Thu Jun 27, 2013, 12:56 PM
noiretextatique (27,274 posts)
I went to my local bar last night for a end of DOMA toast...but VRA had me down
local gay bar, everyone was excited about the SCOTUS ruling, and some people were making plans to get married as soon as possible. i, however, couldn't shake the feeling of being shafted as a black person, while celebrating as a gay person. I live in California, so I don't think my right to vote will be affected by the latest horrible, backward, crazy SCOTUS decision but it most certainly affect other black people. I can shake this feeling of...betrayal, disappointment, weariness. I find it difficult to rejoice in the outcome yesterday because of the outcome the day before.
scalia talks of racial entitlements...while the murderous bastard zimmerman stands trial for a real racial entitlement: the ability to murder black people, without consequence. roberts is an anti-voting rights activist, and had no business deciding this case (ditto for scalia). alioto and thomas: disgraces. there is a special place in hell for them. my friend, a former DUer, moved to guatemala a few years ago, and i am thinking of joining her. i really admire the people who are energized to keep fighting, but i am tired, disappointed, etc, etc, etc. i've been engaged in this battle since ronald reagan was nominated, and i am not sure i want to do it anymore.
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noiretextatique | Jun 2013 | OP |
JustAnotherGen | Jun 2013 | #1 | |
noiretextatique | Jun 2013 | #12 | |
JustAnotherGen | Jun 2013 | #13 | |
jaysunb | Jun 2013 | #2 | |
noiretextatique | Jun 2013 | #3 | |
SemperEadem | Jun 2013 | #4 | |
noiretextatique | Jun 2013 | #7 | |
JustAnotherGen | Jun 2013 | #5 | |
noiretextatique | Jun 2013 | #6 | |
Number23 | Jun 2013 | #9 | |
JustAnotherGen | Jun 2013 | #14 | |
Number23 | Jun 2013 | #8 | |
noiretextatique | Jun 2013 | #10 | |
Number23 | Jun 2013 | #11 | |
JustAnotherGen | Jun 2013 | #16 | |
Number23 | Jun 2013 | #17 | |
JustAnotherGen | Jun 2013 | #15 |
Response to noiretextatique (Original post)
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 01:08 PM
JustAnotherGen (30,405 posts)
1. And this is okay
i really admire the people who are energized to keep fighting, but i am tired, disappointed, etc, etc, etc. i've been engaged in this battle since ronald reagan was nominated, and i am not sure i want to do it anymore.
It's okay. ![]() I'm in NJ - it probably won't affect me either - at least not immediately. But it most certainly will by 2020. It's easy to say - well 'gotv'. We can do that - we can get folks ids. Doesn't mean that Texas won't throw up some lame assed law two months before an election . . . because they can. It's easy to say - well they will have to go back and legislate it. And who is going to pass it in the House? So - it's okay. It's not giving up. And it's okay to feel defeated. ![]() ![]() |
Response to JustAnotherGen (Reply #1)
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 06:04 PM
noiretextatique (27,274 posts)
12. thank you for your kindness and understanding
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Response to noiretextatique (Reply #12)
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 06:21 PM
JustAnotherGen (30,405 posts)
13. No problem
Im all about champagne campaigns.
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Response to noiretextatique (Original post)
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 01:49 PM
jaysunb (11,856 posts)
2. in the words of Fannie Lou Hamer :
"I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired."
![]() and btw...if that friend in Guatemala is who I think it is, I'll have a dose of that too. ![]() |
Response to jaysunb (Reply #2)
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 02:10 PM
noiretextatique (27,274 posts)
3. yep...talked to her a few weeks ago
and i will probably go there for a visit soon
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Response to noiretextatique (Reply #3)
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 02:30 PM
SemperEadem (8,053 posts)
4. I love it!!!
"a big bottle of fuckitol"!!!! I'm gonna start using that one! ROFL!
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Response to SemperEadem (Reply #4)
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 05:39 PM
noiretextatique (27,274 posts)
7. here you go
http://www.nicklewis.org/art/photos-and-graphics/fukitol-the-new-miracle-drug
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Response to noiretextatique (Reply #3)
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 02:31 PM
JustAnotherGen (30,405 posts)
5. Pssst
Kind of a joke between my late father and my husband . . .
He loved my husband for me . . . because in Italy. . . they have single payer health insurance. My dad was a liberal of the smart assed yet honest variety until the day he died! ![]() And he thought it was a smart move and ASKED my husband after we got engaged - so how long before she can become a citizen? And winks and smiles at me and says: You get that Medical Card ya hear! ![]() So now worries my friend! |
Response to JustAnotherGen (Reply #5)
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 05:26 PM
noiretextatique (27,274 posts)
6. thanks, my friend
for being so understanding....just having a tough couple of days
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Response to JustAnotherGen (Reply #5)
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 05:45 PM
Number23 (24,544 posts)
9. LOL Your dad sounds awesome
I love all of the posts you've made about your parents. It is so obvious that you loved them so much and that they were wonderful people.
