Posted on 11/17/2024 11:43:56 AM PST by Rummyfan
Reading 29-year-old actress Nicola Peltz Beckham’s comment about the recent death of Quincy Jones... I was somewhat nonplussed. Just think who we’re talking about here. The legendary music producer lived until the age of 91. And when I say ‘lived’, I mean lived. Jones escaped a life of extreme poverty and crime – from being attacked with an ice pick and having his hand pinned to a fence with a switchblade to seeing his schizophrenic mother taken away in a straitjacket when he was just seven. At 11, when he was breaking into a store, he saw a piano up close for the first time. His recollection of this moment is thrilling: ‘The first time I touched it, it’s like every drop of blood, my heart and soul, and every cell in my body, said: “This is what you’re going to do for the rest of your life.’’’
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It has got a lot worse since then. When did a sizeable proportion of the Anglosphere, especially its youth, become such hysterical, hyperbolic ninnies? I call them the fit-wits, as they’re always having convulsions about something. It would be bad enough if their fits were confined to the personal arena of grieving, but they’ve grown to embrace political grievances, too. In the past, when one side lost an election, they’d mostly shake hands and agree to differ. Now they film themselves screaming while punching a pillow and put it on TikTok.
.... You can see them all over the socials, adults wailing like toddlers in need of a nap and a weighted blankie. They’re shaving their heads and swearing off sex. Some are apparently so scared for their lives that they’re seeking out ‘safe houses’, ‘listening circles’ and ‘therapy ducks’. They talk darkly of mass trans suicides and the death of democracy...
(Excerpt) Read more at spiked-online.com ...
When their parents spent every minute hovering over them so they would always be "safe" and constantly urging them to "express their feelings".
As a parent you need to teach your kids to be both tough and brave because that is what will make them adults.
I would personally appreciate a bit of shutting up as well but that is just me.
That said, I think her unfair for chiding Nicola Beckham's grief over Quincy Jones, since she was besties with Quincy's daughter and knew him well enough for hugs:
L-R: Quincy's daughter Kenya Kinski-Jones, 31; Quincy Jones, 91; Nicola Peltz Beckham, 29. Top photo: Nicola's husband Brooklyn Beckham, 25.
A ninety-one year old passing away is not tragic - that life should be celebrated. Tragedy is a twenty-one year old passing away unexpectedly. Doesn’t make it easier for the loved ones I know but....
As a Christian, I certainly get that; and Nicola's post alluded to an afterlife, to seeing him again. But I also get the sense of sympathetic loss that a 29-year-old woman would feel, not only for herself, but also for her dear friend who lost her father at a young age—Quincy was 60 when he sired Kenya. Nicola did not use the word "tragic" in her post—the author attributed it to her, I believe unempathetically.
I enjoyed reading this article.
Reminder this is global. CJ Hopkins in Germany is experiencing the New Normal
Mass Trans suicides? I suppose it is possible, as suicide is common among the mentally ill.
Mass Trans suicides? I suppose it is possible, as suicide is common among the mentally ill.
Mass Trans suicides? I suppose it is possible, as suicide is common among the mentally ill.
My PC was double posting all morning, now it’s gone triple!
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