10. October 9, 2016

Practice for October 9, 2016

1. On September 6, private-liberty-with-civic-morality, in context, became private-integrity. Events before now had to happen for private-integrity to be articulated as a cultural possibility.
   • Today, “private-liberty” became “personal-liberty.” Private-integrity as personal-liberty-with-civic-morality is without redundancy.
   • The concept seems possible, perhaps only through US history.
     • 1607-1765 colonists enjoyed freedom from homeland oppressions they could not have experienced had they lived the lives they left behind.
     • Freedom gave them the liberty to pursue the life they wanted.
     • Harsh adversities not existent in their homelands motivated them to act with fidelity to the-indisputable-facts-of-reality.
       1. About 40%---patriots---demanded from England broadly-defined-civic-safety-and-security.
          • Without civic response from their fellow English subjects, they declared war for independence.
          • They fought for vaguely articulated civic morality instead of the traditional social order.
     • Patriots created a nation founded on freedom, leaving it to the future people to cultivate liberty and establish civic integrity.
       1. Civic integrity is not possible without private integrity among the majority
       2. Neither the government nor religion can establish private integrity
     • Past generations have left it to us to establish private-integrity as personal-liberty-with-civic-morality.
     • At least 65% of members of each factional group must participate if broadly-defined-civic-safety-and-security, or a civic culture, will be established by the people.
     • I discussed the noble idea private integrity in this context in the shade of a fir tree, and the wife immediately mentioned “fidelity.” I grinned back at her husband, and he wrote her reference, and I now own P. M. Forni, Choosing Civility, 2002. I am grateful.
       1. So far, the book seems about conforming to civilization, or the social force/coercion a person lives in, without yielding to rivalry.
       2. I feel certain the constant study of this book will help me express civic justice as mutual consideration among people living the same years in the same places---not unlike choosing civility for now.
   • Ongoing collaboration is appreciated.
     • “Civic” is beginning to be accepted in the discussion of force and coercion imposed by “social” or “civil.” For example, Jim Engster agreed on October 3 that “civic justice” seems conversationally less restricting than “social justice.”
     • So far, our usage “private liberty,” or “personal liberty,” in context seems promising. (Note 1)
     • I am studying “privacy.”
     • Both politics and religion seem powerfully against private-integrity, but willing people can establish broadly-defined-civic-safety-and-security.
2. September 15 was unattended beyond three past participants.
   • Lack of focus has been a problem.
   • Phil does not effectively promote A Civic People.
3. Phil’s civic-service training is almost complete.
   • Performance may soon take priority.
4. Baton Rouge is divided between momentum for civic morality and focus on the factional past.
   • Metro Council perhaps notices iterative collaboration.
   • I posted on cipbr.blogspot.com “Child incentives brief.” There were 7 of 613 blog views. The idea is to coach children from infancy to young adults on a path toward private-integrity.
5. Our comments on libertylaw (Note 2) were acknowledged by our nemesis.
6. We learned a new urban acronym: SJW (Note 3) which represents “Social Justice Warriors,” or people who post opposition to views without much thought, by, for example, cutting and pasting comments from elsewhere.
7. I attended F. King Alexander’s October 3-4 symposium “Moment or Movement.” I hoped to witness balanced, free-speech, but alas did not.
   • I hoped to learn opinions about James Meredith’s recent statement, “Duty and responsibility are . . .  the part the black race has failed to pay any attention to." (Note 4)
   • A balanced opinion came from Congressman Garret Graves, but people I talked to did not perceive the balance.
   • I was very happy to see Baton Rouge DA Hillar Moore there twice. Activists who threaten officials are wrong.
   • I met some organizers and cited the risks Alinsky-Marxist organizers (AMO) create for disciples: impassioned civic violence and destruction with personal risk to the disciples.
   • I experienced significant appreciation for my work (not necessarily agreement).
   • I am working on a review of the experience to post on the blog and perhaps send with cover letter to President Alexander.

Note 1. Personal liberty and individual liberty, but not “private liberty,” were used by John Locke in Two Treatises of Government, 1690.

Note 2. Online at libertylawsite.org/2016/09/30/politics-ideological-disciplines-and-factual-inquiry/#comment-1478828

Note 3. Online at quora.com/Why-do-social-justice-warriors-think-that-they-can-defend-things-they-dont-understand?__nsrc__=4

Note 4. Online at abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/civil-rights-marchers-us-address-inequality-40832483 or at http://www.concordmonitor.com/Civil-rights-marchers-U-S-still-needs-to-address-inequality-3635924.