What, exactly, is the ‘Right to Life’? Whose life? To what extent are we willing to go to preserve life? And what, exactly is life? I’m frankly sick of hearing people say they are “pro-life” when all they really mean is they are against abortion. Something in the news yesterday, though, connected some dots and made me stop … and after a bit of cursing and punching the coffee pot for not heating quickly enough, I sat down and said, “WHOA … the hypocrisy!!!!” What was that something? The second mass shooting of the weekend yesterday afternoon in a grocery store in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, where at last count, 13 people were shot, 10 murdered. Folks, let me make something perfectly clear here: the nearly-uncontrolled right to own guns is completely inconsistent with the right to life. Completely. If a person buys a gun, he or she does so with the intention of using that gun to kill. Guns literally have no other purpose than to maim and murder.
Next time someone tells you they are ‘pro-life’, ask them if they own a gun. If they say ‘yes’, then you can inform them that they are a potential taker of life, so no, they are not pro-life at all, they are just using the term to justify their stance on taking away women’s rights.
The shooter in Buffalo was an 18-year-old white male who apparently hates Black people for some reason, for the government is treating this as a hate crime based on his ‘manifesto’. Gee, I wonder where he got that prejudice from? Look first at the parents, but then look at society today. Wonder why an 18-year-old kid even has access to a gun? Last Wednesday, a judge in ruled that California’s ban on the sale of semiautomatic weapons to people under 21 is unconstitutional. What’s next … will it be ruled unconstitutional to ban giving guns to children age 14? Age 10? Age 5? The gun culture in this nation is truly insane. In no other nation is a civilian allowed to own an assault weapon, let alone an arsenal!
If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time, you know my stance on guns … they do not belong in the hands of civilians. Full stop. Need further proof?
In Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Friday night, there was yet another mass shooting that left 17 people injured, but no fatalities thus far, miraculously. This one took place late Friday night shortly after fans left a nearby NBA playoff game. Two other shootings in the same general vicinity took place earlier that evening, leaving an additional four people injured.
My message to every single member of the United States Congress is this …
Do not offer ‘condolences’ to the families of the victims in Milwaukee or Buffalo. Do not offer meaningless ‘thoughts and prayers’. DO SOMETHING! Initiate and pass serious and meaningful gun legislation to get the guns out of the hands of people! No 18-year-old child has the need for a gun. Nobody who has EVER been accused of abusing another person in any way should be allowed to own a gun. And NOBODY anywhere, ever, for any reason has a need for an assault weapon! Shut down the gun shows where even the most basic rules are openly disregarded. Override with federal legislation the individual state laws that allow for carrying concealed weapons, for possession of a gun without a license, and make the federal law ‘One Strike, You’re Out’!
But alas, mine is a pipe dream, for those very people who claim to be ‘pro-life’ would scream, yell, and threaten any who even suggested such laws. No matter that gun violence is the leading cause of death in the U.S. You have a roughly 1-in-315 lifetime chance of death from gun violence.
For those who would claim that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives them the right to own as many guns of any sort as they wish, let me clarify the exact wording of that Amendment:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
NOWHERE does it say that people should be allowed to keep a gun in the glove compartment of their car or walk into a grocery store with one concealed in pocket or purse. NOWHERE does it say that guns should be freely available to teens. NOWHERE does it say that a person should be allowed to own an assault weapon that didn’t even exist when the Constitution was written in 1787! Those who believe that abortion is an infringement on the right to life, better wake up and look at the gun culture, the lack of gun laws in this country, for already this year 15,862 people have lost their life to a person with a gun. That is more than the total gun deaths all year in 2016!!! But yet, do you hear anybody speaking for the ‘right to life’ of those victims?
Friday it was Milwaukee, Saturday it was Buffalo … will your neighborhood be Sunday’s statistics?
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Jill Dennison, I don’t like to throw around a charge of hypocrisy lightly. The problem with “my body, my choice” as a line of argument for bodily autonomy on the matter of abortion but not vaccine refusal is that it while its application should be applied to both issues equally, it is profoundly hypocritical to defend bodily autonomy in one area and not another. By the way, I am not issuing a charge of hypocrisy against you, just against people who seem to want this matter both ways.
