Battles of the Indulged

For all of you who aren't living in the U.S., it could be that you are watching our country spiral into a form of madness last seen on this soil during the Civil War. To the cynics who feel that a seemingly Entitled Group Of Complainers should shut up and be grateful not to scrounge for food and shelter as "they" do in 3rd World Countries, or have incendiary riots, leading to days or weeks of chaos and death to oust dictators or Others who grab power for no one's sake but their own, you may be feeling a tad smug: The Children Are Fighting against themselves and, Wow, are they falling apart or what? Tee hee. They have injustice and poverty, too!

For others who view what happens here with trepidation because, if the U.S. Fails, so will your country or cause, you do have a legit reason to be nervous as we have become an extremely nervous-angry-frustrated Tired Mass Of Intolerance.

You read or hear about it everyday. Some Old White Guy in politics praises The Lord and then turns his back on what we bloggers now call The Poors, voting-down anything humane for The Vulnerables in our society. We have Ministers/Pastors preaching anti-everything loving or decent to followers who are willing to spew hate speech with an automatic weapon attached to their bodies "just in case" and because they can, per The Constitution…the sacred parchment upon which we almost no longer stand.

It's a shock to many of us of any age who grew up during (and/or were witnesses) to the struggle for Women's Rights – which includes the right to vote – and the Civil Rights Era – to see how far we have not come on Basic Rights To Be Human, following what many thought was a Done Deal for women to make their own decisions about their bodies; for minorities to readily cast a vote; for the right to have a decent education to rise rather than fall.

Yes, in a contradictory irony, at last the U.S. is accepting gays/LGBT's as actual Living Beings with feelings, along with the legal ability to marry in a few states of our Disunion, and Marijuana is, for most, no longer the Erroneously Viewed "Gateway Drug." Two steps forward in Tolerance & Love, twelve steps back in Tolerance & Love. No Match Point.

We are a country growing close to an internal war if the current climate of disrespect, disregard and callous bigotry and misogyny continues. Progressive-minded Women in Texas are showing the nation (and The Big Wild World) how to make their voices heard over what has been called a "Draconian" anti-abortion law the verbally and Sensitivity Challenged Gubner, Reckless Perry, is forcing on his Texas Wimmens whether they like it or not! Git back in that kitchen, you hussy! (Details HERE)

I hope the Wimmens Of Wisconsin will also shake off their lethargy and, despite a judge shafting part of Gov. Scott Walking Papers' disgustingly sleazy Law-Signing over the holidays to force pregnant women to have an Ultrasound before they receive an abortion (if they can locate a clinic within the state to do the so-called dastardly deed) will make a lot of substantive noise over such Male-Fueled-F-You's to the Stronger Sex, which is a far more accurate depiction of women at any point in history than the old term of "Weaker Sex." (Read THIS MESS)

If the GOP Males think that women in the U.S. will happily go back to Alley Abortions without a fight, they will finally understand just how Strong the opposition can be. In addition, if the same mind-set on squashing Civil Rights continues, the GOP will also learn just how off-base their Base Has Become (beyond the Saner Elders such as McCain – and I can't believe I just wrote such a thing) if Americans with any decency will finally get off their iPads and Cell Phones and DO SOMETHING legal to Squash Back! 

It's not just Voting The Wingnuts Out Of Office, either. It is Assembly and knowing one's rights to Assemble With Grievances. A Woman's March On Washington is necessary, I believe, for anything rational to begin happening. After all, those politicians become quite nervous when they think they'll lose their jobs.

No, I'm not naïve. Money always talks, and what we now have in The States are Fully Bought & Paid For people (primarily men) who are force-feeding an agenda of approximately 400 individuals who only care about money and Power Over Others. Caught between the $$$ Peeps & Screaming Wimmens could be an interesting conundrum for them, don't you think?

It's time for Americans to put the popcorn down, stand up, and USE WHAT FREEDOMS still remain on The Books to Speak Out before Ultra-Conservatives burn them. Again, Texas is an example of what could become the norm in our society. Just watch THIS  and then ask yourself if what happened looks like what you thought America WAS/IS about.

Yep. It's getting nastier out there.

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