"I went to listen to Angela Davis's lecture at UC Davis on YouTube. Old time religion. God I miss it."
Yes, yes, yes. I listened too and it helped me get from a state of utter panic and claustrophobia to...something like hope.
I'm going to use trite words: but she has just become my poster woman for what an intellectual can do when willing to use plain, direct, deep, wise speech. There was not a single word she uttered that could not be understood by someone with a sixth grade education. Well, maybe provincialism.
Thanks for the explanation of that expression Chuck; I wanted to get it, but I didn't quite until you spelled it out.
Joanna