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What a wonderful week last week! I cried twice in a row Thursday and Friday, first for obamacare, for me it’s the best insurance I’ve ever had and I can afford it, take that all you naysayers ( which seems to be people who have never had to live without insurance, where’s the empathy?). Second for Friday man those speeches and what happened with gay marriage. I was so proud to be an American on Friday. And I was so happy, I still can’t believe it happened. We had two nurses from Michigan who were apart of the case, seeing them watch the ruling come through was so wonderful. Also seeing the first couple married on Friday live on tv, they were so happy and had tears in their eyes. It was just a beautiful thing to watch.
I couldn’t be happier for my friends who just wanted to be happier.
I’ve been critical of Obama, and perhaps rightfully so. The TPP is disastrous, his perpetuation of war in the Middle East is dangerous, his abuse of the espionage act is criminal, and his silent support of Wall Street and the largest corporations in the world is problematic.
However, this past week, he has shown his true colors. Perhaps throughout his two terms he has been stifled by the system, and now that he isn’t worried about his reelection chances and/or alienating the bigots in our country, he’s spoken the truth about three of our most disenfranchised groups in America: the poor, the LGBT community, and the African-American community. The affordable care act, while not perfect, significantly improves the lives of the poor. Marriage equality, while not the final step, is a wonderful promotion of equality for the LGBT community. His speech on race at the Funeral of Clemanta Pickney is his most honest yet.
I don’t agree with all of his policies and am disappointed with a lot of what he’s done and hasn’t done. Perhaps that’s inevitable with any president. What I know for sure now, though, is that this week has cemented his legacy as one of our more progressive presidents, and that through his conduct this week, he’s been at his most “presidential” yet.
Love your post The Pope. You are so right! What Americans need to do now is fight vigorously the rhetoric and hatred of the fundamentalist right. Look long and hard at those politicians (and journalists and media moguls and corporate megalomaniacs) who will try to tear down what you have gained. Obama is a great man. His oration was magnificent He has accomplished so much despite the political stalemate he has to deal with and the horrible exaggerations (lies) and intimidation and, yes, bigotry. There is still much to fight for and against. Keep moving forward.
@Ryan,
Thanks!
“ . . . those who has been sincerely supporting and fighting for them.”
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Correction: “. . . those who have . . . . ”.
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(By the way, for the time being, I wish I could regain the right to have a single space [in one full line] between paragraphs. xD)
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I’ll look into restoring the Right to Separation of Paragraphs. In the meantime, if you type a period into an otherwise empty line and hit ‘enter’ again to begin the next paragraph, it will help relax things visually, albeit artificially.
Congratulations to those benefiting from the progress and those who have been sincerely supporting and fighting for them. (I was and am just a by-stander. But I’m glad, too.)
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And LOL with Kbacon. Nice one.
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(Thanks to Steve50 and Igor for summarizing it all in a single comment about what’s been going on lately.) (I spotted it last night [it’s Saturday afternoon here] and, though you could tell more or less from the thread’s title, was not entirely sure of the whole context, thus no comment back then. And I missed the tag, as well.)
You’ve had a big week, my friends, and I celebrate with you and for you. The healthcare victory yesterday, marriage equality today, all the while watching the demise of the Confederate flag…then your President’s absolutely incredible speech where he managed to touch on all the important issues without inciting vitriol. Not enough to turn me religious, but he knows himself as well as his audience and it was perfect.
The trick now is twofold – never let anyone forget how difficult the road was to get this far and realize that there’s a long way yet to go. Guns remain an issue and racism doesn’t evaporate. True equality in both healthcare and sexuality – not to mention gender – need cultivating, but what a blossum opened today.
Congrats
breathtaking week. While we celebrate marriage we can’t quit. The treatment of trans youths here in Alabama is the moral equivalent of genocide.
of all the life changing recent events, the melt-down of the toxic vestiges of the confederacy is the most moving to me. Obama was better than he has ever been. A new, true to his core Obama. I hope this is the guy we get from now on. His remarks on the marriage ruling were raw and grave. Powerful. But then he went to Charleston and… OMG.