Nan, despite the rhetoric from the make up our rights as we go along crowd, nothing in our Founding Documents says anything about giving government the authority to mandate vaccines. Its overstepping of its Constitutional authority should alarm all liberty minded people.
Rawgod, I had high hopes for the Pfizer vaccine, even the Johnson&Johnson vaccine. The Astrazeneca and Moderna vaccines caused me to experience some skepticism. Just my thoughts.
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Jill Dennison, I don’t have a lot of patience for hypocrisy in any form. A lot of people are opposed to abortion and yet support the death penalty. Many people who decry bans on abortion also seem to be hypocrites when they try to enforce vaccine mandates. Either take “My body, my choice” and apply that argument across-the-board with no exceptions or remove the phraseology from spoken vocabulary.
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For once, you and I are in agreement. A lot of people are opposed to abortion, yet don’t wish their tax dollars to go toward helping care for that infant once it’s born. And, as you say, these same people support the death penalty. That’s why I consider the term “pro-life” to be completely wrong … they are anti-abortion, anti-women’s rights.
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Jill Dennison, I am personally opposed to abortion but I have no desire to legislate my views. Regarding “my body, my choice,” if someone wants to make that argument and be credible, it can’t be “my body, my choice” on one matter of bodily autonomy, such as abortion and yet not count regarding refusal of vaccines or any other medical matters. By the way, I am not an anti-vaxxer and don’t take kindly to that stereotype. The vaccines I would have been the least skeptical of are the Pfizer vaccine and the Johnson&Johnson vaccine. Moderna’s and Astrazeneca’s vaccines I was skeptical of for a variety of reasons.
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Exactly. We don’t agree on the issue of abortion, obviously, but we do agree on the hypocrisy of “pro-life” or “my body, my choice”. My family and I all had the Pfizer vaccines with very few side effects. Like you, I was leery of Astrazenecas. Stay well.
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I am not opposed to the vaccines. Due to my having Epilepsy, the question is what the safest vaccine might be.
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Agreed.
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Jill Dennison, aside from my stating that I have Epilepsy, have you ever heard about that condition?
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Indeed, I have a cousin who has epilepsy and I am quite familiar with it. My education in the illness started when I was about 8 years old, watching him have a seizure in the driveway when we were outside playing.
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Jill Dennison, the 2 things that had been hard are being unable to explain what is happening and the postictal migraines.
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I think I understand your comment on the hypocrisy, but: Abortion law is not about treating a deadly global pandemic disease where maximum participation in prevention is the only way to save millions of lives, with vaccination the most effective means. Despite the tremendous value of vaccination, I’ve never been compelled by law to take a COVID vaccine, nor threatened by law or court precedent with criminal prosecution for refraining from vaccination. Still, I can’t reasonably compare that with the question of whether I should be jailed for aiding or abetting the “crime” of abortion, or denied/allowed the right to choose one. While they may be both “body choice/autonomy” matters, I don’t see them as falling under the same standards or premises for moral reasoning or legislating, nor eligible for across-the-board hypocrisy assessments. Does this make sense to you?
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(I was replying to ragnarsbhut.)
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I find it to be offensive that any businesses can impose upon people a requirement to provide private medical information as a condition of employment. That is a violation of HIPAA laws and a violation of our right to privacy.
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The feeling of offense is understandable.
I once filed a complaint about a government agency’s handing-off my medical data to a consultant in competition with me. They said they could not do anything about it under HIPAA because HIPAA only applies to “covered entities,” i.e., health care and their contractors.
https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/covered-entities/index.html
There may be other protections outside of HIPAA.
Anyhow, you raise a complex concern, HIPAA or not. Medical info is so easily used against you, even permanently, in ways most people would not even think of. I know. I’ve been paying that price for a long time.
Apparently it is legal to be drug tested as a job prerequisite, at the risk of false positives and of abuse of the data whether you get the job or not. Given that precedent, it’s hard to see vaccine info being protected when it applies to a current pandemic. It sure feels like a privacy abuse, but there’s the rights of the other employees to be safe, too, among other interests.
The employer’s position is not without its degree of merit, either. It’s their place, their safety requirements. OSHA, labor standards and health department standards generally don’t say the employer can’t have additional safety requirements.
