Nice. You weren't disturbed by the editing were you? It looks OK to me. The most recent letter, above your letter now at the Sun, apparently is written by a person who can read the minds of the electorate. To know that people voted for Obama because he was black must be a wonderful aspect of being omniscient. I wonder if they also know that McCain was voted AGAINST because of his female running mate and his own old age.
On Nov 13, 8:29 am, "Jason (Memphis)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This was printed in the Jackson Sun Today. The letter I sent in is > also below: > > http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20081113/OPINION03/811130302/1014/O... > > "Bailey column a slap in the face to women" > > After reading Jessalyn Bailey's column (Feminists are upset by Palin, > 11/4/08), I began to wonder why Bailey appears to have an intense > disdain for women who do not fit into the Palin category. Many women > would love to be blessed with physical beauty and have a loyal > husband; many people would love the financial luxury to be able to > drop out of a number of universities before finally buckling down to > finish a bachelor's degree. > > The reality is that most American women are not beauty queens. Many > American women must work hard - like men - to earn a spot in a > competitive corporate, or even in a smaller business, environment. > > In addition, the 1950s (which Bailey whitewashes) had a number of > unreported cases of spousal abuse, widespread poverty and blatant, > unapologetic numerous incidents of civil rights violations against > blacks. > > In my opinion, Bailey's column is a slap in the face to responsible, > less beautiful, hardworking, single moms who had the misfortune of > marrying a dead-beat dad; a slap in the face to women who worked > extraordinarily hard for an education and finished at their first > university; and a slap in the face to non-traditional women who work > with their husbands as equals to raise a family and put food on the > table. > > Jason Grosser > > Cordova > > Original Letter > > After reading Jessalyn Bailey’s column (Feminists are upset by Palin, > 11/4/08), I began to wonder why Ms. Bailey appears to have an intense > disdain for women who do not fit into the Palin category. Many women > would love to be blessed with physical beauty and have a loyal > husband; many people would love the financial luxury to be able to > drop out of a number of universities before finally buckling down to > finish a bachelor’s degree. > > The reality is that most American women are not beauty queens. Many > American women must work hard—like men—to earn a spot in a competitive > corporate or even in a smaller business environment. There are also > good Southern women who’ve been divorced by their husband who pursued > a younger, sexier Stepford wife, leaving this former and older wife > the responsibility of raising their children he left behind. In > addition, the 1950’s (which Ms. Bailey whitewashes) had a number of > unreported cases of spousal abuse, widespread poverty and blatant, > unapologetic, numerous incidents of civil rights violations against > blacks. No time in history is perfect even our own time in history. > > In my opinion, Ms. Bailey’s article is a slap in the face to > responsible, less beautiful, hardworking, single moms who had the > misfortune of marrying a dead beat dad; a slap in the face to women > who worked extraordinarily hard for an education and finished at their > first university; a slap in the face to non-traditional women who work > with their husbands as equals to raise a family and put food on the > table; and a slap in the face for all women who believe that equally > competent, equally hardworking women should be on equal footing with > comparable men. > > Jason > > > > > > > On Nov 10, 12:59 pm, "Angelia Stinnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > Please, please, please!!!!! go to the Jackson Sun's website and look up > > > Jecilyn Bailey's latest column. It has pissed be off like no other and > > > please leave comments and write letters to the editor about how it's the > > > equivalent of blatant racism.www.jacksonsun.com > > > > Send letters to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > When people make racist comments, we speak up. When people make sexist > > > statements, we usually do nothing. Please speak up for women. They reject > > > what I write sometimes as they should have done on the mentioned column. > > > > Thanks! > > > > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Liz Purkrabek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > > http://www.feministing.com/archives/011876.html > > > > > *National Review**: Women who don't support Palin are just upset about > > > > their abortions* > > > > > Now > > > > this<http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTA0YjdjZDc2OTVlNmM1YmE1YTY4ODRl...>is > > > > rich. Kevin Burke, a proponent of the invented > > > > "post abortion > > > > syndrome,"<http://www.feministing.com/archives/006386.html>writes that > > > > the criticism of Sarah Palin > > > > *"may have a relationship to the collective grief, shame, and guilt from > > > > personal involvement in the abortion of an unborn child."* Here I > > > > thought > > > > voters made decisions based on the issues that matter to them - little > > > > did I > > > > know that women across the country who don't support Palin are simply > > > > depressed about all of those abortions we've been having! > > > > > Burke gets even classier when he brings Palin's pregnant teen daughter > > > > into > > > > the mix: > > > > > If Bristol Palin had quietly aborted, Sarah Palin would have been spared > > > > the politically untimely focus on this very personal family issue. The > > > > problem would have quietly gone away. But Bristol, like countless post > > > > abortive women, would have paid a high price to protect her mother from > > > > the > > > > political heat that her pregnancy brings to the campaign. We know from > > > > our > > > > work with thousands of women who feel pressured to abort for various > > > > reasons > > > > that she would surely suffer many of the common post-abortion symptoms; > > > > depression, promiscuity, drug and alcohol abuse, sleep disorders, and > > > > relational problems. But she would have suffered in silence; no one > > > > would > > > > know her secret. No one would acknowledge that she has reason to grieve > > > > or > > > > have symptoms after abortion. Sarah Palin would have lost not only her > > > > precious grandchild...she likely would have lost her daughter Bristol > > > > to the > > > > silent ravages of post abortion suffering. > > > > > Wow, given that one in three American women will have an > > > > abortion<http://www.guttmacher.org/in-the-know/incidence.html>in her > > > > lifetime - there must be millions of tired, addicted, slutty, > > > > depressed, single women running around voting Democrat! > > > > > Seriously, conservatives need to get their heads out of their asses - > > > > and > > > > out of our uteruses. (Sorry, *not* the best visual.) > > > > > Posted by Jessica <http://www.feministing.com/profiles/1> - October 29, > > > > 2008, at 11:45AM <http://www.feministing.com/archives/011876.html> | in > > > > Election <http://www.feministing.com/election/> , > > > > Politics<http://www.feministing.com/politics/>, Reproductive > > > > Rights <http://www.feministing.com/reproductive-rights/>- Hide quoted > > > > text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
