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January 19, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) -- I am a woman, and yet the Women’s March on Washington does not represent me.
This is not because of any prejudice I hold - I do not hate women, nor do I suffer from any “internalized misogyny”. No, the Women’s March does not represent me because they have chosen not to.
You see, the Women’s March only believes in the pro-choice buzzword when you choose to agree with them.
As you may have heard, women from across the country are organizing to take part in the Women’s March on Washington on January 21st - one day after President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inauguration - as a way to protest the incoming administration.
According to their mission statement, they aim to “join in diversity” while sending “a bold message to our new government on their first day in office, and to the world that women’s rights are human rights.” The statement goes on to elaborate on their reasons for rallying against Trump, claiming that “the rhetoric of the past election cycle has insulted, demonized, and threatened” women of all different communities.
All of these well-intentioned statements might have at least maintained consistency if they had not then immediately violated their very own mission statement.
Yesterday, the Women’s March organization made headlines by removing New Wave Feminists, a pro-life women’s group, as an official event sponsor. The Women’s March released a statement to defend their decision, apologizing for “the error” of having previously listed an “anti-choice” group as a partner. They also made it clear that they only wish to march on behalf of those who share the pro-abortion mindset.
Are you starting to see the hypocrisy yet?
For a women’s group who sings the praises of diversity and tolerance throughout the “About” section of their website, it is quite duplicitous to then publicly disavow a women’s group simply for holding a different opinion.
But this is what the Left is known for championing - diversity in all things, except diversity of thought.
Prior to the release of the official statement, Guardian columnist and self-proclaimed feminist, Jessica Valenti, tweeted yesterday that she was “horrified” that the Women’s March had partnered with a pro-life group, insisting that women need to “stop the myth that feminism is simply ‘anything a woman does.’” -- in other words, if a woman does not think or act in line with their specific brand of feminism, she does not count as a woman.
“We call on all defenders of human rights to join us,” the Women’s March website states.
Well, obviously not.
The Women’s March has essentially declared that pro-life women do not have a place at this event, even if a woman is an ally on every other issue that the protest claims to fight for.
This line of thinking is not only ignorant, it is self-defeating.
When the Roe v. Wade decision was handed down, the medical understanding of when life began was largely unclear, mostly due to a lack of evidence provided by the relatively young discipline of embryology. The issue of viabilityalso lacked sufficient medical understanding. But as medical technology has advanced, the humanity of the unborn continues to be affirmed within the scientific community.
Now that we know that human life begins at conception and that babies born as early as 22 weeks are setting the new viability standard, the millennial generation has been trending toward the pro-life point of view, giving rise to a new kind of civil rights movement.
Click "like" if you are PRO-LIFE! <fb:like font="" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/We-can-end-abortion/165284543530775?ref=ts" layout="button_count" send="true" show_faces="false" width="100" fb-xfbml-state="rendered" fb-iframe-plugin-query="app_id=132010293551131&container_width=0&href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FWe-can-end-abortion%2F165284543530775%3Fref%3Dts&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&sdk=joey&send=true&show_faces=false&width=100" style="max-width: 100%;"></fb:like>
Additionally, the latest report from the Guttmacher Institute has found that the number of abortions in the US has dropped to its lowest level since 1974.
These numbers spell doom for any women’s group that demands conformity of thought and a pro-abortion litmus test.
As a pro-life woman and millennial activist, it is frustrating to be misrepresented by those who claim to have women’s interests at heart.
To be a pro-life woman is to believe in modern medical science and to champion human rights for all -- including the unborn.
You cannot boast advocacy for human rights while simultaneously denying the humanity of unborn human beings. You can’t even advocate for all women’s rights while fighting against the inalienable right to life of the developing young woman in the womb.
The Women’s March claims to recognize that “defending the most marginalized among us is defending all of us” -- but how can they not realize that the most marginalized group in America is the unborn? No other group in the country has been targeted for mass murder: more than 54 million babies have been killed since the Roe V Wade decision in 1973.