If my 90-year-old mother lived with me, nobody would get into the house without a vaccine record. My phone company technician won’t come in unless I answer their questions about the COVID status of the entire household, and requires masks while they are here (or did last time I talked to them). That’s not just a personal choice. It’s a medical precaution. Anybody’s “house” can have such measures at their discretion.
It’s like other stuff, finding a reasonable balance between the interests of all parties.
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I don’t have a problem if someone gets the vaccine or not.
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ragnarsbhut, Interesting.
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In what sense?
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To me, in every conceivable relevant sense. But I can feel the eyes of Jill’s fans rolling, so I’ll leave it at just “interesting” and live to chat another day.
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OK.
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Yes, it does. By the way, I am not anti-vaccine. I just believe that everyone should make his or her own choices.
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Understood. Have a great day.
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I have not heard anything one way or another, however, have you ever heard of a successful mix and match with one vaccine of one type and a subsequent booster of another?
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Even though by not getting the vaccine, a person is putting the lives of others at risk? Would you support abolishing driver’s tests and licensing?
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My favorite analogy.
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Jill Dennison, it depends on the situation. Outside of that which is necessary, I would think that a habitual recluse who keeps to himself or herself is safer during a viral outbreak than people who throw all caution to the wind and get sick and transmit a disease or virus to someone else.
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Condolences to the family of the victims, so sad. Attention should also be paid to another mass murder recently: Landscaper Jailed After Mowing Down Ducklings! He killed 9 in front of a couple and young son. This story really upset me, when innocent animals are involved. 😦
https://www.newser.com/story/206935/landscaper-jailed-after-mowing-down-ducklings.html
Jesus said, “forgive them, for they know not what they do”. ❤
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I hadn’t seen this one, but I’m with you … killing innocent animals is an abomination!!!
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This is another must-read from my friend , Jill, over at Filosofa’s Word. Please go read her post and continue the conversation on these important issues.
In Community,
Amy
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A million thanks, dear Amy!!!
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Always, my friend!
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Haven’t you heard? Artillery doesn’t blow up hospitals. People do. So I got on Amazon and ordered a howitzer under my Constitutional right to “bear arms.” Any law against it is unconstitutional.
On abortion, have you seen this? Christiane Amanpour interviews Frank Scheffer, 70’s Christian fundamentalist anti-abortion “pro-life” movement instigator now remorseful and turned pro-choice:
He argues (among other things) that hypocrisy makes pro-lifers veiled anti-lifers.
Full transcript: https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ampr/date/2022-05-04/segment/01
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Just one of the hypocrisies (speaking as to the ending of this recording): after tons of anti-Muslim talk for decades, the movers and shakers of the right wing want to tie deals together with Saudi Arabia and the like; they simply want to choose the richer Muslim side. The story used to be that the surrounding Arab nations tricked “the Palestinians” into being afraid of the attack on Israel that they were convinced said nations would win. The scenario is being told differently, now. At the same time, half of the religious right leaders do want a theocracy here.
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WHOA! That is one powerful video! Thank you for sharing it with me. No, I hadn’t seen it, but wow … so much resonates with where we are today, explains how we got to this point. Racism, homophobia, and misogyny all rolled into one movement. The lust for power exceeds all else. Although I am 70 years old, well remember Jerry Falwell as well as Jimmy Carter, there is much here that I was not aware of. I may share this video on my blog later, for this is an eye-opener. Thanks again! Oh … and good luck on that howitzer … I’ll be curious to see how that works out for you 😉
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I always wanted to know what the hell a howitzer was. I learn so much nifty stuff from war. Carter, yeah, a true evangelical but not qualified to be in the “Evangelical” voting block, which the Republican (i.e., Autocrat) Party mastered in parallel with the Ignorant Vote. When asked why the so-called evangelicals wanted to get rid of Carter, Schaeffer said, “Because he was too decent a human being,” or some such. Falwell made christlikeness look demonic compared to Carter’s example. And to think, when the country chose Reagan over Carter, I felt like it was all over. We were done-for. And it had nothing to do with religion. I sure found out how much worse it could get. Schaeffer at least explains some of the evolution of the evil, even if we can’t fix it. Yes, the anti-abortion movement is not only about abortion. You nailed it. It’s about the lust for power. That’s why I say that gun loving is analogous to (or a substitute for) phallic power for people easily manipulated by people with real power over them.
