My good friends…
The galactic liberal media is at it again… Now they are trying to tell us that Hoth is melting, well that's just plain silly! I have been thinking on this for the last week or so. I can’t not say anything at this point. The fact remains that I am not going to change your mind on this election. You’re either for one or the other, and most, are not really impressed with either candidate and will be voting for whom they think is the lesser of two evils. Both are choices that I think we could have done better with.
With that being said, I have some things to say about it.
An Open Letter to the Supporters of Mr. Donald Trump.
Dear Supporters of Mr. Trump.
I accept the fact that I will not change your mind on who you will be voting for in this coming election. I am glad that we live in a country where we all have the ability to voice our opinion of who we want to be the leader of this great nation. But, in light of a few things that have been reveled in the last two weeks, I thought it best to address you in this manner.
I have watched a lot of the mud slinging that has become the focus o f this election. Neither side is innocent of this. But, as a victim of sexual assault, I thought it best to take the time to talk to you about what you say is ok behavior by this man. First and foremost, there is more sexual assault that goes on then is ever reported. I would venture to say that the majority of the people that I know, have had some kind of incident that has scarred them for life in this regard. Most will never voice this as it does something to you mentally. It makes you feel lost and insecure and scared of everything. You become scared of the people who look like the person who hurt you.
For some men and women, it is so violent and horrifying that they never heal from it. And the scar from that wound is deep and there are moments when it feels like someone is pouring salt on it. A few months ago, we as a nation, were horrified that one Brock Turner could have such a lenient sentence for raping a girl who was unconscious behind a dumpster while at a party on the campus of Stanford. We were even more outraged that he was released from jail, not prison, early and sent home to his parents. I am sure Mr. Turner will never forgot this one act, but then again, neither will the woman who was raped. We practically crucified Mr. Bill Cosby for sexually assaulting many women, some of whom he had drugged, when it was brought to light, some of them 30 years after the incident. I, of course was very upset that this was a man whom I had grown up thinking was the nicest of men who loved his wife and to find that he did this, was very upsetting. Upsetting to the point of rage. I kept thinking that a man who uses his name to coerce women into sex, has got some serious problems. Either that, or he’s just an asshole. For a nation so outraged that this continues, when the charges are against your candidate for president, you seem to brush it off as these women just want attention and why did it take so long for them to come forward. The media is rigging the campaign against Mr. Trump. I have seen a photo of a woman who has a shirt that said, “He can grab my” with an arrow pointing down. I am so furious with this!! How can so many be so outraged and then in the same summer shame women for speaking out against it. I am lost with it. I am horrified by the fact that so many just dismiss this behavior. It was just locker room banter I have heard. Nope. Doesn’t fly with me.
I joke about many things in life. How I dress, my kids, everything. I DO NOT JOKE ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT OR RAPE!!! It is by far the worst thing to have to go through, and to casually toss it aside as think well, they are out for money, but make a huge deal out of Brock Turner, or Bill Cosby, I would have to say that you have become a nation of accusing hypocrites. Earlier this year, there was a huge uproar after the issue of transgender persons wanting to use the restroom of their identity. So many were scared that transgender is synomimous with the word pervert that there was a big to problem with the idea of letting this happen. People were banning Target saying they are allowing perverts into the restroom while their wives and daughters are trying to pee… News flash kids, transgender people who use the restroom, have to pee as well and would rather check their makeup than check out your family. This kind of reaction is strange since now, you’re defending a man who brags about ‘grabbing her by the pussy’. Is it ok because he’s straight? Or is it ok because he’s running for president, which is utterly deplorable and despicable and needs to stop! Like, right the fuck now! You cannot say how terrible it is for one person to do this, but, other people it’s ok. It is most certainly not ok!
What really bothered me, even more than the man saying this, was how people I know and love, think it’s ok to have that kind of banter. I know lots of men who have lots of kinds of conversations and they can range from highly intelligent to very raunchy. I find it disgusting that so many look at it like, it only happened once, and it’s just talk. It’s not. It’s likely it wasn’t the first time, nor has it been the last. We have raunchy conversations with our friends, but, to talk about it as if it’s ok to treat women like this, is most offensive. I have seen over and over the posts on Facebook about how women look at what he says and thinks it’s ok because it was a long time ago.
And then, in the last week, I have seen things on social media about how if only men were allowed to vote then Mr. Trump would mostly definitely win the election, with the polls being opposite that if only women could vote Hilary would win. There have been scads of women saying they would give up their right to vote to get him into office. I am shocked that they would even suggest this. #repelthe19th is the handle it goes by…. HAVE YOU COMPLETELY LOST YOUR SENSES???!!!! After all that we have had to go through to get to vote, have a job, hold office, be unmarried and self supporting, there are women who want to take that right away from me… They want to take my RIGHT, which was fought for with blood and sweat and tears, and take it away. Susan B. Anthony was beaten by police for trying to vote. Women’s suffrage was more than voting… it was giving us rights to be able to share our opinion and chose our representatives. Women started to hold office after that, it gave us a voice. I can’t imagine wanting to go backwards. I’m so confused by the ones who think it would be ok to take away my rights.
When I first heard of Mr. Trump running for the highest office in the country, I was intrigued. The business man who wants to run in politics reminded me of Mr. Ross Perot. Mr. Ross Perot was a funny looking man who no one took seriously. I think it was his ears. He has some great ideas and I really liked him. However, Mr. Trump and Mr. Perot are very different. Mr. Trump has most certainly pointed out that we need to do things differently and we need to change a lot of the way we work as a country. There is no doubt about that. I even at one point, thought some of the same things he did. Maybe a wall to keep out the ones who are trying to come here illegally would have been a great idea, however, when thinking about practicality, it’s not going to work. But, once the election really started to get under way, it seemed he was trying to divide us even more then we are. I have agree with him in that the media does so much to fuel the fire of division that we have in our country right now, but in listening to him speak, I am more and more frightened by what he says.
I don’t say these things to get you all up on a high horse about what Hilary has done, I’m not her promoter, but the fact remains that I do not want this man to be the actual representation of our country. He doesn’t stand for what I stand for. I don’t want more hate and more divides, I want shit to get fixed, like everyone else does. There is a lot at stake in this election. If you really want to change things, start by realizing that 82% of congress is up for reelection… This is where the change needs to happen. Look to the ones who propose the bills that get signed into laws, look at the ones who have voted the opposite way of your ideas on said bills. Changes must happen, but remember, for those who say your vote doesn’t count, the 30% of us who do vote, get to make all the decisions.
Vote. It makes a difference!
