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Julia "Butterfly" Hill's Pacifist Activist Story; Activist, Teacher, Healer, Practicing Peaceful Non Violent Civil Disobedience, Laying Her Body On The Line, Following Road Less Traveled, Via Love, Empathy, Civility And Respect Equals Civil War By Liberals

Julia "Butterfly" Hill's Pacifist Activist Story;  Activist, Teacher, Healer, Practicing Peaceful Non Violent Civil Disobedience, Laying Her Body On The Line, Following Road Less Traveled, Via Love, Empathy, Civility And Respect Equals Civil War By Liberals

"The greatest political issue now facing our country is not Democrat vs Republican or Progressive vs Conservative. It's much deeper than that. It's Democracy vs Authoritarianism." Bernie Sanders

The extreme right wing conspiracy generating media is accusing liberals/Democrats of starting a civil war on July 4th, 2018. The civil war does exist, but not in the way that they desire to see it, which is with weapons and killing lots of people. The civil war being waged by people like Sanders is being waged by liberals and social democrats via peaceful, non violent civil disobedience, and civil, respectful debates, articles and other methods. The 'war' is an inside job, not an outside job. 


LET'S NOT CONFUSE DENIAL INSIDE OF 'FAKE CIVILITY' WITH BASIC RESPECT PLUS TRUTH TELLING INSIDE OF PACIFIST ACTIVISM


"Fake' civility has a mask on, called denial. Denying the truth of something is the same as supporting a lie.


CNN Anchor Cites “Civility” in Refusing To Acknowledge Stephen Miller As A “White Nationalist”
For this system to work, Rawls argued, public debate must be free and open for people to clearly explain how their policy convictions can be justified according to the shared beliefs at the heart of a democratic society. Rawls called the obligation to adhere to these rules of discourse “the duty of civility”: If citizens in general, and politicians especially, hide and obfuscate their arguments, then people’s ability to give their informed consent to the administration disappears.

Only when debate strays outside those boundaries—by, for example, a President who is well-documented as telling more lies than any in modern history–does it become “uncivil” because that lying and deception—and not harsh words—presents the true danger to our society. So while CNN here and the Washington Post earlier today are focusing on politeness and gentility, they are ignoring the massive “incivility” that constantly emanates from this entire Administration.

Our foremost political philosopher, in short, didn’t see “civility” in politics as identical to politeness in everyday conversation. Rather, political civility is about treating members of the opposition like reasonable people. It seems more “civil,” in this view, to honestly state disagreements with individuals, even impolitely, than to try to trick them.

It is possible and even required to be respectful and act in love in order to be a pacifist non violent activist. Acting from hatred and fear, using violence, only sinks a person to the level of being a terrorist or fascist. Hatred cannot solve the problem of hatred, as many spiritual leaders have been saying for a LONG time; Jesus Christ, MLK, Buddha, Gandhi, etc. 



VISITING JULIA IN THE TREE


Visiting Julia Butterfly Hill in her treehouse; lessons from living in a tree alone for over 700 days.

DARYL HANNA AND JULIA BUTTERFLY HILL


1 hour video; Daryl Hanna and Julia Butterfly Hill Aug17, 2013; ARISE Festival

What got Julia involved in protecting an ancient  redwood tree called Luna? 

She talks about the universal disease of disconnect that just about everyone suffers from. She urges everyone to start with themselves. She urges everyone to stretch beyond the 'comfort' zone. How can we be more congruent with others and ourselves as well? We cannot expect others to make huge changes if we are not a living congruent example. 

If we can get underneath our anger, we will find that the anger is actually more about fear and/or grieving and pain about a world that is dying. 

Julia says another favored cause (besides saving trees) is zero nuclear in the world, because she was radioactively poisoned after TMI melted down. She tasted metal and had no appetite for food, plus saw spots in front of her eyes for weeks as a child. 

DOCUMENTARY ABOUT JULIA


This award-winning documentary reveals the extraordinary journey of a woman who lived 200 feet up in a redwood tree for two years to save the thousand year-old tree from destruction.
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/FyLiOnmBZLw 10 min.

