Althouse: "My favorite photos of family are framed in my house, not posted on social media, and they‘ll remain there."

१३ ऑगस्ट, २०१४

"My favorite photos of family are framed in my house, not posted on social media, and they‘ll remain there."

"My family has always been private about our time spent together. It was our way of keeping one thing that was ours, with a man we shared with an entire world. But now that's gone, and I feel stripped bare."

१२ टिप्पण्या:

The Crack Emcee म्हणाले...: Not too bright, going on Twitter now,...; १३/८/१४, ८:२४ AM
Paddy O म्हणाले...: The tweets are nothing compared to what her dad did to her.

But the tweets are indeed horrible.

Another way that shows how people forget there are other real people out there. Or maybe don't forget. Just get to the point they don't care.; १३/८/१४, ८:३१ AM
BarrySanders20 म्हणाले...: Althouse is much more gentle with this suicide than other self-murders.; १३/८/१४, ८:४४ AM
Unknown म्हणाले...: The tweets are nothing compared to what her dad did to her.

Why not let her be the judge of that.; १३/८/१४, ८:४५ AM
Ann Althouse म्हणाले...: "Althouse is much more gentle with this suicide than other self-murders."

You might have missed yesterday's post.

This post is about the daughter.; १३/८/१४, ८:४६ AM
Ann Althouse म्हणाले...: And this post is on the day's theme: social media problems.; १३/८/१४, ८:४६ AM
Paddy O म्हणाले...: "Why not let her be the judge of that."

Because I'm not in charge of letting or not letting her do anything.

But it seems pretty clear that her dad's suicide is more emotionally traumatic than two tweets about it.

Would she have responded to those tweets in the same way had her dad not first committed the initial self-violence?; १३/८/१४, ९:०२ AM
Ann Althouse म्हणाले...: "The tweets are nothing compared to what her dad did to her."

Getting mad at the tweets is what Freud called displacement.; १३/८/१४, १०:०२ AM
harrogate म्हणाले...: "Getting mad at the tweets is what Freud called displacement."

It would be reasonable for anyone, including ourselves, to "get mad at the tweets," since they are after all disgusting. Even if she is feeling anger at her father, she can very easily be "mad at the tweets" without committing "displacement."; १३/८/१४, १:३२ PM
Larry J म्हणाले...: Even if she is feeling anger at her father

She may be feeling anger at her father, or she may have seen his struggles with depression up close and personal and knew it was just a matter of time. It's even possible, although perhaps unlikely at this point, that she accepts the fact that he isn't suffering any more. I only knew Robin Williams from his personna and from his work. She knew him all her life up close and personal. I don't presume to project emotions onto other people.; १३/८/१४, २:३९ PM
harrogate म्हणाले...: Larry J,

Agreed on every point.; १३/८/१४, २:५१ PM
Unknown म्हणाले...: Paddy O - by putting different values onto her grief, you're making assumptions about her that you can't back up.; १३/८/१४, ३:२१ PM