National Public Radio published that researchers at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, have found that online ranters prolong their anger. This seems to hold true with the cliche that the longer one complains about it, the longer it hurts. As such, I held off writing about Texas passing laws that abridge a woman's reproductive rights. Then, I held off on posting about the ruling that the murder of Trayvon Martin was legal.
I doubt that the hurt this type of legislation and legal precedence will ever truly stop hurting though, no matter if I complain or not. So I will enter in my own lamentation, though my thoughts are not poignant through my words, or my position in life. I will, instead, seek the succinct approach of offering two simple questions to addressing these travesties of justice.
In Texas, would a law be passed to deny a man to the full rights of reproductive health?
No, because the Texas lawmakers are misogynists, and so too, likely, are those who elected them. No law, to my knowledge, has ever been passed to ban vasectomies. In civilized nations, in fact, vasectomies are paid for by national health insurance. In Texas though, the guiding light for law making is the subjugation, or continuation of the subjugation, of women. Laws like this make it clear that a Texas man is not great, nor powerful, but is simply a bully who feels powerful when he attacks, belittles, or berates others. Shame on Texans.
In Florida, would a minority, black or otherwise, be found not guilty of murder if they armed themselves with a deadly weapon, stalked a white person, was urged by public safety officials to stand down, then killed a child after instigating a confrontation?
No, because, apparently, six of six Floridians are racist, and condone the murder of other races. How many Floridians would it take to get one, just one, who felt that the rule of law forbade the murder of children, regardless of their race, or affinity for midnight Skittles? The jurors in this case represent Florida, every citizen therein, and have set the legal precedent that what was once premeditated murder is now self-defense. Shame on Floridians.
The blame does not rest entirely on the blight on human civility that are the people of these two states, but on all Americans. We, Americans, citizens, patriots, we are the oppressors and the murderers. We have decided to side with the strong over the weak, to oppress rather than empower, and we have the cowardice to call it protecting life and freedom.
Shame on us.
I doubt that the hurt this type of legislation and legal precedence will ever truly stop hurting though, no matter if I complain or not. So I will enter in my own lamentation, though my thoughts are not poignant through my words, or my position in life. I will, instead, seek the succinct approach of offering two simple questions to addressing these travesties of justice.
In Texas, would a law be passed to deny a man to the full rights of reproductive health?
No, because the Texas lawmakers are misogynists, and so too, likely, are those who elected them. No law, to my knowledge, has ever been passed to ban vasectomies. In civilized nations, in fact, vasectomies are paid for by national health insurance. In Texas though, the guiding light for law making is the subjugation, or continuation of the subjugation, of women. Laws like this make it clear that a Texas man is not great, nor powerful, but is simply a bully who feels powerful when he attacks, belittles, or berates others. Shame on Texans.
In Florida, would a minority, black or otherwise, be found not guilty of murder if they armed themselves with a deadly weapon, stalked a white person, was urged by public safety officials to stand down, then killed a child after instigating a confrontation?
No, because, apparently, six of six Floridians are racist, and condone the murder of other races. How many Floridians would it take to get one, just one, who felt that the rule of law forbade the murder of children, regardless of their race, or affinity for midnight Skittles? The jurors in this case represent Florida, every citizen therein, and have set the legal precedent that what was once premeditated murder is now self-defense. Shame on Floridians.
The blame does not rest entirely on the blight on human civility that are the people of these two states, but on all Americans. We, Americans, citizens, patriots, we are the oppressors and the murderers. We have decided to side with the strong over the weak, to oppress rather than empower, and we have the cowardice to call it protecting life and freedom.
Shame on us.
Editor's note: at 12:41 on 19 July 2013, this post was corrected, the number of jurors in the Martin case was six, not eight.
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