Celebrate it
So on NPR right now is an extended story about a proposed law in Afghanistan that would mandate that a woman can't leave her house without her family's permission.
Fuck that.
I am suddenly so ecstatically happy that I live in a country with a decent level of protection and almost unfettered freedom. America isn't perfect, we can all agree on that, but shit man. Nothing like this is even on the table in Congress.
It's too bad I have work all day today, because I totally want to celebrate the ideals of freedom and democracy that make this country suck less than a lot of others. This will do for now:
Fuck that.
I am suddenly so ecstatically happy that I live in a country with a decent level of protection and almost unfettered freedom. America isn't perfect, we can all agree on that, but shit man. Nothing like this is even on the table in Congress.
It's too bad I have work all day today, because I totally want to celebrate the ideals of freedom and democracy that make this country suck less than a lot of others. This will do for now: