Being the Change

 I don't know why I've started following this the way I have. 

Maybe it all started with our new television stand at home. For some reason, the television was turned on as we put together this big-honkin' dark mahogany stand--which is really nicely disguised plywood-- to put it on, and on the television was some dramatic Dateline piece about cyber bullying was toning away and blah blah blah, Mom turn it off.

It was a wrench piece, making it impossible for parents to watch but impossible not to watch. The reporting was set up like so:
"After the break, the shocking secrets you DON'T want to know about your child's Facebook account."

Try not to think about purple elephants and all you'll think about are purple elephants.

(**Right now I'm just going to warn you that I will step on my little Soapbox and you are free to kick me off at anytime... **)

Now you can agree or disagree with me all you like, really opinions are opinions and every one has one. And  I will admit, I am not a Mother of a child who has been bullied and as a child I generally stayed out of it. But that doesn't mean I am blind to it. And it doesn't mean that other people should be either. And what is going on in our homestate politics is disgusting. There is no better word for it than that.
Dis-gust-ing.

Please read this.

A bill has passed in which bullying is allowed IF they can provide a reason, religious or moral.
Puh-lease. I thought this was satire, at first glace. Nope, not in the slightest. Is this what we want children to think? It's okay to hurt someone so long as they are different than you--that stereotyping is more important than individual personality? Will the tide turn if the bullying passes from a Muslim to a Christian child, calling him an Infidel to his religion so it's not only legal, but morally acceptable for him to give a black eye?

If anyone wants to join me in writing letters to our wonderful Senators, than I would be more than welcome for the support because I, for one, am going to flex my democratic muscle against this swill.

::Sorry the post is so unlike me. I will reiterate, this is not normally my style, but it has me worked up for some reason. More Becca-like posts coming soon!::