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Jesse S. Smith

How Extremists on Both Sides are the Same

And why they are both wrong.

3 min readFeb 6, 2024

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Jesse S. Smith

When Parody Gets Personal

First Amendment considerations in evaluating major media broadcasts and publications that mock specific individuals

6 min readJan 11, 2024

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When Parody Gets Personal

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Jesse S. Smith

“Bullies” and Other Labels

Choosing consistent standards

3 min readJan 3, 2024

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“Bullies” and Other Labels

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Jesse S. Smith

What does it mean to “Love your enemy”?

We’ve all heard the exhortation to “love thine enemy.” We’ve all heard the Golden Rule-based commandment to “love thy neighbor as…

12 min readOct 24, 2021

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What does it mean to “Love your enemy”?

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Jesse S. Smith

The Space Between the Notes

“The spaces between the notes,” said my father, “are as important as the notes themselves.” As with music, so with life.

7 min readAug 24, 2021

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The Space Between the Notes

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Jesse S. Smith

Reborn Every Day

If we carefully focus on the future self we wish to become, then we can be reborn as the person we wish we had been all this time.

5 min readAug 24, 2021

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Reborn Every Day

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Jesse S. Smith

Reverse Culture Shock

I returned from a year in Egypt shortly before 9–11 . A strange experience symbolized my reentry into American culture.

6 min readAug 24, 2021

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Reverse Culture Shock

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Jesse S. Smith

My Search for Purpose

I’ve gone from a rural small town to the Middle East; from minimum wage to business owner; from getting trolled to self-help believer.

14 min readAug 24, 2021

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My Search for Purpose

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Jesse S. Smith

Principles for a Self-Directed Society.

I self-published my “manifesto” in 2008, but the original version was something I had dreamed up while working as a part-time house painter…

3 min readMay 1, 2021

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Jesse S. Smith

Jesse S. Smith

Author, Musician, Web Dev, Stay-at-home Dad on a mission to help people turn their lives around. Promoting compassion, tolerance & forgiveness. Trying my best.

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