Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · Nov 9 On this day in 1970, Charles Schulz replied to a 10-year-old kid who had written and asked, “What makes a good citizen?"
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If it were written now, such a text would be quickly labeled as woke.
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I picked up this Silver Jubilee message the other day from a box of ephemera at an antiques fair...
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And the following year, the billionaires got together and wrote the Powell Memorandum. It took 50 years for them to take over. But they did.
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With alt text
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Being human❤️taking care of each other.
AAAUGH! (sympathetically)
Sebastopol 💙
In my pile of old stuff I have a handmade birthday card he sent my mother on my request by mail in 1960 when I was 10
There's a Sebastopol in California? Never knew that.
That is So cool, thanks for sharing <3
Please use Alt Text
I am so delighted to see you on BlueSky and I will be even more delighted if your future posts include #AltText (Scroll down, someone reposted with it.)
Amen.
I'm just old enough to remember good citizenship, conscience and faith in democracy.
This is so on target. What a wise man.
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Incredible!
Never mind . Just saw the context
Was this in reaction to backlash over the introduction of Franklin ?
What a great response!
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Saw a supposed christian talking about "those who work get fed" as though foodstamps hurt anyone. Taking comments like "im retired and what about the children" i tossed a "where in the bible is that" for claiming. Really, Claim Christian? 🤨 preach 🤨
Thank you for sharing 😊
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"I believe our greatest strength lies always in the protection of our smallest minorities"
I’m not tearing up. I’m not tearing up. I am tearing up. I hate being a cryer.
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Love this!!!! Love all his work. 💙
Wow and that's back from 1970... 😢 - Nobody paid attention and here we are!
More relevant today than ever...😪
Schulz was struggling with his racism at the time and still learning how to be a good citizen. He shouldn't be expected to explain it very well. It's simple: Being a good citizen means caring about the welfare of one's neighbors, and helping one's community to be a better place for everyone.
Wow!
One of my good friends is a good friend of Joel Lipman. I just love that! And love this letter!!
So true!
I see stuff like this and I wonder what happened to that ten year old kid. He'd be in his 60s by now.
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That's a keeper.
Aside from the obvious, Schulz is almost certainly thinking too of his own group: Secular Humanists, so targeted by Christians. The nonreligious are by far our most politically unrepresented sizeable minority at 10-20%. Almost no elected officials. Largely unable to run openly. His 1976 Peanuts!
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