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I always thought a howitzer to be something similar to a smaller version of a cannon. Hmmmm … might get one of those to scare off the neighbor kids that have been harassing us every night! I’ve never had any use for the likes of Falwell, Graham, Osteen or the rest. They are, in my book, hypocrites who milk their followers so that they can own private jets and mansions. And as for their politics … apparently they haven’t heard the term “separation of church and state” and aren’t aware that their tax-exempt status prohibits them from pushing a political agenda. Carter was … is … a good man, a humanitarian, who I respect greatly, but he wasn’t the best of presidents. Although, compared to the president [sic] before Biden, Carter was great!
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“president [sic]” LOL
Interesting that Graham (Sr.) did not sign on to the anti-abortion movement. I suspect he knew it was a political manipulation of religion. Besides, he was established enough not to need it. He already had easy access to the Oval Office.
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I picked that up from Clay Jones, artistic talent behind Claytoonz political cartoons!
Lindsey Graham, I have long suspected, has a split persona and one never knows from one day to the next which one he’ll be wearing. I’ve seen him switch sides so many times that I no longer bother to listen to what he says. And remember how he treated his “best friend” John McCain?
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Oops. I meant BILLY Graham Sr. didn’t go for the anti-abortion political game. But don’t get me started on ^#$&*$^(@! Lindsey Graham. Sicko.
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GREAT post, Jill!! 👏👏👏
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Thanks, Nan!!!
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I am cold angry.
Had my say, elsewhere.
Take care you guys
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Your piece is very well worded. You put words to much that I feel but can’t articulate. Please ignore the comment from King of Drones. The shootings were politically motivated and the shooter was not local. That makes his argument ridiculous. Also, there is nothing more evil and manipulative than the Murdoch/Sinclair empires which manipulate young men to do these things. Ruining their own lives as well as the lives of their victims and families for ratings and their own political agendas.
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Thank you so much! It seems that when something angers me as much as this does, my fingers just fly over the keyboard without me even thinking about it … the words just tumble out. It’s my way of releasing the pressure, I think. I don’t let King of Drones worry me … he is a … well, he once was a friend, his name is Scott, and for some reason a year or so ago he decided to start a campaign to harass me over every post I make. I usually block his comments, but I let this one through just so he could show off his own ignorance. Given what I’ve read today about the shooter’s motives, it seems there may be many people with blood on their hands for indoctrinating this young person, turning him into a murderous racist. Thanks again for reading and commenting! I appreciate it!
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Thank you so much, Fandango!!!
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I asked an anti-abortionist (I will never again print the words Pro Life!) if she believed certain things, and she could not see any connections between the things I asked her, and the anti-abortion question. She can vote for Trump even though he abuses women because HE SAYS he is anti-abortion. Hypocrisy drains off her, but she cannot see it. If a suburban housewife cannot see it, how can we expect anyone to see it. Talk about tunnel vision. It was okay for her to protest at the home of abortion workers, but she feels it illegal to protest at SC justices homes. Probably she has an arsenal of weapons in her bedside table too!
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I agree with you … to call them ‘pro-life’ is a misnomer, for they value only their own life, nobody else’s, not even that fetus they are so avidly fighting for. They simply believe that women are a sub-species, not deserving of rights at all. It’s a slap in the face to all the women throughout history who have fought so hard for women’s rights. That person you spoke with is just like those others who would be happier to see women once again locked into bondage by their ‘men’. I’m sick of it all …
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For the nonce I am still talking to her, but I am not sure for how much longer. She believes Ukrainians are beting off the Rusdians because they have been told to fight. Somehow she connects that to your Send Amendment. I am trying to learn how.
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You are a stronger person than I am, then, for I could not continue talking to her after what she’s said. I’m truly puzzled, though, about the 2nd Amendment connection to the war in Ukraine … I’ll be interested to hear her “logic” there! I suppose she thinks Putin is within his rights to be bombing hospitals and killing civilians just because he wants to establish a new empire? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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All she cared about was having guns in the hands of non-military citizens. She tried to make it sound like the people were using their own private arsenals to fight the Russian army. I tried to show her how absurd that idea is, but she changed the subject without comment.
