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In reply to the discussion: Prince Harry Was Right and It's not just a matter of Royal Gossip [View all]mainer
(12,132 posts)64. Pro-Harry columnists swarmed by online attacks
Last edited Thu Jan 26, 2023, 09:05 AM - Edit history (2)
What Ive learned, however, is that there are people who talk about the royals like they know them personally and they project their own desires (fantasies?) onto the lives of these titled humans. So perhaps I shouldnt have been startled by the reactions on Instagram. This Harry and Meghan moment has become a Rorschach test, exposing a nuanced vs. black-and-white lens on life.
Heres an inkblot. What do you see? A courageous soul telling his story? A whiner playing victim?
Ive lost a lot of patience for the latter camp. If youre in the poor Harry the royal category, maybe go read another column. Im not sure I can penetrate that level of dense. Im keen on addressing the thoughtful reader.
Spare is a book for anyone who knows what it feels like to discover their principles sharply diverge from members of their family. In the era of Donald Trump and media outlets like Fox News enabling his grift, countless families have been shattered, including mine.
Heres an inkblot. What do you see? A courageous soul telling his story? A whiner playing victim?
Ive lost a lot of patience for the latter camp. If youre in the poor Harry the royal category, maybe go read another column. Im not sure I can penetrate that level of dense. Im keen on addressing the thoughtful reader.
Spare is a book for anyone who knows what it feels like to discover their principles sharply diverge from members of their family. In the era of Donald Trump and media outlets like Fox News enabling his grift, countless families have been shattered, including mine.
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Im seeing the angry reactions to the NYT piece and now even beloved food writer Ina Garten gets criticized for reading the book. I tweeted about how well-written the book was, (with praise for the ghost writer) and suddenly people Id never seen before showed up on my timeline, and not in a good way. Its like MAGA bots swooping in to attack.
https://www.nj.com/opinion/2023/01/bye-bye-haters-prince-harrys-spare-is-too-nuanced-for-you-to-understand-opinion.html
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Not a philosophical-ideological position that has ever worked out well
Just A Box Of Rain
Jan 2023
#10
Absolutely. Kids are much better off if they are raised by healthy, empathic parents
pnwmom
Jan 2023
#49
So you're blaming him for which womb he came out of and over which he had no control?
catbyte
Jan 2023
#43
The Firm was rich at the time of Harry's birth, not Harry. Everything he might have had
pnwmom
Jan 2023
#48
William and Kate both look as though the life is being slowly sucked out of them.
gldstwmn
Jan 2023
#81
There is a lot of talk and anger about the lies spread about him and his mom by Rupert Murdoch.
emulatorloo
Jan 2023
#14
The fact that you think William is "more handsome, smarter, more charming, more photogenic"
pnwmom
Jan 2023
#72
Most of what either of has been able to observe has been filtered through the UK media,
pnwmom
Jan 2023
#78
if the queen was so hurt, maybe she should have shut that tabloid smearing down?
CatWoman
Jan 2023
#94
Disagreeing: I read SPARE and Harry was far from whining. He didn't care his bedroom was smaller and
keopeli
Jan 2023
#31
What did he have to do with the potato famine or anything else that happened before he was born?
ShazzieB
Jan 2023
#42
Funny that you're directing your attack on the man who LEFT the family, not the ones who stayed. n/t
pnwmom
Jan 2023
#62
Come on. I'm Ojibwe. Am I supposed to blame Europeans now for my ancestors having their land stolen
catbyte
Jan 2023
#44
Maybe research history better: it was a blight and genocide, there was no famine
obamanut2012
Jan 2023
#65
That's what surprises me that people don't realize that the book is only one side of the story
questionseverything
Jan 2023
#57
Much of his anger is directed at the tabloids, and anyone can see the way they've treated
pnwmom
Jan 2023
#63
It's complicated. I wish Harry & Meghan all the best. They will do good in the world.
Joinfortmill
Jan 2023
#54