So I didn't even hear it live. I heard it through a link someone posted via one of the Occupy National Networks. I clicked the links and listened to the out right vitriol and nastiness spewing from the mouth of big bloviator himself.
And it sparked a match in me.
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So I heard his voice, heard him speaking, and heard him literally smearing that strong young woman for doing nothing more than standing up for women's health. This strong woman stood strong and tall to champion the issue of women's health.
She didn't talk about how much sex she had
She didn't talk about how much sex women colleagues had
She didn't speak on the requirement to pay for her and others sexual choices
No...she spoke strong and tall on how birth control goes beyond just birth prevention, and helps to address a myriad of women issues.
This issue rings home for me. My wife WAS on birth control until our insurance changed at my work place and we could no longer afford it. See her birth control that worked was...the nuva ring. Nothing else worked..seriously. Literally because of her mental health requirements (bi-polar taking lithium and anti-anxiety) the ring was the ONLY thing that worked. And here is the amazing thing...while on the ring she found herself having to take LESS anxiety pills and lower her lithium intake. Birth Control for her had beyond one hundred percent made her life better, and contributed to her being a more healthy individual of society. Before this, she had suffered with bouts of mental incapacitation. The lithium she took dulled her mind. The anti-anxiety pills nearly incapacitated her in some degree.
So to me...Rush's words stabbed me in the heart like a dagger.
And I (quoting tombstone here) said out loud "Rush you called down the thunder, well you got it!"
So I posted in our local Occupy group how fed up I was, I posted in interoccupy groups resources many KOS folks here have posted on how to hit local Radio stations, I continued the fight and personally contact every single advert poster I heard on our local affiliate who plays Rush's show. (WRTC 95.3 btw...ohh and they are up for renewal in April btw..wink wink nudge nudge)
And I think we have literally reached a moment where progressive people can effect such amazing change when united. I have this belief because of...
Bob Miller Appliances
Bob Miller Appliances is a local appliance/mattress/home store here locally in South Bend, IN. They posted on their facebook page today a rejection of Rush and a statement to suspend all advertising on the Rush show. And really more specifically to suspend advertising to the local affiliate from what I have heard.
So to my brothers and sisters in Occupy, and my fellow Kossacks let it be known...a better world is possible. Start local, hit local, Occupy local.
Ohhh...and if you are passing through South Bend, Indiana try to stop by and buy an appliance from Bob Miller. His prices are very fair!
Solidarity in everything!