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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 07:02 PM Original message |
Obama As A "Third Culture Kid" - what that means & why it is helpful to understand it to "get" Obama |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm a TCK... Most of what is said is true but it only makes me an outlier... |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Well, it sounds like you are not alone and, although it does sound lonely, it also seems to include |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Fellow TCK here. Same experience. n/t |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:23 AM Response to Reply #38 |
50. You TCKs are all the same, as everyone sez |
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Ineeda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. K&R |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. I really liked that you posted this...and understood what this poster from Sullivan's post |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. That might be the biggest load of pseudo-intellectual over-analytical crap I've read in a decade... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I read you discarding this OP...... |
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Hell-A Liberal (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 05:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. hmmm.. |
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Kind of Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 07:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. +1000 But I would say some military brats |
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Hell-A Liberal (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. True.. true... |
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Kind of Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Oh, sorry I didn't see your post count before! |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. bullshit... |
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Hell-A Liberal (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Fair point... |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. welcome to DU, love your handle, please post more! n/t |
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Hell-A Liberal (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Thank you! |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. +1000 |
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BlueMTexpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. As the mother of two TCKs, a long-term teacher of TCKs, |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. And there it is. I rest my case! n/t |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. +10000! |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 12:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
35. I agree. nt |
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Kind of Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. KnR! Didn't even know |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Do you recognize the traits? |
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Kind of Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 11:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Yes, Indeed. Especially the reference to |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I raised my kids to be exposed to other cultures as much as possible. |
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Kind of Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I agree! It's so cool that your |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. It fits with research that suggests that creativity tends to come from interstitial spaces. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
16. K&R excellent read |
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Blasphemer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
17. Interesting. How would this apply to the children of immigrants I wonder |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. This way |
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Blasphemer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. That makes sense. I did so as an adult - it's interesting to consider those years from that POV.. nt |
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nonperson (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
23. This whole TCK thing |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. "right and wrong" |
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nonperson (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. "Simple binary thinking" |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 08:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Exactly. |
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nonperson (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Or thinking that right and wrong are just |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 12:12 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Right and wrong have many different judges. |
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nonperson (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 05:11 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Judges like Robert, Alito, Scalia, Thomas? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. "Right and wrong aren't judged they are empirical." |
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nonperson (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. "Like I said, binary thinking." |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 05:12 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. So get the shotguns, them relativist folk are around. |
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nonperson (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 07:36 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Now you're talking |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
31. Obama is not a pragmatist. |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:12 AM Response to Reply #31 |
52. In the entire world, only a small percentage of US Progressives agree with you |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
39. Yet another TCK |
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nonperson (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
42. TCK = |
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Hell-A Liberal (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. nonperson = |
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nonperson (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:02 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. No, I don't feel better now |
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Hell-A Liberal (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. (sigh)....nt. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Hey, don't forget "boomers", "hippies", "yuppies", "X-ers", "millennials"... |
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nonperson (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Your label is self-applied |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
49. I posted this thread because I thought it was interesting and provided some insight into the |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
51. just as bogus as Dinesh D'Souza |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
53. What wonderful babble to set up amoral calculation as advanced and enlightened. |
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