disagree, BUT still love a person as…a person. An American is not linear but a melting pot of ideas and opinions. Founding Fathers disagreed but respected each other. Just food for thought. God bless
Oh and I’m with you on YOUR opinion but just learning, America isn’t America if we continue this leftist or rightest agendas we are fed. We need to stand under a flag of colors that don’t divide us. That’s what the media and govt want…us divided!
Ask Mike Rowe. Worst job. Spend a day, with 3 girls, or boys, combo, It would be interesting. I think your partner, Mary, would have to bale you out! Lol
Honest critique (not condemning ): I can appreciate the intention and attempt at authenticity but at the very same time if I were to visit your house and we were really “just a couple dudes with some low-grade coffee having a conversation”… it wouldn’t be this. The words are too formal and crisp. Everything is groomed and edited too much, And it still has a performative vibe to it. With that being said, it wasn’t enough to turn me away, and I’ll still appreciate the content overall .
I like Mike Rowe, but this is way too "celeb." I hate celebrities and celebrity interviews. I couldn't care less what goes on behind the scenes. I don't even care what happens in front of the camera.
We are not allowed to be 3 dimensional anymore. Our shallow label definitions only serve to flatten us. Flatten on many levels. Psychologically, now… and it’s up to us to ensure not physically soon. We must rebel against the idea that labels define us so strongly that they enshrine us, or our identity. If we don’t stay flexible and open to lessons, we risk missing some stellar growth. Labeling absolves us the responsibility of learning. Or making an effort. Of listening. Of expanding our horizon or considering other perspectives. Or thinking critically. Labeling absolves us a responsibility we earned and once could trust. Because we trusted ourselves. That is gone. We stopped coming through for ourselves, collectively as a country, stopped protecting our interests, economic and otherwise. Began valuing items or opportunities to purchase over purchasing power. Oops. Our bad. We sold out. Here we are. So, what? What now? What are we gonna do about it? From this moment forward?
Hey, Rowe! You should run for political office. I'd vote the hell out for you.
Absolutely
Why would he waste his time
Rowe 2024
He’s doing better work now than he’d be able to in DC.
I thought so too. But then I realized he'd have to give up his businesses and charities that teach so many people so much.
Mike Rowe for POTUS
I love Mike Rowe! He says the truth because he KNOWS the truth. Thank you Dr John for having Mike on and THANK YOU Mike Rowe!!!
If Mike Rowe ran for office… I’m voting 3 times for him!
me too!!!
I knew this was gonna be great! And I was right! Humility and Gratefulness will take us all individually and collectively to a greater future!
Mike Rowe is always a great interview
😅
2 of my most favourite minds and hearts!! What an awesome show!!! Thank you!!
This is such an important discussion that should be heard by EVERYONE. Amazing.
Mike Row is the MAN!
Just here to say JD’s voice drops an octave when he interviews Mike… insert Barry White
😂
It’s driving me crazy- 🤡
Love that he sang in the Opera! 🎉
People these days are so quick to distill one another that we forget people are 3 Dimensional.
We are not as flat as our appearance. That’s why we were taught not to judge a book by its cover.
We each have the capacity for good as much as evil and at any given time, we calculate between choices leading our lives further toward 1 direction on that spectrum or the other.
But time is long. We can’t look at a snapshot of one another and get a full picture of what that life is like. That’s just the marketing envelope the sales letter comes in.
He gave the perfect voice to what I have been saying and feeling, and that so many called be crazy for!
LOVE Mike Rowe!!! Ever since I was a kid, watching dirty jobs.
What I love about Mike Rowe is that he sang opera, but is totally transparent about that a friend hooked him up in his first company because men were needed.
I want to see this movie. I did.research Foyt ‘8+ years on The Great War Doughboy Search project. I gained such gratitude for the men and women of this country and what they did for our freedom. I often think about meeting them in the hereafter. When they tell me of their sacrifices for the country, and for our Freedom, then they ask “what have you done with your freedom?” You live differently when your heart swells with gratitude.
What an excellent interview. Thx John.
Loved it!!! MR for President!
“We are very long on certainty and we are very short on humility because we, the people, are in this feedback loop where we are rewarding certainty and punishing humility.” -Rowe
John delony and mike rowe. I never thought I would see this!!!
