1st March 2012

Free speech, feminism & the F word

It seems that there is a growing population of politicians and pundits in a certain age range, class and political group who are totally mystified by the women of America. While this isn’t normally something I’d discuss here, it feels appropriate at the moment to dwell on the things that cause me high blood pressure.

So now you’re my therapist, dear reader. Group therapy, perhaps? I’ll try and make it less painful with an occasional photo break from my instragr.am account. (p.s. let’s follow each other!)

“What does it say about the college co-ed Susan Fluke [sic] who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex — what does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex. She’s having so much sex she can’t afford the contraception. She wants you and me and the taxpayers to pay her to have sex.” - Rush Limbaugh

Such a misuse of free speech should be insulting to every women he has ever married. (He’s on his fourth wife.)

I don’t believe in stopping people like Rush and the like from speaking their mind, but I do believe that people who have the audacity to speak this way should be prepared to hear the wrath of the populations and the people they direct their vile towards.

You embarrass your mother, Rush, with these statements. You make your wife look like a fool. Do you realize it?

What’s worse is that you’re the equivalent of a 19th century Internet troll.

Meanwhile, there are individuals who are running for President who employ handlers to prevent such statements, but who think it.

“I think it’s harmful to women. I think it’s harmful to our society to have a society that says that sex outside of marriage is something that should be encouraged or tolerated …, particularly among the young and it has I think we’ve seen very, very harmful long-term consequences to the society. Birth control to me enables that and I don’t think it’s a healthy thing for our country.” - Rick Santorum

You know what I think is harmful to society, Mr. Santorum? You. Your delusions of grandeur and your presumptions about what is safe for women.

Here’s something beautiful. Flowers. Look at that asexual life force for a moment…

I’m not married. I live with my partner. I own a home. I pay taxes. I contribute to our economy. I decide what’s safe for me to do and not do. I pay my health insurance premiums each month and the co-pay on my oral birth control.

Long ago, I decided having sex with another consenting adult was something I wanted to do. And I did it responsibly. I didn’t leave it up to my priest or my politicians. I made that decision all on my own.

And you know why? So I don’t have to face the consequences of raising a child I can’t support. Or worse yet, face the idea of having an abortion.

What’s strange is that I’m not even surprised.

I just wonder how much longer I have to wait for God to smite these assholes.