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More and more these days, I find that people don’t listen, don’t even consider what we say if it doesn’t fully concur with what they already believe. Maybe I’m the same … I have my own ideas and frankly haven’t heard anything that has changed my views lately. I like to think I at least listen to others and try to understand their views, but … it’s becoming harder to do these days.
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It is. But after a series of exchanges I got her to at least doubt something. Not meaningful yet, but it is a start.
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Indeed it is a start … keep up the good work!
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Women are the more highly evolved half of humanity. Actually, the more human half. That’s why it’s great to have some around, like an antidote to men.
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Oh, I’m not so sure of that … I think they seem the more human half simply because they are the ones who bear children and they aren’t too crazy about sending their children off to fight wars. But frankly, I’ve known some real b*tches in my life!
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Shhhh!
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You’ll wake the misogynists.
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Wake ’em? Do you really think it’s possible? I’m not sure, but … hey, let’s try!
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One might say that you nudge them up every time you post, Woman. Yer downright uppity.
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Thanks for sharing, also from me, Jill! As i had read it on Twitter i really was shocked. xx Michael
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To me and to you, it is shocking, but to far too many, it’s just another day, another mass shooting, and they tell us to “get over it”. Would they be so quick to get over it if it were their son or daughter lying in a casket? And today, yet another one in California. Sigh. xx
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Mass shootings are tragic & heartbreaking, justice should be delivered swiftly & LOCALLY, and they should NEVER EVER be cynically USED to advance political agendas because that’s evil & manipulative.
oh wait, I’m talking about this blog aren’t I?
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Ha ha, Scott. No, I’m not advancing or attempting to advance any political agenda. I am simply for women’s rights and against guns. Pure and simple.
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Thank you for sharing!!.. again it goes back to the people… the leadership of this country will do little to deal with guns because the people that put them in power, the voters, want guns caring little about anyone else… all the time hiding behind the right to bear arms, etc in order to create an image.. in order to have change, it will have to start at the local level… the same goes for abortion, covid, etc… 🙂
Have a wonderful day and until we meet again..
May love and laughter light your days,
and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours,
wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world
with joy that long endures.
May all life’s passing seasons
bring the best to you and yours!
(Irish Saying)
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So true, my friend. We the People have blood on our hands for our demand for unlimited access to guns. I will never understand America’s gun culture …
Thank you, Dutch, for the beautiful Irish Saying … and the same to you, dear friend.
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Thanks, Ned!!!
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Jill, thanks for posting this. I caught a very good “Real Time with Bill Maher” from Friday night. I have to watch reruns during the day, as it keys me up to watch it live before bed. His two very astute guests urged Democrats to put forth a more straightforward bill in the Senate and House to in essence protect the governance of Roe v Wade. Nothing more. They need 60 votes in the Senate and there are likely enough Republicans who will vote for that. What failed during the week tried to do more. Republicans do not want to run on this issue, so the opportunity to get something done exists. But the House and Senate need to get done what can be done. Otherwise, it is all idealogue wishing. Keith
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The premise makes sense, but I’m honestly not sure there are 10 Republican senators who would vote for even the most basic bill. I’m sure they don’t want to run on this issue, so they will distract their base to other things, and anyway, most of their base seems to be in their corner. With voting restrictions in most states, it might just be enough for them. I’m truly amazed ANY bill that required the 60 vote majority has passed the Senate this year.
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“13 people were shot, 10 murdered.”
And the other 3? Accidental deaths, suicides, malmed by a bear?
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No, silly … the other three survived their injuries! At least so far …
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The guy wasn’t even from Buffalo. He was from downstate. Apparently, he scoped out the store for several days before he struck. Fucking asshole. All trumped up in military gear. As an Army mom, I’m particularly insulted by that. Join the fucking Army if you want to make war.
I live in Buffalo, I shop at Tops all the time. I couldn’t believe the news when I turned on the TV at 3 this morning.
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“Join the fucking Army if you want to make war.”
