I made a comment online last night on how I have felt freer as not only a woman, but as a US citizen, in the not so-distant past, versus the present craziness surrounding us. Well how dare I! I guess the current administration is the savior we have all been waiting for, therefore, I need to feel more appreciative and humble myself in my comments. That’s not going to happen.
What happened to my freedom of speech? I now have to be careful and sensor myself as to not upset the disciples of “freedom” that are closing in at an alarming rate? In recent events, I have bitten my lip and have held my tongue accordingly. I have a lot to say, but I do know the meaning of respect. But when respect is totally ignored and people are vehemently expressing themselves out of anger and fear, how does one keep their composure while trying to get their point across?
There is so much destruction and false information. Tampered videos and words taken out of context. What happened to the truth? What happened to the words FRAUD, FORGERY, PERJURY, FABRICATION, and DEFAMATION? It seems anyone can just make something up out of the blue and put it out there on social media without any penalty or repercussion. Even on the national news stations, they are allowed to say anything they damn well feel? If everyone around me can spew their thoughts and emotions out into the universe, then why can’t I retaliate and defend my case in the comment section?
Jimmy Kimmel was cancelled indefinitely because of his anti Trump comments, and yet a correspondent for a local television station can suggest we “just kill” homeless people with an “involuntary lethal injection , or something”, and still keep his job. It was said live on the air! Where is the justice there? If I, as an American citizen, express discord on how this country is being run at the current moment, I am told to shut up and keep my voice down. If I REPEAT something that was quoted, or caught on video, well…it is made up. It’s AI. There is no accountability for anything said, or done. When I oppose, it is because I am difficult and do not want America to succeed. I am seen as the enemy. Democracy is out the window. Diversity is out the window. So when I say how I have felt freer in the not so long ago past, I feel I have living proof as to why I feel this way.
It is happening all around us. People fighting for the truth are censored and quieted, while the people shouting out lies and deceit from the rooftops breeding hatred are exalted and honored.
As a woman, most of the rights that I have today have been fought for by women of the past whom did not remain silent. I do not take for granted any freedom I have today. I grew up in the 60s. My childhood consisted of protests and war. I am not only losing my freedom of speech, but I am in jeopardy of losing my right to vote, hold a job, sexual preference in a partner, certain medical procedures, and at risk of holding perpetrators accountable in a domestic violence situation. I have every right to feel threatened by this current administration. But I’m told I’m just overreacting and I just need to “trust the process” and let everyone else make decisions for me. Fucking crazy town.
If I am to be remembered for being outspoken and mouthy, so be it. I guess that will be my fate in life, because I will not keep quiet when my fellow sisters and I are being bullied into silence. When people of different ethnic backgrounds are being snatched off the streets without proper due process just because of the color of their skin. When lynch mobs are back in action, along with vigilantes who take the law into their own hands and we are starting to find people hanging in trees. When victims of sexual abuse are disappearing, or threatened for speaking up against people higher up on the totem pole…I will not stay silent. The actual history of this nation, even the world, that was taught to me in school, has shown that people who stand up for those who can’t are the ones that change the dialect. They change the ending. Now they even want to erase historical events from those same books that I was educated with. What in the hell is going on? I believe in my heart of hearts, that the truth will always win in the end and that the universe will see accordingly that all those who don’t live by the truth will get what they deserve. I say speak out. Write it. Post it. You have one life. You are not meant to suffer in silence. We are meant to protect each other and see to the fair treatment of others. May we find peace of mind in the near future and end the chaos.
The Musings Of An Angry Woman 