On Teddy Kennedy...
I think this post kind of sums up what's been rattling around in my brain...below is just the final snippet.
Teddy's legacy, then, is complicated. A man of privilege, who used it cynically for his own benefit. A man of privilege, who used it generously to try to change the world and. And maybe to salve his own conscience. Even as he believed fervently in the genuine rightness of his endeavors-and certainly would have, even if there wasn't a scale to balance.
I have no tidy conclusion. It is what it is.
RIP Teddy. Thank you for your excellent service in the United States Senate. -- Teddy
Teddy's legacy, then, is complicated. A man of privilege, who used it cynically for his own benefit. A man of privilege, who used it generously to try to change the world and. And maybe to salve his own conscience. Even as he believed fervently in the genuine rightness of his endeavors-and certainly would have, even if there wasn't a scale to balance.
I have no tidy conclusion. It is what it is.
RIP Teddy. Thank you for your excellent service in the United States Senate. -- Teddy