Dear Fringe Right Wing,
My name is Brandy Crawford and I'm a 29 year old black woman living in New York City. I have a problem with your "values".
Apparently you think that if I am raped by a relative or by anyone in general, I shouldn't have the right to have an abortion. I should carry the baby to term and then give it up. Did you think about what happens to me in those 9 months when I'm reminded everyday of the traumatic experience that caused my pregnancy? Did you think about what happens 20 years down the road when that baby is a grown up and wants to know where his roots are? Did you think about how this adult is going to feel knowing he's the product of a rape? Oh, I guess that doesn't matter. These aren't details you bother with. You don't think about the future of what you want, just the now. Is that it? Also is it just me or do you think that people who have abortions just can't wait to have one? Do you think these women find it fun to abort their babies? Do you think they don't think about it every day? You think they take this decision lightly - kind of like "do I want red or pink nail polish today?" Because I think you're dead wrong about that.
Whenever anyone talks about taking away the 2nd amendment, you get pissed. Every American should have a gun if they want right? No matter how many children live in the house who could possibly have access to it. Yet you want to take away the 14th amendment because you don't want illegal immigrants having babies here. You don't want new people coming in and having a chance at the American dream? Because all illegal immigrants are terrible people and never wanted a better life? Is that it?
Government healthcare is wrong huh? Why exactly again? You don't think a governing body should be responsible for the well being of its constituents? You think that if you can't afford to go to the doctor you should just stay home and be sick?
And then there's gay marriage. 50% of straight marriages end in divorce. What exactly are you trying to "uphold?" You don't want government in your business - so why are you trying to get in the business of people you don't know?
This is the thing, I don't have a problem with the right wing. Yes, I'm a liberal. But I'm a liberal who thinks that everyone is entitled to their own beliefs and I'm a liberal who will listen to you if you're talking sense. You have a way to get out of this economic downturn? I'm all ears. You have a solution to the healthcare debate that's an actual solution and not a bunch of scary non-fact based talking points? Bring it. But it seems to me you don't have any plan. It seems to me that all you want is for their to not be a black president in office. If I'm wrong, I welcome your response as to why I'm incorrect.
Would love to have some light shed on this.
XOXO
Brandy Crawford
4 comments:
Love it. :)
Hi Brandy,
I respect the passion in this post, but I disagree with some of your assertions. As a laissez-faire capitalist and tea party supporter, I think I fit into the category of fringe right winger. You've brought up many issues which I'd love to discuss, but I'll try to stay focused and take on only 1 or 2 at a time.
Do we have a solution to the economic downturn? Yes. The government programs such as Tarp, Stimulus, and the "Jobs Bill", are eating up economic resources that would power the economy, and they are distorting the market. Our solution is to phase out these and other programs, and halt the creation of similar programs. In short, the solution is to move to a freer market.
There is ample evidence that government interference in the economy has created the current economic crisis. I think you may find this in-depth post on it enlightening:
http://georgereismansblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/myth-that-laissez-faire-is-responsible.html
Furthermore, such intervention in the economy was also the root of the Great Depression. We have ignored these facts, we have ignored the fate of other countries under statist policies, and instead have followed emotional arguments for "social justice", etc, which have caused us to repeat the mistakes of the past.
You should check out a Tea Party rally next time there's one in NY - you'll see that the speakers and the crowd are rallying around fiscal sanity - they are advocating a move towards laissez faire capitalism. You'll also see that this far right movement has little to do with racism.
And on that note, I have shown you a brief summary of what we on the far right want. It has nothing to do with racism. We don't want any statists in office - no matter their skin color. Therefore I ask you to back up your claim that:
"all you want is for there to not be a black president in office"
Also, do you not realize that the other main targets of the far right - Nancy Pelosi, Chris Dodd, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Barney Frank - are all white?
Something to think about.
I eagerly await your reply and hope you'll investigate the link I posted. I've been waiting for years for the masses on the right to get really excited about Laissez-faire - thanks to Tarp and Stimulus, now they are - but in an attempt to squash it, the statists are smearing the movement as racist. It's very frustrating, terrifying in it's effectiveness, and insulting.
-Steven Slate
Honestly Steven, the my biggest reason for writing this post was because I'm really upset about the way the fringe right wing views abortion. From what I have seen and read the tea party and the religious right are coming together in a very frightening way. Church and state should be separate and if a 13 yr old is raped by her uncle, she shouldn't be forced to carry the baby to term
My open letter was focused on the social rather than economic issues and I'm definitely taking a look at the links you sent because I want to be informed. But I can't sit back and accept candidates who say they are doing what's best for human life when it's so clear they could give a shit about a poor kid who's raped in the backwoods of Mississippi except to tell her she has to keep the baby.
I don't care how great the economic policies they are proposing are. If the abortion thing is in there, I'm never on board.
Brandy and Steven,
I haven't found the division between left and right to be all that true. I think the real question is, do you trust individuals to think for themselves and make the right decisions based on free will, or do you believe the "masses" are stupid and that an elite group should make decisions on our behalf.
I agree, abortion is a personal choice, I don't want the government, or any religious or cultural organization making decisions about what I can or can not do with my body.
For that matter, I don't want the government forcefully taking my money and spending it on wars I don't believe in, or on programs that are ineffective and could be much better implemented by private companies or charities.
Check out For a New Liberty, or check out http://theadvocates.org/quiz and take the worlds smallest political quiz to get an idea where you really stand once you take away the left-right dichotomy.
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