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Response to Number23 (Reply #9)
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 06:23 PM
JustAnotherGen (30,405 posts)
14. My mom is still here
But my dad - god. I hit the lottery in terms of The Parentals!
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Response to noiretextatique (Original post)
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 05:42 PM
Number23 (24,544 posts)
8. Girl, you ain't going to Guatemala before you come out to Australia!!
I won't STAND for it!!!
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I completely understand your feeling conflicted on the court rulings this week and being frustrated and wanting to call it quits. Could the Supreme Court have been more schizophrenic this week??! I know so many black folks that are STRUGGLING. I have sent money home for so much shit it's not even funny. My grandmother was even caught up in the sub-prime foolishness and would have lost her house if I hadn't sent money home. Trayvon is just one of a long list of black people that have been claimed by this country's fear and hatred of black people. So to hear from the Supremes that somehow things are so grand and wonderful for us that we no longer need the few protections we have in place to protect us from deranged Republicans is maddening. It IS wearying. It is exhausting. And sometimes it honestly feels as though we are fighting this fight alone. But noire, what did our mamas do? And our grandparents? And our other ancestors? Of course they kept fighting. What other choice do we have? You are a brilliant person with a gorgeous spirit and we need more people like you in the fight. Get some rest. Celebrate the victory of the DOMA smack down. And then we'll see what needs to be done to protect our brothers and sisters. |
Response to Number23 (Reply #8)
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 05:50 PM
noiretextatique (27,274 posts)
10. thanks, sweetie
just feeling a little defeated right now. girl...you had to pull out the mama and granmama card
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Response to noiretextatique (Reply #10)
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 06:01 PM
Number23 (24,544 posts)
11. lol! I didn't WANT to pull out the grandmama card
because that is a hard card to haul. Believe me, I know all too well about the grandmama card!
![]() But this is part of who we are. Black people know better than anyone that we don't live in a vacuum. EVERYTHING we have (good, bad and in between) is because of some seriously hard fought battles. People got their heads knocked, brains spilled, got their ASSES BEAT. And they got up, went to church and hollered and cried, and somehow found the strength to keep going. I live in PERPETUAL AWE of these people. But their blood flows through us and we have the same spirit. But that doesn't mean it still doesn't get tiring. You have earned your rest, noire. So you take it. Recharge your batteries for the NEXT battle, because girl, isn't there ALWAYS a "next" battle??? Girl, these little munchkins are doing just fine. Your grandbaby thinks that she's a princess now. She walks around in 2 inch, plastic pink heels (I honestly have NO idea where these damn shoes even came from because this is definitely not the kind of thing I buy for my babies), a tutu and a tiara and says very solemnly, "I'm the pwincess" when someone asks who she's supposed to be. ![]() |
Response to Number23 (Reply #11)
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 06:39 PM
JustAnotherGen (30,405 posts)
16. Weeeellllll!
She is the Principesa! Bow down to her Author-a-Teh!
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Response to JustAnotherGen (Reply #16)
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 08:00 PM
Number23 (24,544 posts)
17. Ha! She DOES have authority!!
Three years old and this child is RUNNING the joint! Y'all better pray for me. The teenaged years do not bode well!!
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Response to noiretextatique (Reply #10)
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 06:36 PM
JustAnotherGen (30,405 posts)
15. I told The Gio
The first thing we need to do with the disaster in Acri is fix up the in law - so my mother can stay with us or visit.
![]() It's done! And our building is just down the hill from my in laws. Both his mom(71) and my mom (65) come from people that live well into their 90's so we are kind of looking at the next 30years. I'm already paying into the medical system there for myself and they are all about "family". So there are things we could do when I become a citizen to make sure my mom has health care if she decides she wants to live there. You might be surprised what services Guatemala offers for elderly parents. At least look into it. ![]() Re our Grandmothers - remember - they did have it far worse. Now my Gramfeathers (Maternal Grandmothers Mom) and I were very close. Irish Methodist - but don't let that fool you . . . I still have a few of her dresses from the 1920's. ![]() She is smiling down on us. Not so much my brother - she was never one for little boys in general as she had two girls . . . But the first time she held me - she wrote me in a letter before she died - she became a black woman. She's smiling down on you. You can love who you want to love - finally! But! Her mother didn't do that hunger strike to have that vote taken away. She's winking at you - but that Irish ability to hate has her spitting nails on the other side. I think she'd say - love and wine first. |