But maybe the most ironic twist in the decision to remove a pro-life sponsor from the Women’s March is that, in so doing, they are showcasing the same divisive, intolerant, and discriminatory qualities as the Trump-esque rhetoric they claim to march against.
Perhaps the Women’s March could benefit from further study of the Audre Lorde quote they selected to close their mission statement, which reads: “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences."
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January 19, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) -- I am a woman, and yet the Women’s March on Washington does not represent me.
This is not because of any prejudice I hold - I do not hate women, nor do I suffer from any “internalized misogyny”. No, the Women’s March does not represent me because they have chosen not to.
You see, the Women’s March only believes in the pro-choice buzzword when you choose to agree with them.
As you may have heard, women from across the country are organizing to take part in the Women’s March on Washington on January 21st - one day after President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inauguration - as a way to protest the incoming administration.
According to their mission statement, they aim to “join in diversity” while sending “a bold message to our new government on their first day in office, and to the world that women’s rights are human rights.” The statement goes on to elaborate on their reasons for rallying against Trump, claiming that “the rhetoric of the past election cycle has insulted, demonized, and threatened” women of all different communities.
All of these well-intentioned statements might have at least maintained consistency if they had not then immediately violated their very own mission statement.
Yesterday, the Women’s March organization made headlines by removing New Wave Feminists, a pro-life women’s group, as an official event sponsor. The Women’s March released a statement to defend their decision, apologizing for “the error” of having previously listed an “anti-choice” group as a partner. They also made it clear that they only wish to march on behalf of those who share the pro-abortion mindset.
Are you starting to see the hypocrisy yet?
For a women’s group who sings the praises of diversity and tolerance throughout the “About” section of their website, it is quite duplicitous to then publicly disavow a women’s group simply for holding a different opinion.
But this is what the Left is known for championing - diversity in all things, except diversity of thought.
Prior to the release of the official statement, Guardian columnist and self-proclaimed feminist, Jessica Valenti, tweeted yesterday that she was “horrified” that the Women’s March had partnered with a pro-life group, insisting that women need to “stop the myth that feminism is simply ‘anything a woman does.’” -- in other words, if a woman does not think or act in line with their specific brand of feminism, she does not count as a woman.
“We call on all defenders of human rights to join us,” the Women’s March website states.
Well, obviously not.
The Women’s March has essentially declared that pro-life women do not have a place at this event, even if a woman is an ally on every other issue that the protest claims to fight for.
This line of thinking is not only ignorant, it is self-defeating.
When the Roe v. Wade decision was handed down, the medical understanding of when life began was largely unclear, mostly due to a lack of evidence provided by the relatively young discipline of embryology. The issue of viabilityalso lacked sufficient medical understanding. But as medical technology has advanced, the humanity of the unborn continues to be affirmed within the scientific community.
Now that we know that human life begins at conception and that babies born as early as 22 weeks are setting the new viability standard, the millennial generation has been trending toward the pro-life point of view, giving rise to a new kind of civil rights movement.
Click "like" if you are PRO-LIFE! <fb:like font="" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/We-can-end-abortion/165284543530775?ref=ts" layout="button_count" send="true" show_faces="false" width="100" fb-xfbml-state="rendered" fb-iframe-plugin-query="app_id=132010293551131&container_width=0&href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FWe-can-end-abortion%2F165284543530775%3Fref%3Dts&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&sdk=joey&send=true&show_faces=false&width=100" style="max-width: 100%;"></fb:like>
Additionally, the latest report from the Guttmacher Institute has found that the number of abortions in the US has dropped to its lowest level since 1974.
These numbers spell doom for any women’s group that demands conformity of thought and a pro-abortion litmus test.
As a pro-life woman and millennial activist, it is frustrating to be misrepresented by those who claim to have women’s interests at heart.
To be a pro-life woman is to believe in modern medical science and to champion human rights for all -- including the unborn.
