Over the past several weeks, as we delve deeper into the disproportionately dysfunctional world of the upcoming general election. The candidates running in the Republican Party—Donald Trump and Ted Cruz—are turning my country into an international laughing stock. I say “my country” because I still believe in the greatness of the United States of America;… Continue reading This is the 21st Century? Isn’t it?
Tag: civil/human rights
This is my body.
It was given to me at birth. It is my property. It does not belong to anyone else. It does not belong to my mother, my husband, my children, and especially not my government. I–an independent, free American woman–strongly believe in and supports a woman’s right to choose. This does not mean that I would… Continue reading This is my body.
Marriage (is the ‘same-sex’ subtext really necessary?)
No, this has nothing to do with my children or their ADHD and mental health issues other than the fact that they see what is happening and have questions. Ok. I’ve been hearing all the rhetoric both for and against same-sex marriage; I’ve seen Facebook profile pictures change—both supporting and opposing—but I’ve been quiet on… Continue reading Marriage (is the ‘same-sex’ subtext really necessary?)
I have not kept up with the details of the most recent event further feeding the growing race war, but I will say that I don’t understand the results of the breakdown in society following one of these police brutality incidents. One of the biggest problems that I’ve seen is that people see a snippet of a video, and without knowing all of the details, the mindset and attitude of both the “victim” and “perpetrator”, or even the histories of those involved, make a judgement call based on extremely limited information. When people see one of these videos they only see part of it; they don’t see what lead up to the confrontation, only the end result. Maybe people need to step back and get all of the facts–or at least more information–before responding with a knee-jerk reaction, which usually ends up with more crimes being committed in the name of the purported victim. I’m not condoning violence on either side of the law, but creating more havoc (rioting, robbing, arson, and even more violence) is not the way to win people over. If you want to convince me that your case is worth defending, then do it without making things worse.