maddening

the debate last night was held at my alma mater, Hofstra University. i would've been watching the debate regardless, but i was definitely more eager to tune in last night and see how my lil' school did on the national stage. (as it turned out, you wouldn't even know it was Hofstra if not for the mentions made by the moderator, candidates and reporters.)

i guess it was a good debate, a lively one for sure. but toward the end i was struck by a fresh wave of rage and frustration. it happened around the time the topic of appointing Supreme Court justices was raised, and Roe v. Wade was mentioned. 

as a woman, i cannot tell you how infuriating it is to listen to men discuss what i can and can't do with my body. plain and simple. how is this of any interest or importance to a damn politician, priest or protester? why is this still such an ongoing, heated, violent debate in this country? why is half the country so hell-bent on overturning a decision made more than three decades ago? it's beyond my comprehension and it disturbs me greatly. 

when there are unspeakable things happening to children because those who have them are uneducated and unprepared, when grown kids are being abandoned by overwhelmed parents, when there are ongoing, serious problems in schools across the country, i strongly believe elected officials (and those who've taken various vows such as celibacy) should focus on issues truly and actually affecting the country. 

they should stay out of the business of women who are facing a personal crisis painful enough without delusional radicals weighing in, trying to take her rights and her privacy away from her. 

i just really had to let that out.

mb