Political rant
Mar. 13th, 2012 10:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lunabee34Y'all, I am sorry. You know I don't post a lot of personal stuff on my blog, and I don't think I've ever really posted about politics, but I've about had it up to here, and I can no longer be silent.
As always, defriending amnesty day at Lorraine's journal.
I LOVE TAXES. TAXES ARE AWESOME. I AM SO GLAD I GET TO PAY TAXES. I WILL NEVER, EVER VOTE FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T WANT TO RAISE TAXES. I ENJOY WHEN MY TRAFFIC LIGHTS WORK, WHEN MY WATER IS NOT FULL OF ARSENIC, WHEN AIRPLANES DON'T CRASH INTO EACH OTHER IN THE SKY, WHEN BRIDGES DON'T COLLAPSE, WHEN THE MOTHERFUCKING POST OFFICE DELIVERS MY MAIL EVEN THOUGH IT IS RAINING, WHEN COPS CATCH BAD GUYS, WHEN MY CHILD CAN GO TO SCHOOL, WHEN PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO WERE POOR WHEN THEY GOT PREGNANT CAN LIVE THROUGH THE LEADING FETAL AND MATERNAL CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BECAUSE OF MEDICAID, WHEN CHILDREN WHO DON'T GET FED AT HOME GET FED AT SCHOOL.
I AM TIRED OF BEING TOLD IN THE 21ST CENTURY THAT I AM A SLUT BECAUSE I WANT TO HAVE CONTROL OVER MY OWN BODY. WHY IN THE FUCKING FUCK OF FUCK ARE WE EVEN TALKING ABOUT CONTRACEPTION IN THE 21ST CENTURY? WHY? MY FUNDAMENTALIST PROTESTANT FAMILY'S ARGUMENT--WE'RE NOT AGAINST CONTRACEPTION, JUST REQUIRING A COMPANY TO PROVIDE A FREE SERVICE--DOES NOT WASH. AT ALL. WHEN I GO TO THE EYE DOCTOR, I DON'T PAY A CO-PAY. THAT DOESN'T MEAN MY DOCTOR VISIT IS FUCKING FREEEEEEEEEE! IT MEANS THE APPROXIMATELY FOUR MILLION DOLLARS I PAY EACH MONTH DURING THE YEAR TO MY INSURANCE COMPANY GOES TOWARDS THAT DOCTOR VISIT.
ABORTION IS LEGAL IN THIS COUNTRY! REQUIRING A WOMAN TO PAY FOR AN ULTRASOUND SHE DOESN'T MEDICALLY NEED AND FORCING HER TO FUCKING LOOK AT IT BEFORE PERFORMING THE PROCEDURE IS ONLY ABOUT TRYING TO SHAME HER INTO NOT HAVING THE PROCEDURE AT ALL.
I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT THE ONLY THINGS JESUS GIVES A SHIT ABOUT ARE GAY PEOPLE LOVING EACH OTHER AND ABORTION. IF YOU'RE PRO-LIFE, YOU CAN'T BE ALL YEEHAW ABOUT THE DEATH PENALTY. EITHER YOU BELIEVE IN THE SANCTITY OF LIFE OR YOU DON'T, NOT JUST FOR UNBORN BABIES THAT YOU AREN'T GOING TO GIVE A SHIT ABOUT ONCE THEY'RE BORN BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM ARE POOR. AND ALSO NOT WHITE. AND MIGHT NEED THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE TAXES YOU DON'T WANT TO PAY.
WHAT PART OF THE BIBLE SAYS, "YEA VERILY FOR EARNING MONEY IS AWESOME AND THY GODMAMMON CAPITALISM FINDS IT ECONOMICALLY UNFEASIBLE TO CARE FOR THE EARTH AND WE'RE ALL GONNA BE RAPTURED UP ANYWAYS BY NEXT FRIDAY SO WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT POLLUTING AND BEING HORRIBLE STEWARDS OF THE WORLD AROUND US?"