Mike gives credence to the everyday "chat" program. Talking is BACK! Not knocking other mediums, but I've always enjoyed listening to conversation, and it's even more entertaining in this era.I'm a happy camper if the conversation goes long.
This should be fun 😊
This was such a good listen! Thanks!!
GREAT show I loved it❗️
That was awesome!!! Please do it again!!❤
John you’re amazing no during this! Thank you
Such an enjoyable conversation, thank you for sharing
I love his voice❣️
Great interview guys!!!!❤
We are not allowed to be 3 dimensional anymore. Our shallow label definitions only serve to flatten us.
Flatten on many levels.
Psychologically, now… and it’s up to us to ensure not physically soon. We must rebel against the idea that labels define us so strongly that they enshrine us, or our identity.
If we don’t stay flexible and open to lessons, we risk missing some stellar growth.
Labeling absolves us the responsibility of learning. Or making an effort. Of listening. Of expanding our horizon or considering other perspectives. Or thinking critically. Labeling absolves us a responsibility we earned and could trust.
Sooo good!
Mike, like many men of his generation, completely missed the point of the Colin K taking a knee a and removal of confederate statues. He wasn't protesting a song about a protest, he was protesting the idea of freedom for all within the lyrics because of the collective experience that black ppl have had over the decades of inequality in this country. And the reason its easy to pull down a statue, is because those men owned slaves and stood for furthering inequality for the ultimate goal of profiting off of the labor of others (much like the oligarchs of the world today). Comparing a hard working electrician to a slave owner who looked out for their personal gain and positioned themselves into politicsl office is disgusting. No other country fights to keep up statues of leaders of a war in which they lost, to honor losers. Especially true in Germany where they would NEVER think to erect statues of Nazi leaders or Hitler decades after the fact. Many confederate statues were erected decades later by racists groups trying to prove a point. That is a fact.
He doesn't get it because men of his generation were so indoctrinated into one way of thinking that anything different threatens their self confidence and meaning in this changing world. That's why he wants everyone to "stay in their lane". Mike needs to sit down with ppl who don't look like him and have meaningful conversations. You don't have to agree with what those knee and statue protesters did, but you can still seek to understand.
THAT is what's missing in society today, seeking for understanding. Instead, everyone wants to just write a book or start a podcast to further isolate themselves from other ideas. They talked about division, but what he's doing is just another version of that. Hypocrisy through and through.
So glad to hear someone else feels like this.
I think something that Michael really missed the mark on is that in 1776, after a gaggle of White guys dressed as Native Americans with charcoal and paint on their face dumped over 300 boxes of tea into the Boston Harbor, and a fight against the unjust imposing of certain taxes, laws, and practices upon the colonists by their mother country of Britain, the African & Native American slaves were still in chains.
He says the National Anthem is a protest song, but for who?? If after your protest, my people were still unable to be recognized as anything beyond property, then you need to ask who/what that protest was for, and who benefitted from it. On this July 4th, I think not of what "gratitude" I can give to this country, as the only reason myself and my ancestors are here in this country is because we were human trafficked into a multi-century slave trade to work and build the foundation of a country that continues to refuse to recognize the true reality that our country is built upon, and thrives on, the exploitation of marginalized groups. We are at a point where even discussing this in our schools is seen as immoral, and in some cases, a fireable offense, so we are absolutely nowhere near moving on from it.
Gratitude is a huge ask of these marginalized groups, because as in any situation, the magnitude of the misdeed must match the magnitude of the apology. Therefore, without proper, not only recognition, but actual righting of wrongs, there can be no gratitude or acceptance or bridges built, as there is a direct throughline from the plight of these early marginalized groups and the political/social issues we are suffering from, not just as a society or a country, but a capitalistic world that refuses to recognize the system cannot function without this exploitation even today.
No amount of gratitude is enough to mask or fix the divides in our society created by the withholding of wages for not just slaves, but sharecroppers as well (who I should mention are well documented as having been around until even after the 1950s), by creating an underlying sentiment that if you're white you're alright, and if you're black or brown, you have to spend your whole life trying to measure up. Look at media in general. Michelle Obama, an extremely accomplished Black woman has been and is continually called not only a man in drag, but a monkey. If even the most wealthy, educated, and accomplished non-White people have to deal with this, there is no other evidence needed to prove that racism is baked into, sewn into the fabric of our country, and there is no way to build atop it. A broken foundation leads to a collapsed building, killing everyone inside. Therefore, there can be no moving on until it is addressed.
