A poem of outrage
Be nice.
Be polite.
Be demure.
Be obedient.
Be compliant.
Don’t make a fuss.
Forgive and forget.
That’s just the way things are.
Make the best of it.
Don’t talk about it.
Grin and bare it.
Laugh it off.
Let it go.
Deal with it.
Shut up!
He was just a dumb kid.
He didn’t mean it that way.
You didn’t really mean “no” at the time.
Did you lead him on?
If he hadn’t been drinking, he would never have done that.
Why were you dressed like that?
What were you doing there?
If you hadn’t been there, it wouldn’t have happened.
Why didn’t you report it then?
Why are you bringing it up now?
Who put you up to this?
Why are you trying to destroy a good man?
Just shut up and take it!
He didn’t mean it that way.
You didn’t really mean “no” at the time.
Did you lead him on?
If he hadn’t been drinking, he would never have done that.
Why were you dressed like that?
What were you doing there?
If you hadn’t been there, it wouldn’t have happened.
Why didn’t you report it then?
Why are you bringing it up now?
Who put you up to this?
Why are you trying to destroy a good man?
Just shut up and take it!
© 06 October 2018, by D. Denise Dianaty
They tell us the GOP believes the women. They even expected this debacle to lose them the election and simply did not care. It’s more important to them to legislate their self-appointed entitlement to control our bodies. An extreme conservative majority on the Supreme Court, with Clarence Thomas (a habitual sexual harasser) & Brett Kavanaugh (a proven liar who is an accused attempted rapist and serial blackout drunken sexual abuser), will do that for generations to come.
There was no justification for voting “yes” for a nominee who repeatedly lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee about his record in the Bush administration — he repeatedly answered with lies that could be easily disproven just by Googling them! Every “yes” vote from any senator is plainly irredeemable.
We’ve all been told all our lives not to discuss politics… that it’s “not polite” conversation. Who told us that?
We women and girls have been told all our lives to “laugh it off” or “get over it.” Who told us that?
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What the GOP’s “yes” vote says to girls and women everywhere; and, what their base’s continued support tells us:
They tell us men are entitled to these kinds of “peccadilloes” in their youth and entitled to be protected against repercussions by their elder own no matter when women find their voice to come forward.They tell us the GOP believes the women. They even expected this debacle to lose them the election and simply did not care. It’s more important to them to legislate their self-appointed entitlement to control our bodies. An extreme conservative majority on the Supreme Court, with Clarence Thomas (a habitual sexual harasser) & Brett Kavanaugh (a proven liar who is an accused attempted rapist and serial blackout drunken sexual abuser), will do that for generations to come.
They tell us to “Just shut up and take it!”
There was no justification for voting “yes” for a nominee who repeatedly lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee about his record in the Bush administration — he repeatedly answered with lies that could be easily disproven just by Googling them! Every “yes” vote from any senator is plainly irredeemable.
Remember:
We, women and girls, have been told all our lives not to argue… that it’s “not ladylike.” Who told us that?We’ve all been told all our lives not to discuss politics… that it’s “not polite” conversation. Who told us that?
We women and girls have been told all our lives to “laugh it off” or “get over it.” Who told us that?
We’ve all been told all our lives it’s disrespectful to disagree with our elders — or anyone. Who told us that?
The people who told us that also said “feminism” or “liberal” or “progressive” or “democrat” were dirty words. Who told us that?
The people who told us that are the very people hammering us with their “conservative” opinions and policies. They are the very people who voted to a man AGAINST equal pay for women in 2014. They are the very people who said they will “plow right through it” and ram a nominee onto the SCOTUS who is our collective nightmare to be sure they can legislate their self-appointed entitlement to control us and our bodies!
THEY KNOW! The GOP knows she told the truth. They believe her. They believe all of us. The GOP is “plowing right through it” to ensconce every woman’s nightmare on the court. They’re doing this to legislate their own self-appointed entitlement to control our bodies — to legislate the future that will protect the perpetrators of our nightmares.
I’m sick to death of being told to hush! I’m beyond fed up with being silenced. I’m angry beyond words at the betrayal of the people who were elected to protect us!
We have survived them all our lives. We will keep surviving! We must keep fighting. We must find them in their halls of power… speak out… call them out… protest… VOTE!
We must vote BLUE as if our lives depend upon it – BECAUSE IT DOES!
Like the refrain from “Fight Song” says:“And all the words I didn’t say…
Wrecking balls inside my brain…
I will scream them loud tonight!
Can you hear my voice this time!?”
We cannot — nay — we MUST NOT allow anyone to silence us ever again! MAKE THEM HEAR US FOR ALL TIME! VOTE THEM OUT!
The people who told us that also said “feminism” or “liberal” or “progressive” or “democrat” were dirty words. Who told us that?
The people who told us that are the very people hammering us with their “conservative” opinions and policies. They are the very people who voted to a man AGAINST equal pay for women in 2014. They are the very people who said they will “plow right through it” and ram a nominee onto the SCOTUS who is our collective nightmare to be sure they can legislate their self-appointed entitlement to control us and our bodies!
THEY KNOW! The GOP knows she told the truth. They believe her. They believe all of us. The GOP is “plowing right through it” to ensconce every woman’s nightmare on the court. They’re doing this to legislate their own self-appointed entitlement to control our bodies — to legislate the future that will protect the perpetrators of our nightmares.
I’m sick to death of being told to hush! I’m beyond fed up with being silenced. I’m angry beyond words at the betrayal of the people who were elected to protect us!
We have survived them all our lives. We will keep surviving! We must keep fighting. We must find them in their halls of power… speak out… call them out… protest… VOTE!
We must vote BLUE as if our lives depend upon it – BECAUSE IT DOES!
Like the refrain from “Fight Song” says:“And all the words I didn’t say…
Wrecking balls inside my brain…
I will scream them loud tonight!
Can you hear my voice this time!?”
We cannot — nay — we MUST NOT allow anyone to silence us ever again! MAKE THEM HEAR US FOR ALL TIME! VOTE THEM OUT!
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