Maybe he wanted but failed the IQ test. 😐
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If I may join in your style, and the little fucker surrendered. Didn’t have the guts to see it through, did he? (I’ve tipped over into enough is enough)
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He was also investigated a year ago for threatening to shoot people in his high school, but apparently the investigators failed to follow up. Yes, I’m sure it was a shock to see that first thing upon waking! But you know what else makes me furious? Did you see where the cops cuffed him? He was left standing, they put the cuffs on and then put him in the back of the police cruiser. If he had been black, more than likely he’d have already been dead, but he damn sure wouldn’t have been left standing. Double standard? Hell yes!
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If he had been Black, good chance he couldn’t afford a gun. Stats still show that we keep our knees on their necks economically if we can’t just enslave, shoot or choke the life out of them. We, y’know, the majority. Oops. White won’t be the majority much longer. Cops will still be mostly white until the planet burns up. Sam Cooke, sing it again.
It’s been a long
A long time coming
But I know a change gonna come
Oh, yes it will
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That’s a good point, too. I have asked the question many times and nobody seems to know the answer: Why do white people think the colour of their skin makes them more valuable? To me, darker skin is far more beautiful than paleface! I’ll never understand it. Oooooohhhhh … I LOVE Sam Cooke and love that song! Yep, a change is gonna come, but I’m not so sure it will be a positive change. Some days I’m glad I’m old.
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I haven’t been a big fan of living an especially long life. It gets old.
I’ve been rediscovering Sam. Appreciating many cultural forbears more these days, wishing they were here now to see what we made of things. The Perversion of Flower Power.
I know one partial answer to that question about Wwhites. They have no idea how much African they have in their genes. People gotta watch Finding Your Roots. Great show.
Four words no sane Wwhite person would utter in the USA. Wish I was Bblack.
I can’t make up my mind about capitalization. I’m not alone: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/time-to-capitalize-blackand-white/613159/
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Yes, I sometimes wonder why we spend billions of dollars trying to keep people alive into their 90s and even past 100. Just for bragging rights, I think, for the quality of life after a certain age is reduced such that most of us would rather not live to 90 or more.
Actually, I’d just like to see us all stop judging anybody by the colour of their skin, but rather by their actions. Do you think Kyle Rittenhouse could have become a cultural ‘hero’ to so many if he had been Black? Ha ha … he would likely have been killed on the spot in Minneapolis.
To be perfectly honest, I HAVE said those words and fully meant them. I am ashamed to be white, even though I’m 1/4 Hispanic, so not ‘lily-white’. Being ‘white’ is nothing to be proud of, in my book.
Ah, well … we will each decide for ourselves. To me, it is right and proper to use the “B” out of acknowledgement and respect, but to others perhaps not.
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I guess I can grok someone being so ashamed of our dark side as to seek asylum among the dark skinned.
Agreed on Kyle. I’ll never forget the phalanx of combat-ready officers on the capitol steps for a BLM march but bicycle racks for 1/6/21. Somebody said they were amazed that only one rioter got shot, even when cops were in direct hand-to-hand (or bicycle rack) fights. I chuckled and said, “The attackers had the wrong color skin for that.”
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Absolutely. I also always wonder why some people who consider themselves Christians are so happy to own guns or let their country go to war. I read the bible and I can’t remember Jesus saying:” Hey, pick up a gun and defend yourself or your country.” As far as I remember he said:” offer the other cheek” but what do I know? 🤗
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Good point, my friend! Seems I’ve heard that Christians are not supposed to commit murder, so why, then, would they even consider owning a tool that was invented for the express purpose of committing murder? The logic just doesn’t follow. 😘
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Well, I suspect humans are not as logical as they think they are. Maybe we need some vulcan teachers 🤣
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Hey, there’s a thought!!! I wonder if Mr. Spock is available? No, my friend, humans tend not to be logical at all, it seems, but rather spongey.
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There are always the origins of someone’s bad behaviors, which can be traced back to how they were raised, the values that were instilled by their parents. It’s just that more often, we are stuck on the bad behaviors themselves, to look beyond, what’s on the surfaces of what is happened…
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You make a very good point … so true.
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😱🤬😡🤯
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My sentiments exactly! And today, yet another mass shooting in California, this one in a church.
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How sad and horrific
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😞😟
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