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i upped my argument… up yours!

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i upped my argument… up yours!

Is it possible to argue with someone without attacking them as a person? This morning's case in point [on the Twitterer] followed the traditional rules: Person one responded to the president's announcement that prisoners would receive the vaccine before regular citizens with shock. Person two responded by humanising prisoners and introducing some context about their living conditions and need for the vaccine. Person one responded with a generalisation of 'stealing and murdering' prisoners vs [...]

By brettfish|2021-01-23T10:00:55+02:00January 13th, 2021|Justice, the great online, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people|1 Comment

A Guide to Help you Understand the Internet

40 Tips, race vibes, Race with Me, the great online

A Guide to Help you Understand the Internet

What i've discovered this week [again!] is that i do not understand the internet. 3 months ago, i started filming short videos for a series titled 'Race with me' in which i address the question that many white people - specifically in South Africa - are asking, once they have realised race is an issue that needs to be engaged with and say, "But what can I do?" This series of videos was actually [...]

By brettfish|2020-10-21T09:13:38+02:00October 21st, 2020|40 Tips, race vibes, Race with Me, the great online|0 Comments

It is always about the audience

Justice, positive ideas for change, the great online, things to wrestle with, tricky things

It is always about the audience

We do it for the audience! i spend a lot of time in online conversations, often around topics involving Justice. Looking at race or poverty or gender discrimination and more. There are times when i really get into it with someone and there is a back-and-forth and it becomes pretty obvious quite early on that neither of us are going to change our mind. In those situations, people often ask me, "Why do you [...]

By brettfish|2021-01-23T18:37:11+02:00August 3rd, 2020|Justice, positive ideas for change, the great online, things to wrestle with, tricky things|2 Comments

A few easy steps to De-Troll one’s self

Justice, the great online

A few easy steps to De-Troll one’s self

"Are we the baddies?" asks David Mitchell's character in this hilarious sketch - from 'That Mitchell and Webb Look' - after he discovers a skull is the symbol on his cap. That is often the question that tbV and myself ask each other after receiving huge pushback in the Justice spaces, from friends or church or random strangers on the internet. That's often my reflection after i have just typed "You're being a bit of [...]

By brettfish|2021-01-23T18:39:45+02:00July 30th, 2020|Justice, the great online|0 Comments

Breaking through the defences

inspire-ations, positive ideas for change, the great online, things to wrestle with

Breaking through the defences

Can i be both challenging and kind? The Social Medias can be a difficult space. Especially if you are someone trying to make the world a better place. As someone who has made a #NotOnOurWatch commitment to life - to interrupt racism and sexism and other forms of injustice when they appear in front of me - it can quickly and easily get a little fighty - especially when a challenge to someone's behaviour [...]

By brettfish|2019-08-19T15:05:04+02:00August 19th, 2019|inspire-ations, positive ideas for change, the great online, things to wrestle with|4 Comments

Encyclopedias before Swine…

i love Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis - it's usually good, but every now and then it's this: [For another great Pearls before Swine strip involving nationality pun play, click here]

By brettfish|2013-02-22T07:09:05+02:00February 22nd, 2013|and other animals., humour'ish, silly things|4 Comments

Taboo Topics: Pornography/Masturbation – meet me

this may be one of the tabooist topics [especially in the church, not a lot of sermons preached on this in my experience] and it's time to bring it into the light. i have a story to share and i am hoping that this will help people towards a journey of healing, restoration, self-forgiveness, hope and sexual purity. i do wish my story went something like this - i used to struggle with pornography and [...]