Wikipedia; "Julia Lorraine Hill (known as Julia "Butterfly" Hill, born February 18, 1974) is an American environmental activist and tax redirection advocate. She is best known for having lived in a 180-foot (55 m)-tall, roughly 1500-year-old California Redwood tree (age based on first-hand ring count of a slightly smaller neighboring ancient redwood that had been cut down) for 738 days between December 10, 1997 and December 18, 1999. 

Hill lived in the tree, affectionately known as "Luna", to prevent Pacific Lumber Company loggers from cutting it down. She is the author of the book The Legacy of Luna and co-author of One Makes the Difference. She is a vegan.[1]

Early life

Hill's father was a traveling preacher who went from town to town, bringing his family with him. Until she was about ten years old, Hill lived in a 32-foot (9.8 m) camper with her father Dale, mother Kathy, and brothers Mike and Dan. Julia is the middle child. While traveling with her family, Hill often explored rivers by campgrounds.[2] When Hill was seven years old, she and her family were taking a hike one day when a butterfly landed on her finger and stayed with her for the duration of the hike. From that day on, her nickname became "Butterfly". She decided to use that as her nickname for the rest of her life.[2]

When Hill was in middle school, her family stopped traveling and settled in Jonesboro, Arkansas.[2] In August 1996, at age 22, Hill suffered a near-fatal car crash.[3] At the time, Hill was acting as the designated driver for a friend who had been drinking. Her friend's car was hit from behind by a drunk driver.[4] The steering wheel of the car penetrated Hill's skull. It took almost a year of intensive therapy before she regained the ability to speak and walk normally.[5] She said:
“ As I recovered, I realized that my whole life had been out of balance...I had graduated high school at 16, and had been working nonstop since then, first as a waitress, then as a restaurant manager. I had been obsessed by my career, success, and material things. The crash woke me up to the importance of the moment, and doing whatever I could to make a positive impact on the future.[6]The steering wheel in my head, both figuratively and literally, steered me in a new direction in my life.[7]

Hill embarked on a spiritual quest afterwards, leading her to the environmental cause opposed to the destruction of the redwood forests in Humboldt County, California.[8]

Tree sit


After recuperating from her accident, Hill took a road trip to California and attended a reggae fundraiser to save the forests. A group of "front-liners" had been rotating tree sitters in and out of giant redwoods in Humboldt County every couple days to stave off Pacific Lumber Co. loggers who were clear-cutting. Organizers wanted someone to stay in the tree a week. "Nobody else would volunteer so they had to pick me," said Hill.[7]

Originally, Hill was not officially affiliated with any environmental organization, deciding by herself to undertake civil disobedience. Soon, Hill was actively supported by Earth First!, among other organizations, and by volunteers.[9]

On December 10, 1997, Hill ascended 180 feet (55 m) the redwood tree Luna.[8]

“ An hour and a half after reaching the base of the tree, we got the last of the provisions up. By then it was midnight. Finally, I was able to put on the harness and ascend Luna. It seemed an exhausting eternity before I reached the top. When I finally got there, I untangled myself from the harness and looked around for a place to collapse.[8]

Hill lived on two 6-by-6-foot (1.8 by 1.8 m) platforms for 738 days. Luna's trunk was her sidewalk and exercise treadmill. Hill learned many survival skills while living in Luna, such as "seldom washing the soles of her feet, because the sap helped her feet stick to the branches better."[10] Hill used solar-powered cell phones for radio interviews, became an "in-tree" correspondent for a cable television show, and hosted TV crews to protest old-growth clear cutting.[11] 

With ropes, Hill hoisted up survival supplies brought by an eight-member support crew. To keep warm, Hill wrapped herself tight in a sleeping bag, leaving only a small hole for breathing. For meals, Hill used a single-burner propane stove.[12] Throughout her ordeal, Hill weathered freezing rains and 40 mph (64 km/h) winds from El Niño,[12] helicopter harassment, a ten-day siege by company security guards, and attempted intimidation by angry loggers.[5][8]

A resolution was reached in 1999 when the Pacific Lumber Company agreed to preserve Luna and all trees within a 200-foot (61 m)buffer zone.[13][14] In exchange, Hill agreed to vacate the tree. In addition, the $50,000 that Hill and other activists raised during the cause was given to the logging company, as stipulated by the resolution. The $50,000 Earth First! paid to Pacific Lumber was then donated to Humboldt State University as part of the agreement for research into sustainable forestry.[13]

