I am still upset at everything. Or at least it appears that
way to me after this week. And I did manage to write myself some cryptic notes
this time, just not well enough after reading them. Baby steps are better than
no steps.
How to get started or where to start? I guess I could start
with an area I support. Right now I think what is the current version of the
#metoomovement is off the rails. I sincerely believe there are many women who
have suffered abuse and have kept it quiet for years and what they Republicans did
to Prof. Ford was way out of line. Actually there are probably many adjectives
to mention in what they did. None of them positive. The issue is some group needs
to develop some type of framework to help women, to develop plans so they can
bring (I am having a hard time with a word here, I almost typed credible and
that is not the problem) the charges to light and support the victim. Again I
fully believe many women have suffered, yet there are women who will take
advantage and then other women, for reasons unknown to me, don’t believe other
women when it comes to any charges or women bringing to light past suffering.
Do they organize into
something dynamic as the suffrage movement of 100+ years ago? They may need to.
Obviously I am a guy and if any guy has any cajones he can admit they know
someone or someones that were jerks somewhere in their life. Just flat out
jerks to women. I ran into someone last night at an event and may never see him
again, just being a prick about women. This is an education and I don’t mean
public school, but lessons that should be taught by parents education that
would stop some of these jerks. Some guys just won’t get it. And I said won’t
on purpose.
The real issue is the men who will abuse women, whether physically,
emotionally, sexually, or a combination. This is where something needs to
coalesce. I do not have any ideas, but whatever is left of the me-too movement
or groups that want to follow up to the Prof Ford debacle need to do something.
Otherwise two months from now, women will have the same problem they have
always had. And for those ignorant of being a conservative, this falls under
the Pro-Life concept: respect of life from conception to natural death.
Maddening to me the political pro life people, who say they are pro life to get
people to vote for them to only abuse others throughout life. Oh, excuse me Mr. President, didn’t mean to
bump into you. And I know some will try and legislate change, this is different
from the suffrage movement. Changing this behavior takes a large education
front, with some legislation changes that toughen penalties. Education will
need to start at home, so more multi-media, social media interaction will be
more important than trying to change a few laws by themselves. I am a
conservative, but reading history teaches you cannot legislate morality. Improving
mores comes from home and society.
I have run out of time for now and after thinking about it I
am going to continue in a different post, probably call it the same as above
continued. Two reasons to move on, one no time as mentioned and two I will
truly be in the deep end for the next two topics. They both involve Trump and
if you have read the news this week you can guess where I am going to go. How
did this country get so ignorant and gullible that 30-40% believe anything he
says, much less find it credible? I know part of the answer, but even that
doesn’t explain it all. Scarily amazing.
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