The difference between Donald Trump and any woman in America is he has a foul mouth, and we have a voice.
The thing that keeps us silent is fear...fear that we have been taught by others who are fearful of our voice and our vote.
We can and do admire Barbara Frietchie who said, "Shoot if you must this old gray head, but you're not going to shut me up or tear me down." (My loose paraphrase.)
We can and do stand with Eleanor Roosevelt's "We must do the thing we fear the most." (Close enough.)
Abigail Adams' "Remember the ladies" still rings right...and let's not quibble about 18th century words in the 21st century. She said it to her husband, but I'm thinking she meant it for each of us, too: "Remember ladies, girls, women...you, too, have a voice. Use it!"
According to me, the one factor that keeps the NRA growing is fear...fear of the oppressed, the downtrodden, the weak and the meek. Fear that allowed the shooting of little children in their schoolroom, the meek...with not a single action from our Congress taken in response.
It is written (and derided) that the meek shall inherit the earth...yet, we will. Not with arms and ammunition but with our voice and our vote.
Someone once said, "Right is might and truth prevail." True then, true now...stand on it. Then take it out, air it...with a sure and pure voice backed by love and laughter.
Thank you.
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