Friday, November 03, 2006

I didn't inhale for a new generation

I'm quite cranky. I've got too much to do tonight and I just want to be lazy :-(

More later, perhaps. Perhaps not. I know, this is a pathetic entry, but there you have it.

Thursday, November 02, 2006

The Myth of Oppression

I'vebeen feeling this sense of dread, see. Because now that the Evangelicals seem to be on the wane a bit and the Republicans with them, here come the Democrats, and unfortunately, we seem to be dragging along our ugly cousin as well. The vocal atheists. Granted, there aren't as many ugly atheists as there are ugly evangelicals, not by a long shot, but to my mind they are just as ugly.

If I have to watch Richard Dawkins call everyone and anyone who believes in God a deluded child and/or a Nazi one more time I'm going to chew my face off. And this will be hard as well as painful since my mouth is part of my face. Clearly, I'm upset.

I couldn't quite put my finger on why they've been making me so upset and I think I figured it out tonight.

They're raining on my utopia. I want to believe that once we throw the bums out sweetness and light and bunnies will descend upon the Capitol. At least I want to believe that we can reinstate Habeas Corpus. The rise of the Crazy Atheist Shrews (CAS) gives lie to this and I just want to believe for a little bit that things will be great. Every movement has it's fringe. The Republicans have embraced their fringe so hard they have woven it back into the bulk of the fabric. WOW. THAT was one hell of a tortured image. I AM upset!

The other thing that bugs me is what I refer to in the title of this post. The myth of oppression. The crazy Evangelicals have seized and capitalized on the ridiculous notion that they are some sort of oppressed minority to amazing effect (see Christmas: War On). It is, of course, complete and utter bullshit. Dawkins is pushing the same theory. He has this rallying cry that atheists are being oppressed, driven underground, attacked! And, as he no doubt learned from the Crazy Christians, it's effective.

Now, to be fair, Dawkins probably has more truth to work with. Evangelicals have been confusing "obstacles to me imposing my religion on other people" with "suppression of my religious freedoms" for some time now. Dawkins is playing it up for the effect but it is true that, at least in some parts of the country, being a vocal atheist might just get you a punch in the head. It will definitely lose you goodwill.

I just hate victimhood as a tactic.

That's all I have to say on this for now.

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

NaNoBlaBlahBlah

I'm joining the throng. I'm leaping with the lemmings. I'm plodding with the herd. I'm actually going to try and post something everyday for the month of November.

Things I hope to cover. Politics, kid, marriage, family in general. Earth shattering it's not, but some truly compelling things have been written on these subjects so let's not blame them just yet, shall we?

Yesterday was a fun Halloween. M (the boy - 3 in December) was over the top excited but once he had his Fire Fighter stuff on, it was all kinda meh. He went to about 5 houses before he realized that he was in possession of candy. He wanted some Right. Then. I said, no, we'll have some when we get home or in the car ride home (we were at friends). Okay, said the boy. Let's go home. No amount of appealing to his greed or sense of adventure was successful, so we packed it in and answered the door. It was nice. Much lower key than expected, but nice.

I have a lot to say about Friend Who Raises Her Child So Differently(tm) but I will leave for now so as not to jinx my first entry.

Kiss Kiss,

Betty