Vandals later cut the tree with a chainsaw. A gash in the 200-foot (61 m)-tall redwood was discovered in November 2000 by one of Hill's supporters.[15] Observers at the scene said the cut measured 32 inches (810 mm) deep and 19 feet (5.8 m) around the base, somewhat less than half the circumference of the tree. The gash was treated with an herbal remedy, and the tree was stabilized with steel cables. As of spring 2007, the tree was doing well with new growth each year. Caretakers routinely climb the tree to check its condition and to maintain the steel guywires.[16]

Post-tree sit

Hill speaks at the Harmony Festival in 2009.

Since her tree sit, Hill has become a motivational speaker (holding some 250 events a year), a best-selling author, and the co-founder of the Circle of Life Foundation (which helped organizeWe The Planet, an eco-friendly music tour) and the Engage Network, a nonprofit that trains small groups of civic leaders to work toward social change.[17]

Ecuador oil pipeline protest


On July 16, 2002, Hill was jailed in Quito, Ecuador, outside the offices of Occidental Petroleum, for protesting a proposed oil pipeline that would penetrate a virgin Andean cloud forest that teems with rare birds. "The cloud forest is stunning," said Hill. "It's this deep, lush green, spangled with explosions of red, yellow and purple from the flowers, birds and insects. But the environmental destruction we saw along the pipelines that had already been built was horrendous."[18] Ecuadorian President Gustavo Noboa commented: "The little gringos have been arrested, including the old cockatoo who climbs trees."[19] Hill was later deported from Ecuador.[18]

Tax redirection

In 2003, Hill became a proponent of tax redirection, resisting payment of about $150,000 in federal taxes, donating that money to after-school programs, arts and cultural programs, community gardens, programs for Native Americans, alternatives to incarceration, and environmental protection programs. She said:
“ I actually take the money that the IRS says goes to them and I give it to the places where our taxes should be going. And in my letter to the IRS I said: 'I'm not refusing to pay my taxes. I'm actually paying them but I'm paying them where they belong because you refuse to do so.'[20]

Farm sale protest


In 2006, Hill protested the sale of the South Central Farm in an attempt to save the 14-acre (5.7 ha) farm from developers.[21]

Looking forward

In an April 2009 interview,[17] Hill pondered what would come next for her:

“The tree-sit and action since created this very particular role that Julia Butterfly Hill fulfills. And, because I'm a person committed to growth, to looking for where my edge is, that role is now too narrow for me. But it's hard to figure out what's next because there's this entire reality that's been created around this role that I play. And I'm not discounting that role - I've been able to help communities that I love very much. And at the same time, I'm looking for what's next for me, and it's so easy to stay in that role that myself and this world co-created together. But I just know that there's aspects of it that need to shed.”

Popular culture


Hill has been the subject of several documentaries, interviews, and books, including her own memoirs, The Legacy of Luna; and has influenced numerous musicians.

In Penn & Teller's first season of their documentary television show, Bullshit, Hill was interviewed and her motivations were questioned by Penn Jillette and Patrick Moore, a former founder of Greenpeace.[22]

On December 10, 1998, a benefit concert was played at the Mateel Community Center in Redway, California, during Julia's "tree sit". Artists performing were Bob Weir and Mark Karan as an acoustic duet, the Steve Kimock Band, and the Mickey Hart Band. Julia took part in the event, reading her poem "Luna" via telephone while the Mickey Hart Band was performing "The Dancing Sorcerer".[23]

The character Sierra Tierwater in the 2000 novel A Friend of the Earth by T. Coraghessan Boyle is based on Hill.

Hill was the subject of the documentary film Butterfly (2000) broadcast on PBS POV_(TV_series). She is also featured in the documentary film Tree-Sit: The Art of Resistance.[citation needed] Both films document her time in the redwood tree.

