Crazy Is As Crazy Does

As an extension of our intense political discussion today, I'd like to ask you all...

What makes someone or something crazy? How do we recognize "crazy" people?

Is there more than one kind of crazy?

Are all crazy people dangerous? What about the inverse--are all dangerous people crazy? What about people who do destructive things to you and your family and your country? Was Hitler crazy? Is Bin Laden? What about the dictators you're studying for your genocide projects?

Finally, Dave Chapelle says that calling someone "crazy" is the worst thing you can call them. He says it's dismissive; it means "I don't understand you, so you're crazy." Is he right about using the word crazy to dismiss people you don't understand?

What effects can using that word have on the target? (How would you respond to being called crazy?)

Think about it. Write about it.

T

Welcome

This blog will be an interactive site, hopefully to elicit responses about literature. I want to extend "Thomasson World" outside room 114, and this is a good place to do it.

Some assignments will be posted here--things to think about, to respond to, etc.

You will, of course, use things like appropriate, Standard English and respect for your classmates when posting to this blog. I look forward to seeing whether this idea will work. Can't hurt.

Peace.
Thomasson