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  • Pro-intelligent.

    • 16 Dec 2010
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    In an earlier post, I had mentioned being anti-stupid.

    This was in response to multiple (some harsh and rude) allegations of the site being against freedom of speech. This, to me, is not only comical—but the antithesis of oneword.

    Rather than being anti-stupid, I would like to offer a revised, more accurate statement:

    oneword.com is pro-intelligent

    The kid who sprays a litany of racial slurs, or pastes "your mom has sex with horses" a thousand times, is intelligent. Somewhere in there. Deep down.

    Everyone has the capacity to act stupid, though it's just that—an act. And usually one of insecurity; of being afraid to truly express themselves. And, if anything, that's what oneword.com is all about: expression.

    Yes, pro-intelligent, is the [compound] word of the day, and here's to shining a light on the brilliance inherent in everyone, in hopes that others—and, importantly, you—will see it, and be it.

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  • The Kids Are All Write.

    • 26 Oct 2010
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    Over the years, I've received numerous inquiries from teachers wanting to use oneword.com in their writing classes. Explaining that "they would use it now, but there's no profanity filter." 

I respond cordially. But my gut response is, "fuck that."

    Interesting that a four-letter word or picture of naked human bodies throws everyone into an upheaval. Meanwhile, kids are in their classrooms getting A's and B-pluses for knowing the intimate details of every mass slaughter in recorded history. 

    Humans have been repressing sexuality and killing in the name of one God or another for centuries, and guess what? We're still at war. We've barely evolved. Thankfully, technology has evolved to a point where free expression is fast becoming the order of the day. And when it reaches the point where free expression outweighs the repression—there will be a tipping point—in which expression is inspired less and less by a reaction to repression, and is pure. 

At that point we may have to create a brand-new word for it.

     

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