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Country: Ur Doin It Rong
May. 15th, 2010 04:24 pmSarah Palin just keeps pissing me off.
First off, let me just say that I'm liberal and pro-choice, and I will never be against encouraging women to vote. Never. Their votes may go against mine in every way, and I may disagree with them so virulently that I can't even stand to share a room with them. I'm okay with that. They rally their votes, we'll rally ours. That's the game. So, in a way, Sarah Palin (loathe though I am to admit it) is something good. She gets attention and supports female politicians. She attracts women who maybe never stepped into a voting booth before. And kudos to her for it. I disagree with the woman on everything right down to her choice in shoes some days, but at least she's there and visible in a way most aren't.
Her latest appearance in the news (linked above) is about encouraging women to form conservative, anti-abortion feminist groups, and she does, as usual, by mischaracterizing the people who disagree with her. I'm used to that. But it's her "folksy" feminism that's tipped me over from "pissed" to "posting a rant".
( For country culture, abortion and possible triggers )
Feminism to me isn't about all women are strong. It's about those of us who are helping those of us who aren't—hell, it's about those of us who aren't helping others who aren't, because we're all weak in our own ways, but together we can do anything. It's reaching out and holding each other up when one of us is shoved to her knees. Feminists are true country folk. And if you don't get that, then I pity you.
Note: As always, dissenting opinions welcome, but please keep it civil. I don't respond quickly (dial-up!), but I'll do my best.
First off, let me just say that I'm liberal and pro-choice, and I will never be against encouraging women to vote. Never. Their votes may go against mine in every way, and I may disagree with them so virulently that I can't even stand to share a room with them. I'm okay with that. They rally their votes, we'll rally ours. That's the game. So, in a way, Sarah Palin (loathe though I am to admit it) is something good. She gets attention and supports female politicians. She attracts women who maybe never stepped into a voting booth before. And kudos to her for it. I disagree with the woman on everything right down to her choice in shoes some days, but at least she's there and visible in a way most aren't.
Her latest appearance in the news (linked above) is about encouraging women to form conservative, anti-abortion feminist groups, and she does, as usual, by mischaracterizing the people who disagree with her. I'm used to that. But it's her "folksy" feminism that's tipped me over from "pissed" to "posting a rant".
( For country culture, abortion and possible triggers )
Feminism to me isn't about all women are strong. It's about those of us who are helping those of us who aren't—hell, it's about those of us who aren't helping others who aren't, because we're all weak in our own ways, but together we can do anything. It's reaching out and holding each other up when one of us is shoved to her knees. Feminists are true country folk. And if you don't get that, then I pity you.
Note: As always, dissenting opinions welcome, but please keep it civil. I don't respond quickly (dial-up!), but I'll do my best.