You cannot boast advocacy for human rights while simultaneously denying the humanity of unborn human beings. You can’t even advocate for all women’s rights while fighting against the inalienable right to life of the developing young woman in the womb.
The Women’s March claims to recognize that “defending the most marginalized among us is defending all of us” -- but how can they not realize that the most marginalized group in America is the unborn? No other group in the country has been targeted for mass murder: more than 54 million babies have been killed since the Roe V Wade decision in 1973.
But maybe the most ironic twist in the decision to remove a pro-life sponsor from the Women’s March is that, in so doing, they are showcasing the same divisive, intolerant, and discriminatory qualities as the Trump-esque rhetoric they claim to march against.
Perhaps the Women’s March could benefit from further study of the Audre Lorde quote they selected to close their mission statement, which reads: “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences."
Another reason G Pop is THE BEST in the world at what he does!!
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CLEVELAND -- Twenty-one seasons of coaching the San Antonio Spurs have given Gregg Popovich a wealth of experience in dealing with the media. So much, in fact, that he believes newly sworn-in President Donald Trump can learn a thing or two from him.
"I want to be totally vanilla, whether someone says something great or something bad [about me]," Popovich said before the Spurs and Cleveland Cavaliers met Saturday night. "You can't let that affect you. We have somebody in office right now who should take that lesson."
Popovich went on to devote nearly half of his 14-minute media session to describing his disdain for Trump, who was inaugurated Friday.
On Saturday, more than 1 million people rallied at women's marches in Washington, D.C., and cities across the world in protest of the new president.
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"The march today was great," Popovich said. "That message is important, and it could have been a whole lot of groups marching. And somebody said on TV, 'What's their message?' Well, their message is obvious. That our president comes in with the lowest [approval] rating of anybody who ever came into the office. And there's a majority of people out there, since Hillary [Clinton] won the popular vote, that don't buy his act. And I just wish that he was more -- had the ability to be more -- mature enough to do something that really is inclusive rather than just talking and saying, 'I'm going to include everybody.'
"He could talk to the groups that he disrespected and maligned during the primary and really make somebody believe it. But so far, we've got [to] a point where you really can't believe anything that comes out of his mouth. You really can't."
On Saturday, one of Trump's first acts after he was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States was visiting CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Popovich was critical of what the president did with the opportunity.
"With the CIA today, instead of honoring the 117 people behind him where he was speaking, he talked about the size of the [inauguration] crowd," Popovich said. "That's worrisome. That's worrisome. I'd just feel better if somebody was in that position that showed the maturity and psychological and emotional level of somebody that was his age. It's dangerous, and it doesn't do us any good. I hope he does a great job, but there's a difference between respecting the office of the presidency and who occupies it. And that respect has to be earned. But it's hard to be respectful of someone when we all have kids, and we're watching him be misogynistic and xenophobic and racist and make fun of handicapped people."
Popovich expressed even greater dismay about some of Trump's presidential appointees.
"What really bothers me are the people around him," Popovich said. "The Sean Spicers, the Kellyanne Conways, the Reince Priebuses that know who he is and actually have the cynical approach and disingenuous attitude to really defend him and try to make it look like he didn't say what he said. And so when he's mad at the media for them reporting what he said, that just boggles my mind."
Popovich concluded his comments by saying that Trump should own his rhetoric rather than try to change its tone or meaning after the fact.
"When the media reports what he says, I'm not sure why he can get angry about that," Popovich said. "It does boggle the mind how somebody can be so thin-skinned. It's all obvious -- it's about him. If anything affects him, if it's 'Saturday Night Live' or 'Hamilton' or she got 3 more million votes than you. 'They're illegal.' It doesn't matter what it is, there's a pattern there. And that's dangerous. I'd like to have someone with gravitas, but he got there through the Electoral College, which is part of our system, and I hope he does some good things.
"There was a young lady on today who said, 'I just wished he had gone up there and said something like, 'And I know I said certain things ...' or, you know, 'I would really like to bring the people who don't feel ...' or, 'I know some of you are scared.'