We tear down statues of slave owners, racists, and bigots not because we don't recognize our history, but because we do. There is absolutely no reason we should be honoring people who had an extremely limited view of what an "American" truly is. If we do this, we alienate the Americans who exist outside of that standard. It is not erasing history, it is choosing which parts and which people we honor. We do not tear down statues to mask history, we tear them down to replace them with monuments that will bring *all* of America together, not just those who meet the standards of the elite.
I totally agree, there should absolutely have been a larger diversity of opinions influencing this conversation. I mean no disrespect to Michael or his experiences, but it is absolutely 100% possible to spend your time around these issues and around these marginalized groups and still miss the point. I have witnessed personally White professors teaching issues of race, class, and queerness, all while throwing around slurs in their classroom. My point: You can be around marginalized peoples and political/social issue kinds of conversations for 100 years, but if you don't listen well, and understand where your life experience doesn't always allow you to understand the life experience of others, you end up making broad statements like this that completely miss the mark.
What a fantastic conversation - the first time I've seen your show. I will now be a regular.
Have you heard of Weny Bell?! She talks about truth and transparency much like you do - and ends her radio show with, "Peace!" As well.
Thank you.
I'm not a Trump-thumper but I like Mike R. ❤
I like Dr. John best when I can't tell who he votes for. When he does interviews like this, I feel like I very much can.
I think it important to vote for the lesser of two evils... no man can save us but there are those still trying to work and those that are just out to destroy. We ALL know who is who
@renato why would who he votes for/how he votes have Any impact on how you view him, whether or not you watch his show, or if you do/do not respect him?
@user-se1ev7my6f I don't necessarily need to know that I share the same values as someone in order to take their guidance seriously. But, if I feel like we don't share core values, then that makes me feel like he's not of my ilk and therefore, I'm more suspicious of his guidance. After all, why would I want to do what works for someone else if I don't want to be like them?
@@renatobuchert7879 Dr John doesn’t expect anyone to ‘be like him’. He asks deep, probing questions to make the callers be introspective and think about what Their needs are. I worked with someone who was politically opposite of me. I didn’t like her political leanings, but she was very professional, knowledgeable, and successful in our industry. I became acquainted with her, was her back up when she was on vacation. I learned quite a bit from her and respect her professionally. We will never be friends, but I respect her work ethics and her success. It’s about respecting other human beings for who they are as individual people. It’s ok to disagree with someone politically and still be friendly/friends with them.
@@user-se1ev7my6f Right, but you said you'll never be friends, ostensibly because of the political differences. Which means, you'd like this person more if they agreed with you.
I'm not saying I'm throwing Dr. John because of it, but what I perceive is a pretty big asterisk to trusting him. Like, I wouldn't want him as my therapist because what he judges to be wrong or what he thinks I should do about it is influenced by his personal values, which are not mine.
Love Mike Rowe! He's for blue collar men!
this was great!
Shared! ❤
Great interview. But I'm quite disappointed to see that he missed the point of Kaepernick's protest.
Many people missed the point of it. Instead they changed it into what it was not and made it into a negative. Oh well.
Nobody missed the point. It was a hollow sentiment meant to get him social points which it did, then he used that to cash out like he was some kind of martyr.
@@benstanfill363 Ok
@@ma_ncube@bendtanfill Is correct! Kapernick showed Zero respect for his adoptive parents who provided him with a happy, loving home and many opportunities. Then he trashed white people (calling them privileged 🙄) while ignoring the ‘privileged’ childhood and life he lived. He is a hypocrite, and has very low self confidence. If he was confident in who he was a person/man, he would have used critical thinking instead of being swept away by the bs.
With all due respect, I’m Pretty sure that i don’t understand his protest. I believe it was along the lines of how black citizens were being treated. His action of protest was to kneel during the national anthem. Forgive me for being ignorant, but is that not what he was protesting?
Mike Rowe!!
This is one of my favorite things on RUclips to listen to.
Journalism is all about trying to foretell the future. Getting experts on to GUESS what's going to happen. How about living & reporting the reality. Stay in reality. This & such happened on this date in this town.
We need to clone Mike Rowe for the next generation. National Treasure 🇺🇸
I dont think Mike rowe understood the metaphor of the argument in the back bedroom.
Good show!
