The Fredösphere

Both MikeZ (in the comments section) and the wifeösphere (verbally) reacted badly when I called synaesthetes "freaks."  I guess maybe not everyone thought my little joke was funny.  Really, I'm not prejudiced against synaesthetes at all.  It reminds me that just the other day, I drove by the place where Michigan houses its synaethetes.  Ours is a humane, progressive state, so it does what it can to help those people learn to lead productive lives.  They did a good job of making the whole complex not have that "institutional" look; you hardly notice the razor wire at all. And while I'm at it, let me assure you that I am not racist in any way either. Yesterday's post on the Four Freedoms is getting more positive reaction.  A. C. Douglass quotes it, and Steve Hicken adds one to the list:  Freedom from the Ache for Accessibility.