"But he can't do that because bullies don't do that. That's why."
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</header>12:22 AM ET
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Dave McMenaminESPN Staff Writer
CLEVELAND -- Twenty-one seasons of coaching the San Antonio Spurs have given Gregg Popovich a wealth of experience in dealing with the media. So much, in fact, that he believes newly sworn-in President Donald Trump can learn a thing or two from him.
"I want to be totally vanilla, whether someone says something great or something bad [about me]," Popovich said before the Spurs and Cleveland Cavaliers met Saturday night. "You can't let that affect you. We have somebody in office right now who should take that lesson."
Popovich went on to devote nearly half of his 14-minute media session to describing his disdain for Trump, who was inaugurated Friday.
On Saturday, more than 1 million people rallied at women's marches in Washington, D.C., and cities across the world in protest of the new president.
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LeBron James said Saturday that the chance to play for new USA Basketball head coach Gregg Popovich will be a big consideration in his decision to participate in the 2020 Olympics.
"The march today was great," Popovich said. "That message is important, and it could have been a whole lot of groups marching. And somebody said on TV, 'What's their message?' Well, their message is obvious. That our president comes in with the lowest [approval] rating of anybody who ever came into the office. And there's a majority of people out there, since Hillary [Clinton] won the popular vote, that don't buy his act. And I just wish that he was more -- had the ability to be more -- mature enough to do something that really is inclusive rather than just talking and saying, 'I'm going to include everybody.'
"He could talk to the groups that he disrespected and maligned during the primary and really make somebody believe it. But so far, we've got [to] a point where you really can't believe anything that comes out of his mouth. You really can't."
On Saturday, one of Trump's first acts after he was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States was visiting CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Popovich was critical of what the president did with the opportunity.
"With the CIA today, instead of honoring the 117 people behind him where he was speaking, he talked about the size of the [inauguration] crowd," Popovich said. "That's worrisome. That's worrisome. I'd just feel better if somebody was in that position that showed the maturity and psychological and emotional level of somebody that was his age. It's dangerous, and it doesn't do us any good. I hope he does a great job, but there's a difference between respecting the office of the presidency and who occupies it. And that respect has to be earned. But it's hard to be respectful of someone when we all have kids, and we're watching him be misogynistic and xenophobic and racist and make fun of handicapped people."
Popovich expressed even greater dismay about some of Trump's presidential appointees.
"What really bothers me are the people around him," Popovich said. "The Sean Spicers, the Kellyanne Conways, the Reince Priebuses that know who he is and actually have the cynical approach and disingenuous attitude to really defend him and try to make it look like he didn't say what he said. And so when he's mad at the media for them reporting what he said, that just boggles my mind."
Popovich concluded his comments by saying that Trump should own his rhetoric rather than try to change its tone or meaning after the fact.
"When the media reports what he says, I'm not sure why he can get angry about that," Popovich said. "It does boggle the mind how somebody can be so thin-skinned. It's all obvious -- it's about him. If anything affects him, if it's 'Saturday Night Live' or 'Hamilton' or she got 3 more million votes than you. 'They're illegal.' It doesn't matter what it is, there's a pattern there. And that's dangerous. I'd like to have someone with gravitas, but he got there through the Electoral College, which is part of our system, and I hope he does some good things.
"There was a young lady on today who said, 'I just wished he had gone up there and said something like, 'And I know I said certain things ...' or, you know, 'I would really like to bring the people who don't feel ...' or, 'I know some of you are scared.'
"But he can't do that because bullies don't do that. That's why."
Come back in 2036 when a Democrat might win the Presidency again.....20 straight years of a Republican President.
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Nobody listened to these scumbags during the Primaries
Nobody listened to these scumbags during the general
And nobody is listening to these scumbag losers now.
Deal-With-It Slapping-silly90))
Nobody listened to these scumbags during the general
And nobody is listening to these scumbag losers now.
