Let’s Talk

When I say ‘let’s talk’ does this scare you? For some it should, you know when a woman says, ‘We need to talk,’ it can cause some men to pull up short, shiver in their boots in the sun’s heat, or run and hide. But truthfully, I think it is time for us to have a serious conversation about our shared world.

Now, most of us know we are not the same. Men and women, that is, we are not the same. We were never intended to be the same; we are different for a reason. We complement each other; we balance each other. Men and women are the yin and yang of the world, we are inseparable yet contradictory opposites.

What does this mean in today’s world of division, opposition, and power struggles.

First, it means we don’t understand our real place in the world, so we are constantly clinging to old ways. What is fascinating is watching not just those who have something to gain if they win, but those who have everything to lose and yet still follow the path of either least resistance or worse belief the old ways are best.

Every time I see a woman who supports ‘traditional’ roles without considering outcomes, I want to gnash my teeth, or shake her. Now, do not mistake me, there is nothing wrong with making a personal choice to become a ‘stay-at-home’ wife and mother, if this is truly a personal choice. There is nothing wrong with celebrating the opportunity to raise your children and care for your home, not one single thing. However, what are you doing to ensure your future? Do you have a fallback position? Is your future secure? Can you financially care for yourself if something were to happen to your husband, or should your husband decide you are no longer what he wants and he throws you out for a newer model?

Just asking the question that needs to be asked.

Then there are those women with a platform who use their megaphones to deride other women and strip other women of their opportunities and choices. I honestly don’t just want to shake them, I want their mouths to be duct taped and their megaphones to be stripped from them, permanently. These women are dangerous. They are in it for no reason but performance and attention. While they are making more money than their education would command in the private sector, they are intentionally promoting other women’s loss of rights and opportunities. Let’s be clear, these are the women who cheered the Dodd decision, while actively swallowing their birth control pill every morning. THEY ARE NOT PRO LIFE! What they are is Anti Choice for any woman that is not them. What they are is anti opportunity for any woman that is not them, does not look like them, and does not vote like them. What they are is members of a cult that wants to strip men and women of the right to vote unless that vote is cast for them and theirs.

Just pointing out the obvious, at least I hope it is obvious.

Now we come to the present.

Joe Biden made the hard decision to drop out of the Presidential Race. I hate how he was publicly pressured. I hate how he was publicly embarrassed. I think he deserved better. I am proud of our President and the grace he ultimately showed in his withdrawal and his endorsement of Kamala Harris, his own Vice President.

Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States of America and Presidential Nominee of the Democratic Party. First Bi-Racial Vice President. First Bi-Racial Presidential Nominee of a major party. First Woman Vice President. She has energized the Democratic Party with her campaign. With ninety-three (93) days before the election, she has had to kick-off campaigning, vet potential vice presidential governing mates, and raise money. She has had to reach out to the cohorts that were indifferent to the Biden campaign and try to win them over, and she has had to try to figure out how she is going to Beat Trump.

What do you think so far?

I have heard a great deal of nonsense so far especially about how America is not ready for a Woman President, and White People won’t vote for her. Here is what I think based on what I see.

• She has outpaced fund raising, by millions. The grassroots think she is worth backing and so do many others.
• She has the infrastructure in place to knock on doors and talk to people. The volunteers are already out there, it is amazing to see her team at work in just three short weeks. Just to point out the obvious, her team is from all races, all genders.
• She hit the campaign trail without blinking an eye. She has crisscrossed the country and she is talking policy. Even where her policy might differ from the administration policy she is plain spoken, unafraid, and clear about where she stands.
• She doesn’t insult or play childish games with her opponent, she simply answers with, “I am ready, Say it to my Face.” I love her for this!

I am fascinated by the fact the Trump team do not know what to do with a Woman at the head of the ticket. I am even more fascinated they don’t know what to do with a bi-racial woman at the head of the ticket. So what do they do? Drag out their old tired attacks from the Obama years and hope they land. All I can say, we are not the same; men and women that is, we are not the same. This applies equally to the nation, we are not the same nation we were eight years ago and I believe many of us don’t want to go back. I strongly believe there are Democrats, Independents, even Republicans who are looking at the very real differences between the old and tired Donald J. Trump and the new and energized Kamala Harris and saying to themselves, “It is time for change, time for positive energy to move us forward.”

For me? I believe in the country and I believe that most of us will not be held back by ignorance when we step into the polls to cast our votes. We are not the same, but sometimes we come together for the right reasons.

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