Y'all, most of the time I love living in the rural South. I truly do. There's lots of awesome things about being here. But sometimes I just can't take it anymore. I can't take that every television I see EVER in a public place is tuned to Fox News. I can't take it that every conversation I overhear in a public place is about how amazingly smart and awesome X Republican candidate is. I can't take the racism and the homophobia and the classism and the sexism. It's also possible I am in a really bad mood. :(
As always, defriending amnesty day at Lorraine's journal.
I LOVE TAXES. TAXES ARE AWESOME. I AM SO GLAD I GET TO PAY TAXES. I WILL NEVER, EVER VOTE FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T WANT TO RAISE TAXES. I ENJOY WHEN MY TRAFFIC LIGHTS WORK, WHEN MY WATER IS NOT FULL OF ARSENIC, WHEN AIRPLANES DON'T CRASH INTO EACH OTHER IN THE SKY, WHEN BRIDGES DON'T COLLAPSE, WHEN THE MOTHERFUCKING POST OFFICE DELIVERS MY MAIL EVEN THOUGH IT IS RAINING, WHEN COPS CATCH BAD GUYS, WHEN MY CHILD CAN GO TO SCHOOL, WHEN PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO WERE POOR WHEN THEY GOT PREGNANT CAN LIVE THROUGH THE LEADING FETAL AND MATERNAL CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BECAUSE OF MEDICAID, WHEN CHILDREN WHO DON'T GET FED AT HOME GET FED AT SCHOOL.
I AM TIRED OF BEING TOLD IN THE 21ST CENTURY THAT I AM A SLUT BECAUSE I WANT TO HAVE CONTROL OVER MY OWN BODY. WHY IN THE FUCKING FUCK OF FUCK ARE WE EVEN TALKING ABOUT CONTRACEPTION IN THE 21ST CENTURY? WHY? MY FUNDAMENTALIST PROTESTANT FAMILY'S ARGUMENT--WE'RE NOT AGAINST CONTRACEPTION, JUST REQUIRING A COMPANY TO PROVIDE A FREE SERVICE--DOES NOT WASH. AT ALL. WHEN I GO TO THE EYE DOCTOR, I DON'T PAY A CO-PAY. THAT DOESN'T MEAN MY DOCTOR VISIT IS FUCKING FREEEEEEEEEE! IT MEANS THE APPROXIMATELY FOUR MILLION DOLLARS I PAY EACH MONTH DURING THE YEAR TO MY INSURANCE COMPANY GOES TOWARDS THAT DOCTOR VISIT.
ABORTION IS LEGAL IN THIS COUNTRY! REQUIRING A WOMAN TO PAY FOR AN ULTRASOUND SHE DOESN'T MEDICALLY NEED AND FORCING HER TO FUCKING LOOK AT IT BEFORE PERFORMING THE PROCEDURE IS ONLY ABOUT TRYING TO SHAME HER INTO NOT HAVING THE PROCEDURE AT ALL.
I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT THE ONLY THINGS JESUS GIVES A SHIT ABOUT ARE GAY PEOPLE LOVING EACH OTHER AND ABORTION. IF YOU'RE PRO-LIFE, YOU CAN'T BE ALL YEEHAW ABOUT THE DEATH PENALTY. EITHER YOU BELIEVE IN THE SANCTITY OF LIFE OR YOU DON'T, NOT JUST FOR UNBORN BABIES THAT YOU AREN'T GOING TO GIVE A SHIT ABOUT ONCE THEY'RE BORN BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM ARE POOR. AND ALSO NOT WHITE. AND MIGHT NEED THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE TAXES YOU DON'T WANT TO PAY.
WHAT PART OF THE BIBLE SAYS, "YEA VERILY FOR EARNING MONEY IS AWESOME AND THY GOD
Y'all, most of the time I love living in the rural South. I truly do. There's lots of awesome things about being here. But sometimes I just can't take it anymore. I can't take that every television I see EVER in a public place is tuned to Fox News. I can't take it that every conversation I overhear in a public place is about how amazingly smart and awesome X Republican candidate is. I can't take the racism and the homophobia and the classism and the sexism. It's also possible I am in a really bad mood. :(
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