I don't have social media accounts anymore. The reasons for this are buried somewhere below in prose and song. And I don't think anyone actually reads much of this blog anyway, but this is all I have and I'm absolutely compelled right now to express something, even if the only response I receive is the tapping of my own fingers across this keyboard on a rainy Friday night.
I want to defend myself and the countless men across America that respect women as much as they respect any other class of human beings, however they may define themselves. That someone, let alone the Presidential nominee of a major US political party, would dismiss adulterous, degrading -- dehumanizing -- talk and glibly boast of sexual assault as "locker room banter" is reprehensible. Or better put, deplorable. I need no apology for using that word here. I've never spoken of women, let alone anyone, in such a manner. Nor have my friends. It is absolutely not locker room banter. And when I have on rare occasion heard such language spoken I've stood up to it and rejected it outright, no matter the circumstances. As have my friends. This is not how men -- how respectful human beings -- speak of one another. I'm completely appalled that the excuse for such language is that it's something regular and accepted behind closed doors. It is not.
And so I speak for myself and all the good-natured people I'm fortunate enough to call my friends: we respect all identities of gender, race, age, religion, occupation, and politics. This isn't being "politically correct;" this is being "simply correct". We are all born naked and vulnerable, and whether male, female, white, black, or a mix thereof, we have no choice in the matter. We are born equal. And we will die equal. This is the premise of our Constitution; this is the beautiful brilliance of the country I love, The United States of America.
Donald Trump was born as naked as anyone. And he will die the same. Just like all of us. It's what we do in between that makes us unequal. And I, along with the people around me, strive to be unequal only in the way that makes us exceptional at making the human experience better for everyone. This is the the legacy of our human race or we wouldn't be here today in 2016 aspiring for a better future. And this is the legacy of our country: we are equal in our aspiration to be exceptional.
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2 comments:
There is right and there is correct. And, yes, you are being simply correct. No one SHOULD say such things. But they do. You have thought worse, perhaps a different topic, but you have. Just because you didn't verbalize it or get caught on tape verbalizing it is irrelevant. What is not right, and therefore wrong, is that this whole thing is being blown wayyyyyyyyy out of proportion by the liberal media under the Trojan horse guise of political correctness. An egotistical (men can be that way), wealthy man gets a little caught up in himself and utters some likely true situations that have occurred with women around him. Get over it. He apparently repented and apologized. What more can he do? Get over the self-righteous indignation, America! I am no Trump fan, to be sure, but while you are all sitting around licking your emotional owwies your missing the reality of it all. Your country is going down the crapper. You're being played like a cheap fiddle. Remember: NO ONE GETS SOMETHING FOR NOTHING UNLESS SOME ONE GOT NOTHING FOR SOMETHING!
Dear Anonymous,
I rarely respond to comments such as these but your comment is so outrageous, I feel compelled to respond. What you are saying is that bragging about sexual assault of women is "blown wayyyyyyyyy out of proportion" and you have reduced this disgusting behavior as a man who has just gotten a little "caught up in himself"! He is talking about sexual assault. Forcing himself on a woman's body without her consent. This is OUTRAGEOUS. Did you for once stop and think what it is like for women to treated this way? To feel reduced to a lesser human being that does not deserve respect and the RIGHT to control what happens to her own body!? These excuses for men's behavior perpetuate a culture that tells women and young girls that this is how men are and they need to learn how to take it. Their feelings and worth as human beings are irrelevant. If a man decides to make them the object of their uncontrolled urges, just shut up and take it. As if it were a man's RIGHT to violate a woman in that way. In addition, it teaches boys that they do not need to respect women- they are there for their own amusement. How little respect you have for women and how pathetic you think men are. The men I know do not talk like this. They do not think they have the right to violate a woman's body and do not even think about doing something like this. The idea that all men secretly think like this insulting to decent men everywhere. I guess it must make a person feel better about their own shameful disgusting thoughts to tell oneself that this is how everyone thinks.
Get over it you say? I will not. I will never get over disgusting ideas like this that excuse the violation of another human being. I will not get over promoting a culture that tells our men and women and boys and girls that this behavior is OK. This is not about licking an inconsequential owie. Brushing this under the rug is excusing this behavior, telling the boys and girls of the world that this is acceptable, and demeaning 51% of the US population. This should not be political. This is just about human decency.
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