Deal-With-It Slapping-silly90))
I did it My Way and will continue to do it My Way.
Protest this fools @)
Protest this fools @)
Clearly, a Helluva Lot more than most of the hateful, racist xenophobic idiots here:
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</header>Nov 12, 2016
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Michael C. WrightESPN Staff Writer
SAN ANTONIO -- Spurs coach Gregg Popovich spoke Friday about his frustration with Tuesday's election of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States.
"I'm still sick to my stomach, and not basically because the Republicans won or anything, but the disgusting tenor, tone and all the comments that have been xenophobic, homophobic, racist, misogynistic," he said before the Spurs' home game against the Detroit Pistons. "And I live in that country where half the people ignored all that to elect someone. That's the scariest part of [the] whole thing to me.
"It's got nothing to do with the environment, Obamacare and all the other stuff. We live in a country that ignored all those values that we would hold our kids accountable for."
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"Everybody wants him to be successful. It's our country; we don't want it to go down the drain," Popovich said. "Any reasonable person would come to that conclusion, but it does not take away the fact that he used that fear-mongering and all the comments from day one. The race-baiting with trying to make Barack Obama, our first black president, illegitimate. It leaves me to wonder where I've been living and with whom I'm living."
Popovich also expressed empathy for minority groups that might be adversely affected by Trump's remarks during his campaign.
"What gets lost in the process are African-Americans, Hispanics, women and the gay population, not to mention the eighth-grade developmental stage exhibited by him when he made fun of the handicapped person," he said. "I mean, come on. That's what an eighth-grade bully does, and he was elected president of the United States. We would have scolded our kids. We would have had discussions and talked until we were blue in the face trying to get them to understand these things. And he is in charge of our country. That's disgusting."
Popovich emphasized that his problem with Trump isn't merely a matter of political affiliation.
"Values to me are more important than anybody's skill in business or anything else because it tells who we are, how we want to live and what kind of people we are," he said. "That's why I have great respect for people like Lindsey Graham, John McCain, John Kasich, who I disagree with on a lot of political things. But they had enough fiber and respect for humanity and tolerance for all groups to say what they said about [Trump]."
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"I'm not done," he said. "One could go on and on. We didn't make this stuff up. He's angry at the media because they reported what he said and how he acted. It's ironic to me. It just makes no sense. So that's my real fear. And that's what gives me so much pause and makes me feel so badly, that the country is willing to be that intolerant and not understand the empathy that's necessary to understand other groups' situations.
"I'm a rich, white guy. And I'm sick to my stomach thinking about it. I couldn't imagine being a Muslim right now or a woman or an African-American, a Hispanic, a handicapped person, and how disenfranchised they might feel. And for anyone in those groups that voted for him, it's just beyond my comprehension how they ignored all that."
As his remarks ended, Popovich said he was concerned that the U.S. is on the same path as the Roman Empire.
"My final conclusion is, my big fear is, we are Rome," he said.
Popovich is just one of many coaches and athletes who have shared their opinions on the election following Trump's victory Tuesday.
As anti-Trump protests spread nationwide after the election, Clippers coach Doc Rivers said Wednesday night that "there was nothing wrong" with people protesting Trump's election victory but that they should be open to giving him the opportunity to prove himself.
"The election didn't go the way I wanted it to go," Rivers said. "I personally know Donald Trump. I've golfed with him, and I know him. I don't think there's anyone who runs for president that wants to do bad. I really don't. So, you know, he won. My take on it: Let's give him a chance and see what he can do. That's the only way anyway now. So, let's go with that."
Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy said he noticed his players were uncharacteristically quiet because they were thinking about the election, and Van Gundy told the Detroit Free Press that Trump was "openly and brazenly racist and misogynistic."
"I have problems with thinking that this is where we are as a country. It's tough on [the team]," he said. "What we have done to minorities ... in this election is despicable. I'm having a hard time dealing with it."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
