A Liberal In The Midst

I have started this posting several times, however; something interrupted me each time.   This posting is important to me.   I am by no means a war hawk.   I truly believe in the beating of swords into plows. I do not wish to see more of our children maimed or dead to support this complex.   However, we must do something in Syria.   The people of Syria are asking for our help.   They have begged for our help for well over a year.   They are tired of being caught in the crossfire.   When we became involved in the conflict in Libya, I spoke out against our involvement.   I did not support our being involved in Libya, Iraq, or Afghanistan.   There are times when one knows the military industrial complex is at work.   This time I know we should act without delay.   I think of Rwanda.   I think Kosovo.   I think Germany 1939.     I think of how the plight of Jewish people in Europe was ignored until almost...

I am posting another view of my timeline on Twitter.   This person took issue with my usage of the word misogyny and Black in the same sentence.   First, he/she will be okay when the swelling goes down.   Second, we do have an issue with misogynist attitudes within the Black community that is almost as bad as the institutional racism we as Blacks navigate on a daily basis.   Third, misogyny is not a monopoly of the Black community.  I am acknowledging it exists in the Black community and I have experienced it first hand. It is hard sometimes to swallow unpleasant truths about self.   I tell people I am not fat, I am just big boned.   Until we accept the whole self-truths, we arrest our development.   We become naught more than a pond in a valley, stagnate and filled with bottom feeders.   If you know me offline then you will appreciate the humor of this person’s assessment of me.   If you don’t know me, I am the Black lesbian si...

I post an example of my TL on Twitter.  When trolls come a calling I reply.   Beach Bum @wjqjr attempted to scrub all his tweets from my TL.  He missed a few. This tweet was written in response to my question if he\she feared Black people based on the statistical data of the incarceraton rate amongst Blacks.