Yeah. Lost a baseline level of respect for a lot of people.
>> I doubt few people could have done ... less worse with that hand. <<
Especially now, when it's so easy to dogpile for small things. She had a long life and wasn't that hated. Most of the people who were saying that were angry at the British Empire in general and taking it out on her specifically. Humans can be nasty.
>> And people are liable to miss the stabilizing influence she had, because the younger generations? Do not have her grace and fortitude. <<
They certainly do not. May they learn from her loss.
She had a lot of grit to live that long through the events she did, and still come out of it okay.
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dancing_serpent
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Date: 2022-09-10 05:24 am (UTC)Yeah. Lost a baseline level of respect for a lot of people.
>> I doubt few people could have done ... less worse with that hand. <<
Especially now, when it's so easy to dogpile for small things. She had a long life and wasn't that hated. Most of the people who were saying that were angry at the British Empire in general and taking it out on her specifically. Humans can be nasty.
>> And people are liable to miss the stabilizing influence she had, because the younger generations? Do not have her grace and fortitude. <<
They certainly do not. May they learn from her loss.
She had a lot of grit to live that long through the events she did, and still come out of it okay.
- Achilleus (he/him)