The twelfth season episode of The Simpsons called "Lisa the Tree Hugger" was conceived when writer Matt Selman heard a news story about Hill.[24]

A film adaptation of The Legacy of Luna, to be directed by Laurie Collyer and star Rachel Weisz, became stuck in development hell, although Weisz actively worked towards getting the project off the ground.[25]

Music

Several musicians have been inspired by Hill and her activism and have written songs about her:
Karrie "Jesse Manzanita" Wallace and Juli Palmer wrote the song called "Julia Butterfly Hill, Are You Up There Still?" in 1998 Which was featured in the full-length documentary 'Butterfly' by Doug Wolens.

Trey Anastasio and Tom Marshall wrote a song called Kissed by Mist about Julia.[26]
The Red Hot Chili Peppers song "Can't Stop" contains the line "J. Butterfly is in the treetop."[17]
In 2002 Los Suaves made a song in honor of Julia called "Julia Hill" on the "Un paso atrás" album in which the singer is "Luna".[27] Also in 2002, Ozark Folk/Bluegrass artists Donna Stjerna and Kelly Mulhollan who perform as Still On The Hill released their album, "Chaos and Calm" which includes a track named "Beautiful Butterfly" based on and in honor of their fellow Arkansan, Julia Butterfly Hill.[28] Neil Young made a reference to her in the 2003 song "Sun Green" on the "Greendale" album in which the title character: "Still wants to meet Julia Butterfly."[17]

In 2009, Idina Menzel wrote a song entitled "Butterfly" referring to Butterfly's concern for the environment.[29] Folk musician Kelly Green wrote a song entitled "Julia Butterfly" inspired in part by Julia "Butterfly" Hill.[30] Casey Desmond wrote a song called "Julia Butterfly Hill" which appeared on her 2006 record "No Disguise".[31] Folk musician Rachel Nelson wrote a song entitled "Julia Butterfly" in honor of Julia "Butterfly" Hill.[32] Folk-rock band Traveling Broke and Out of Gas wrote and recorded a song entitled "Julia Butterfly" released on their 2010 album "CAN YOU Spare Some CHANGE".[33]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Butterfly_Hill

Julia's Blog


Julia Butterfly Hill With recent political events, many people are feeling either paralyzed, not knowing what to do, how to do it, or if anything is even effective; or they are highly reactionary only railing against what it happening, but without any focusing on positive ways to move forward in the midst of such fear, anger, and overwhelm.


Today, we honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Let him be a reminder and a call to living a life of love in action. Let us move forward not with anger and hatred towards others, but with a growing and fierce commitment to looking at what WE can do with love in action. Let us remember to look first in our daily lives. Where might WE be out of integrity with our vision of the world in areas that we have the capacity to make a positive change? What is happening in our community where a little love in service might make a big difference? Let us get involved in getting people we respect elected to local offices (building the ground swell from the GROUND up!) And last but not least, let us be bold enough to come up with creative and loving ways to respond to the hatred and small minded words and actions of those in political office and those on the streets and in the social media world.

Let us honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy by seeing how we can step up loving actions in remembering WE ARE ANCESTORS OF THE FUTURE. What do we want our legacy to be? It is being created right now, moment by moment, choice by choice, breath by miraculous breath.

Thank You Martin Luther King Jr. for all you did and sacrificed for those alive during your time and for all of us who have come after. We will do our best to honor you through our words and our ACTIONS!" 

“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

EVERY PERSON IS NEEDED; ALL HANDS ON DECK!

this just in July 01 · I had a great uncle in Germany, who was both Jewish and a journalist. He was arrested twice by the gestapo, but it was the mid 1930s and there was still rule of law, so they couldn’t hold him. Even the Nazis didn’t start as full blown Nazis.

Compare the Trump administration to the Nazis in the early 1930s and the similarities are striking:
All your problems are the fault of an ‘outside’ group; Check!
Track and publish a compendium of all crimes traceable to members of that group — so that anecdote appears to be data to support 1: Check!
Attack the press: Check!
Threaten to jail your political opponents: Check!
Encourage violence against people who disagree with you: Check!

When someone objects to the Nazi comparison, back it up! Make it absolutely clear that this is how fascism starts. And don’t apologize for comparing them to Nazis. Insist THEY apologize for refusing to see the comparisons."
Source/credit; We Are Humanity, Pablo Stanley

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I am the world's biggest cynic, but I don't let that stop me  Julia Hill 

It is ok to be a cynic, but don't let it stop you...

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