a long, dark, cold night ahead
Feeling very glum. Just watched a Frontline documentary called "the last abortion clinic". It very clearly brings it home that we're losing. And with a big Supreme Court case due on Nov. 30 that could change the whole landscape, it's very possible that we've just lost any real chance for progress for the next 30 years.
The Woodie Guthrie story about the rabbits being chased into a warren keeps going through my head. What do you do? Go underground, and wait til you outnumber them. [note: scroll down to the anecdote below "jesus christ".]
Part of me wants to sell the whole DVD collection, give up on buying a house -- put all my money into defeating the bastards. I feel like I've been put into a stupor, enjoying fantasies on TV... Now DVDs. Or on Google. Or making my own movies. None of these things connect to reality. I want to throw away all my pockets of fantasy. Give all this wealth to organizations fighting the good fight. Or at least come up with a donation plan where I'm giving significant monthly donations to NARAL and NGLTF, etc.
The poem "apolitical intellectuals" comes to mind. ...Yet, I feel like our side is in desperate need, that we must clarify our principles. We're on the defensive, not offering up a better vision than the opponents. Spin, spin, spin -- it feels like both sides' mouths are full of opinion-polled lies.
I know whose side I stand on, but I don't know who's saying the words that speak to my heart. Maybe what I do, writing, can ultimately help bring the spirit back. It's worth fighting the good fight -- we need to be able to say why it's good.
The Woodie Guthrie story about the rabbits being chased into a warren keeps going through my head. What do you do? Go underground, and wait til you outnumber them. [note: scroll down to the anecdote below "jesus christ".]
Part of me wants to sell the whole DVD collection, give up on buying a house -- put all my money into defeating the bastards. I feel like I've been put into a stupor, enjoying fantasies on TV... Now DVDs. Or on Google. Or making my own movies. None of these things connect to reality. I want to throw away all my pockets of fantasy. Give all this wealth to organizations fighting the good fight. Or at least come up with a donation plan where I'm giving significant monthly donations to NARAL and NGLTF, etc.
The poem "apolitical intellectuals" comes to mind. ...Yet, I feel like our side is in desperate need, that we must clarify our principles. We're on the defensive, not offering up a better vision than the opponents. Spin, spin, spin -- it feels like both sides' mouths are full of opinion-polled lies.
I know whose side I stand on, but I don't know who's saying the words that speak to my heart. Maybe what I do, writing, can ultimately help bring the spirit back. It's worth fighting the good fight -- we need to be able to say why it's good.
1 Comments:
Debate will only convince a few people on the border. Changing education to teach critical thought instead of dogma is what will be required to snap people out of a "culture of life". Of course, that won't help with home schoooling unless critical analysis becomes part of the SAT.
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