I can’t help but think how stupid the Academy looks after their racist year last year.
An amazing week for America. Until now, people questioned whether Obama had delivered on the promise of his Presidency. These last few days, either by his own design or by appalling circumstance, his legacy is absolutely secured. The Supreme Court rulings and the terrorist attack in Charleston, SC means his stature will outshine that of every American President since Franklin D. Roosevelt. He has been in office to oversee the bestowing of respect and equality that the US has not seen since the abolition of slavery (and his tenure seems to be finally delivering on it in a way that was only partially done with MLK). Obamacare and Marriage Equality were deliberated upon by the US Supreme Court but I feel the terrorist attack in Carolina is the watershed because that is where the people can begin to turn their back on not only the past, but also to poke a few hard holes in the NRA argument. The gun lobby is now linked with racism and terrorism. In this week of enormous change, it could well embolden the people to bring reason and compassion to bear upon the lawmakers to neutralise the gun in American culture.
I remember in the early 90s, being told by my elders that the 60s was the decade in which it all happened and that the children who were coming of age in the 90s were a generation of putzes. Lazy, indolent, selfish. Remember when the Wall came down in 1989 and Francis Fukyama wrote an essay declaring it was “the end of history.” Quickly in its wake came the taunts of conservative right. “Where is your protest? Where are your marches? What are your issues?” And with those taunts came the sneering derision that the 60s was an aberration and as such, the “progress” really only brought “problems.” It is refreshing to see now them now being refuted.
If you haven’t seen Obama’s oration in the Emanuel Church in Charleston, you should give it a look. Especially about 13:30 minutes in.
And then again at 35 minutes.
He nailed it. To the door.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1066&v=RK7tYOVd0Hs
I am recalling that moment in the movie of Gandhi’s life when the Mahatma and his followers were protesting at the mill and were beaten down by the Indian guards. They didn’t fight back physically. Instead, they just stepped forward row after row, each man knowing the injuries he was going to receive and they just kept coming for the beating. And the US journalist covering the event called in his report on the phone and he said “Whatever moral ascendancy the West once held was lost here today. India is free, for she has taken all that steel and cruelty can give and she has neither cringed nor retreated.”
The American equivalent came the other day when Dylann Roof was at his arraignment and the relatives of those who had been murdered forgave him. Roof’s intention was to start a race war. But I can’t see it coming. That war is done. Too many people are simply too tired of that hate and the shootings and the empty rhetoric pummelled by the NRA. Obama’s speech today was superb because there was no anger and no recrimination. Just reflection and celebration. It was religious and secular. Ecumenical and Evangelical. Black and white. Democrat and Republican. Rich and Poor. You and me.
Obama. He da man.
Congratulations you guys! 🙂
Health Care
No Confederate Flag
Equally Marriage Rights
Good week for you
Thanks, Igor. Good week for you too, I hope. Good week for the planet.
I told my SO that I would marry her only when all Americans could marry. Now I have to fake my own death.
A History of the Post-Gay Cinema post?
A History of the Post-Gay Cinema post?
Excellent idea. Series of posts, even.
Rainbow 1
https://twitter.com/filmystic/status/614593657111494656/photo/1
Rainbow 2
https://twitter.com/filmystic/status/614633068448641025
Rainbow 3
https://twitter.com/filmystic/status/614637594173939712
Now, in Northern Ireland, we go west, we go east, we go south (there’s nothing up north, alas) and we find equality. Equality surrounds us, and we can’t ignore it any longer. Yet more pressure on our local assembly to recognise our legitimacy as human beings of equal human status.
Thank you SCOTUS! Thank you for leading the way! Equality is spreading, and you bitches can’t TAKE IT!!
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 #LoveWins
Very proud to be an American today.