i am angry
i don't understand.
and a wise person (barrett) made some good points about anger, and working hard to turn this country around, etc. etc. i agree. but right now i need to be angry.
i am angry at bush for all of his horrible decisions. but i think i'm the most angry at those red states and the people in them. sure it's devisive. but bill clinton said in an interview a few weeks ago, that this country is engaged in a culture war. he is right.
i am angry at people who chose to vote based on moral values. what about the economy? what about health care? what about jobs? what about national security? what about restoring the world's image of america to what it once was? what about all of the things that make america a safer, richer, better country for ALL of it's citizens?
no, people chose to vote for bush because of moral values. moral values should have no place in politics or in the law. and how dare these people declare their moral values as the right moral values. i'm not going to say who's values are right, and who's values are wrong. but i won't allow anyone to tell me that my morals are tarnished. i work hard. i work with youth with mental health issues. i own a house. i pay my taxes. i contribute to society. i don't break the law. i respect the opinions of others. i am trying to become aware of my privilege and use it in the right ways instead of the wrong ones. i believe that only that woman has the right to make choices for herself. i believe marriage is a union of two people with mutual love, respect and caring for each other.
i am not morally bankrupt. i have a love for this country and I am a patriot. which is why i'm so pissed off. i feel that people are making the wrong choices. they are choosing to reinforce their own comfort instead of valuing social justice.
i don't know how to fix this. i don't know how to win a culture war. it's so incredibly wrong what happened in this country last night that i can't even see with the fiery haze of anger in my eyes.
perhaps we need to develop an attitude of "you can't tell me what to do and your moral values don't get to be ranked above mine." i will continue to be liberal. i will continue to support civil rights for glbtq people, people of color, women and children. i will continue to kiss my partner everyday and build a life and a family with her. i will not slip quietly into that good night.
so i have this to say to those people in those red states and the corrupt bush administration: you've done pissed me off now. and eventually i will figure out what to do with it. AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME.
this anger is profound. this anger is right. this anger is good. this anger will NOT immobalize me.
shame on this country today.
and a wise person (barrett) made some good points about anger, and working hard to turn this country around, etc. etc. i agree. but right now i need to be angry.
i am angry at bush for all of his horrible decisions. but i think i'm the most angry at those red states and the people in them. sure it's devisive. but bill clinton said in an interview a few weeks ago, that this country is engaged in a culture war. he is right.
i am angry at people who chose to vote based on moral values. what about the economy? what about health care? what about jobs? what about national security? what about restoring the world's image of america to what it once was? what about all of the things that make america a safer, richer, better country for ALL of it's citizens?
no, people chose to vote for bush because of moral values. moral values should have no place in politics or in the law. and how dare these people declare their moral values as the right moral values. i'm not going to say who's values are right, and who's values are wrong. but i won't allow anyone to tell me that my morals are tarnished. i work hard. i work with youth with mental health issues. i own a house. i pay my taxes. i contribute to society. i don't break the law. i respect the opinions of others. i am trying to become aware of my privilege and use it in the right ways instead of the wrong ones. i believe that only that woman has the right to make choices for herself. i believe marriage is a union of two people with mutual love, respect and caring for each other.
i am not morally bankrupt. i have a love for this country and I am a patriot. which is why i'm so pissed off. i feel that people are making the wrong choices. they are choosing to reinforce their own comfort instead of valuing social justice.
i don't know how to fix this. i don't know how to win a culture war. it's so incredibly wrong what happened in this country last night that i can't even see with the fiery haze of anger in my eyes.
perhaps we need to develop an attitude of "you can't tell me what to do and your moral values don't get to be ranked above mine." i will continue to be liberal. i will continue to support civil rights for glbtq people, people of color, women and children. i will continue to kiss my partner everyday and build a life and a family with her. i will not slip quietly into that good night.
so i have this to say to those people in those red states and the corrupt bush administration: you've done pissed me off now. and eventually i will figure out what to do with it. AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME.
this anger is profound. this anger is right. this anger is good. this anger will NOT immobalize me.
shame on this country today.