So. I recently was called a misogynist because I took exception to a comment that painted all men that way.
For the record.
I have learned from the best women this planet has ever known.
My grandmother was a suffragette. She marched in defiance of the status quo and won. In my pre/early teens (late 60s early 70s, her 70s-80s) we would play pairs pinochle against my mother and father and she would win every time. I’d like to take some credit for our domination but it was all grandma. Grandma was “the” matriarch not because of her age but because of her wisdom & intellect.
My mother was a real friend of Bella’s. She also taught me well that every human is as good as another. Mom was, well, superhuman. Mom pushed me in a baby carriage in front of the first black family to move into our town along with others to keep shitheads from throwing rocks at their windows. Mom was a delegate to the 76 dem convention and managed the campaign of a dem congressmen. When dad went down the tubes she went to work, got a degree and became an accountant. She was the biggest part of my learning what white privilege is. Thanks mom, every human deserves such privilege, respect, dignity.
In my life I have always strived to live up to the lessons I was taught by the two most human people I have ever known. I have always chosen right. I have acted as a union/EEO rep on many occasions to successfully beat down “the man” to get women and minorities promotions and back pay they deserved. This has cost me, significantly. My retirement may occur after I’m dead because of my choices. My daughters, who have marched repeatedly against Trump (oh yea it makes me proud), will be taking on additional college debt because of my choices. Thanks to the lessons I learned from the women in my life, that I was able to pass on to them, they would have it no other way (did I say I was proud?).
So. I was recently painted with a broad brush as a misogynist and told the messenger to fuck off.
It may not have been the most appropriate of language but I have nothing to apologize for. Here at Kos, of all places, it should be a place where no one is subjected to prejudice or bigotry.
P.S.
I am truly astounded by how much this has impacted me. One more of life's lessons to the man whose children, whose reason for living, only exist because of those that fought for the cause before me.
Peace.