Rowe apparently went to school with my dad. Seems like a good guy
I was planning to take my children to see “something to stand for” on July 4th but it didn’t play in the theaters any longer 😢
Any ideas where I can watch this great movie on TV,I really want my children to see it !!!
So so so so sooooo bummed I missed the premier of this. Dho! Shame on me.
I don't think Mike understood John's "going to the back room and talking" metaphor.
my childhood crush!
I appreciate you Mr Rowe but what about people joining the military and getting vocational training
that voice!
I hold Mike Rowe with the same esteem as I do Victor Davis, Hansen
Well Mr Rowe the difference with Mr kapernick and his protest in protesting a protesting song is you Mr. Rowe can trace your family back several generations and get all gee-gosh aint that wonderful. My kapernick on the other hand would get back to about 1868 and his family tree becomes an inventory . Yes, that's right Mike, owned. Just like cattle and sheep and whatever. Big difference, which goes forward to this day....and worthy of protest.
I think they are wrong about the Fed Minutes. If you think we can’t handle that much truth and never give us the opportunity to process that truth then you’re right, people will never learn to live with what is true.
But then you argue the fact that parents never coming out of the bedrooms to teach their kids how to fight and still love, you are saying the opposite.
We are asking for the truth. Give us the truth, let us process the truth, and let us move forward.
Who is Mike Rowe?
Look up dirty jobs it was a great show to grow up watching in the early 2000s
I was with this guy until he started talking about protests, acting like these people are all ignorant because they believe in something strongly enough to protest it feels pretentious.
Yeah it was a little odd of a focus.
agree lol...a national anthem declaring fealty to the US. i dont stand for it either smfh
They feel, they believe, but they don't know. Mob feeling is easy to whip up; it's instinctive. How many bother to research the issues?
I guess the question is: One question of a man’s opinion, does it dictate your worth of that person?
Can you disagree on one issue, but still respect the person?
We used to be that way. I encourage you to learn to disagree, BUT still love a person as…a person. An American is not linear but a melting pot of ideas and opinions. Founding Fathers disagreed but respected each other. Just food for thought.
God bless
Oh and I’m with you on YOUR opinion but just learning, America isn’t America if we continue this leftist or rightest agendas we are fed. We need to stand under a flag of colors that don’t divide us. That’s what the media and govt want…us divided!
Ask Mike Rowe.
Worst job.
Spend a day, with 3 girls, or boys, combo,
It would be interesting.
I think your partner, Mary, would have to bale you out! Lol
Honest critique (not condemning ): I can appreciate the intention and attempt at authenticity but at the very same time if I were to visit your house and we were really “just a couple dudes with some low-grade coffee having a conversation”… it wouldn’t be this. The words are too formal and crisp. Everything is groomed and edited too much, And it still has a performative vibe to it.
With that being said, it wasn’t enough to turn me away, and I’ll still appreciate the content overall .
I like Mike Rowe, but this is way too "celeb." I hate celebrities and celebrity interviews. I couldn't care less what goes on behind the scenes. I don't even care what happens in front of the camera.
As a lot of you know I am taking a break from commenting thank you for the support again from brother's and female counterparts.
It’s not a break if you comment on every video.
@@izzywox8246 you're using too much common sense
If you can’t take the heat 🔥 stay out the kitchen
@@karr1990 wow I thought we were cool. But I guess whatever
@@izzywox8246 At least it’s distracting him from saying other dumb stuff if he keeps copying and pasting this message I’m fine. 😂
He seems like an outstanding person
Rowe apparently went to school with my dad. Seems like a good guy
We are not allowed to be 3 dimensional anymore. Our shallow label definitions only serve to flatten us.
Flatten on many levels.
Psychologically, now… and it’s up to us to ensure not physically soon. We must rebel against the idea that labels define us so strongly that they enshrine us, or our identity.
If we don’t stay flexible and open to lessons, we risk missing some stellar growth.
Labeling absolves us the responsibility of learning. Or making an effort. Of listening. Of expanding our horizon or considering other perspectives. Or thinking critically. Labeling absolves us a responsibility we earned and once could trust.
Because we trusted ourselves.
That is gone.
We stopped coming through for ourselves, collectively as a country, stopped protecting our interests, economic and otherwise.
Began valuing items or opportunities to purchase over purchasing power.
Oops. Our bad. We sold out.
Here we are.
So, what?
What now?
What are we gonna do about it?
From this moment forward?