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I grew up in the Deep South which defacto uses honorifics that are peculiar to the local culture. It's well known that Southern culture is shaped by The South being historically more strongly Christian than most of the nation and Southern manners are typically attributed to Christian influence.

My understanding is that a lesser known factor is European nobility historically established an expectation of court-like respect and diplomacy. So Southern Manners and Southern Hospitality is also a political heritage, not just a religious heritage, and is shaped by the culture of European nobility who weren't simply wealthy upper classes, they were the ruling class politically and their children were expected to be officers in war, married off as defacto ambassadors to other countries, etc.

So with that background, unsurprisingly, my political views and ideas on what makes sense politically boil down to looking to treat ALL people with a certain baseline respect for bodily autonomy as a means to promote health of individuals and bigger picture health at the societal level and into the future.

See also:

1. Paternity 

2. r/Imnotyourmommy, starting with this piece.

3. Politics on a site called Formulary of Life.


I'm not looking to run for office or be in charge of anything. I'm a BLOGGER hoping to produce better ideas that people can choose to voluntarily adopt.

In a sane world, if people value what I'm doing, they should be respectful to me, promote my work and pay me.

I have trouble imagining anyone would be AGAINST making the world a healthier place. You would think that would be universally embraced as something everyone can heartily agree on as a goal.

And I have trouble imagining anyone would oppose a system that puts out better education and information and relies on voluntary adoption of a marriage of my ideas and local stuff informed by local conditions as to which specific practices are useful in this specific context.

You would think this would be a slam dunk no brainier that eight billion people could enthusiastically get behind.
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