I’m sickened at the discussions floating around the news about whether or not Sheehan’s t-shirt was appropriate to wear at the State of the Union address.
How soon we forget.
First let’s look at the hypocrisy:
A politician’s wife was ASKED to leave for wearing a pro-war t-shirt.
Cindy was hauled in cuffs, charged and could face a year in prison.
What about those politicians and other guests who wore red, white and blue ties?? Or YELLOW ties.
Bush demands that our children die in Iraq to protect our freedom and then he goes and shits on those very freedoms by ingoring the rights and civil liberties of our citizens.
There have been a number of letters recently, here and in other newspapers, from people who assert that we are at war, the enemy is relentless, and we must use every means in our power to protect ourselves. In particular, they say, it is worthwhile to allow “illegal” wiretaps and other abridgements of our so-called civil liberties in order to protect ourselves. These same people are enthusiastic supporters of sending off our young men and women to kill and to die in order to protect us against “enemies of freedom”. Why is it all right for these brave young people to sacrifice their lives, their health, their youth for our freedoms, while others want to give up those very freedoms to save their own lives? These people are cowards and traitors, and deserve the utter contempt of their neighbors and of every decent American. ~VFP member, Stephen J Spiro
Now let’s take a trip down memory lane shall we?
You and your daughter can wear whatever the fuck you want! Whenever the fuck you want! Remember that fight?
I still remember the days when even women, of all people, would “tsk tsk”, make catty, violent judgements over a rape victim having worn a mini skirt the night she was gang raped. Her clothing was deemed inappropriate and she got what she “deserved”, usually anal tearing, disease, and nightmares the rest of her life.
Yesterday it was a mini skirt.
Today it’s anti-war t-shirts.
Tomorrow… what next?
Judging the appropriateness or inappropriateness of somemes fucking clothing… is a slippery slope that too many of us have fought and paid dearly for.
I want to thank those who suspended judgement, assumptions and criticism of Ms. Sheehan and her ATTIRE… and waited to hear the full story.
Should this citizen be arrested, harrassed or… attacked?
Don’t slide. Remember.
Women, we need to ENCOURAGE, EMPOWER and EMBRACE each other. If one of us doesn’t have the freedom to speak their mind, to wear what they want, then NONE of us truly do.
