https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/01/31/today-is-a-good-day-to-remember-jackie-robinson/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Wed, 30 May 2018 18:39:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/01/31/today-is-a-good-day-to-remember-jackie-robinson/#comment-84186 Wed, 30 May 2018 18:39:51 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=14007#comment-84186 I’m so glad we have made great strides in racial issues and gay issues. The ostracized individual carries a heavy burden of being shunned even when they belong to a large group. I am eagerly waiting for the next few decades to unfold.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/01/31/today-is-a-good-day-to-remember-jackie-robinson/#comment-54974 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:10:05 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=14007#comment-54974 Indeed. Was Dan Cathy of Chick-fil-A doing the attacking or was he the one attacked?

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/01/31/today-is-a-good-day-to-remember-jackie-robinson/#comment-84194 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:10:05 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=14007#comment-84194 Indeed. Was Dan Cathy of Chick-fil-A doing the attacking or was he the one attacked?

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/01/31/today-is-a-good-day-to-remember-jackie-robinson/#comment-54973 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:33:54 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=14007#comment-54973 As Mary has compared race issues and gay issues, may I add that the Christian aversity against fighting back refers to gays, too. I know that gays normally have other ways of fighting back than blacks, but that isn’t relevant here (as Oscar Wilde famously said: The coward does it with a kiss, the brave man with a sword)

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/01/31/today-is-a-good-day-to-remember-jackie-robinson/#comment-84191 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 05:33:54 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=14007#comment-84191 As Mary has compared race issues and gay issues, may I add that the Christian aversity against fighting back refers to gays, too. I know that gays normally have other ways of fighting back than blacks, but that isn’t relevant here (as Oscar Wilde famously said: The coward does it with a kiss, the brave man with a sword)

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