Got lambasted by a friend sometime over the past 24 hours (ah, the hellish joys of social media) because she's up in arms about our political situation and I decided to take a break and play some Skyrim - and I told everyone I was doing it.
I've been fighting some of these battles since I was a child. Healthcare has been a big one. No one cared when I was 12 and being denied blood sugar testing equipment because it was deemed not medically necessary by MY INSURANCE COMPANY. Not my doctor - who believed it was vitally necessary, and was right - by my insurance company.
Where were people when my parents didn't have the money to buy food?
Where were these "women's rights" protesters when my mom was told that her ex's debts were hers even though they hadn't lived together for over 18 months - because they were legally married. Where were they when a similar thing happened to me - DURING MY DIVORCE PROCESS?
Where the fuck have all of you been during the ongoing subjugation of women and minorities?
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
You weren't marching then. You weren't shouting then. You weren't knitting representations of your genitalia and flooding the streets THEN. So why should I take your ass seriously now? Why should I believe that this is more than just a knee-jerk temper tantrum? You weren't marching back when it actually could be changed relatively easily. You weren't marching in 2000 when the election was stolen. YOu weren't marching in 2004 when it happened again.
I'm sorry I can't get all het up over this. This is just more of the same from my perspective. I can't help that you are just now opening your damned eyes and ears to the problems we've all be facing for some time.
Don't fucking bitch me out for taking a break from a fight I've been dealing with since I was 10 years old (when I was diagnosed with diabetes) and you've just decided had finally gone far enough that you need to bestir yourself.
I've been fighting some of these battles since I was a child. Healthcare has been a big one. No one cared when I was 12 and being denied blood sugar testing equipment because it was deemed not medically necessary by MY INSURANCE COMPANY. Not my doctor - who believed it was vitally necessary, and was right - by my insurance company.
Where were people when my parents didn't have the money to buy food?
Where were these "women's rights" protesters when my mom was told that her ex's debts were hers even though they hadn't lived together for over 18 months - because they were legally married. Where were they when a similar thing happened to me - DURING MY DIVORCE PROCESS?
Where the fuck have all of you been during the ongoing subjugation of women and minorities?
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
You weren't marching then. You weren't shouting then. You weren't knitting representations of your genitalia and flooding the streets THEN. So why should I take your ass seriously now? Why should I believe that this is more than just a knee-jerk temper tantrum? You weren't marching back when it actually could be changed relatively easily. You weren't marching in 2000 when the election was stolen. YOu weren't marching in 2004 when it happened again.
I'm sorry I can't get all het up over this. This is just more of the same from my perspective. I can't help that you are just now opening your damned eyes and ears to the problems we've all be facing for some time.
Don't fucking bitch me out for taking a break from a fight I've been dealing with since I was 10 years old (when I was diagnosed with diabetes) and you've just decided had finally gone far enough that you need to bestir yourself.
