February 2014

‘Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me’   I remember this little nursery rhyme I learned a long time ago. It was supposed to ward off insults and make the name caller feel like an ineffectual fool. Said with an affected braggadocio, it gave me a temporary reprieve, a fragile armor against the Stupids, Donkeys, and Idiots we used as children.   But I...

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