My #METOO soapbox

The #METOO movement all too quickly became political. Snatched up by the liberal, Pro-Choice monster machine that is now using those who were traumatized in the past as pawns to further their political (and often dark) agendas.  And if you are already a liberal (as Dr. Ford is), you might feel you are justified to ‘embellish’ the truth to further your views and political stance.

I listened to a segment of the Ellen Show before work this morning, and she made a valid point in defense of Dr. Ford’s testimony while sharing her #METOO moment.  She said, “I get angry when people say, ‘How do you not remember what day it was?’  You don’t remember those things.  What you remember is what happened to you, and where you were, and how you feel.”  She was 15 years old at the time, and states how vulnerable a girl is at that age.  “We trust, and then when you are violated, you don’t know what to do.”

I can relate to her statement because I had more than one #METOO incident in my teen years where I couldn’t tell you the dates, times, exact places, etc.  I would add that you might only be thinking about survival at the time.  When I did try to tell someone about it, it was summarized that I was asking for it by the way I dressed, and that I probably deserved it!!  But, having said that, I would never want to use what happened to me personally to be put on someone else who had nothing to do with it.  Why would I?  Just to make myself feel better that I made men pay for it?  God forbid!  And, speaking of God, He is the only One who can vindicate and bring you healing and peace caused by such abuse.  So, it's not that I don't believe something traumatic happened to Dr. Ford, it's just that the timing, the delay in bringing her story, the people backing her, and so on make her story less credible.  I believe that Judge Kavanaugh is more than a scapegoat here.  (It is a dark time in our country spiritually, and the abortion industry is at the root of it.)

Then, I hear a piece on Fox & Friends where Kelley Ann Conway shared her two cents, “...Let this woman (Dr. Ford) be heard; and we did hear from her for hours under oath.  We’ve heard from the people she said who could corroborate what she alleged to have happened 36 years ago…but don’t forget, we’ve also heard from Judge Kavanaugh….AND PEOPLE WHO ARE SO ANGRY AND CHASING DOWN SENATORS IN THE HALLS AND SCREAMING THEIR HEADS OFF AS IF THOSE MEN HAVE PERSONALLY WRONGED THEM…they don’t even stop and think about the 28 years of public service of Judge Kavanaugh….AND LET ME JUST SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE ANGRY.  I RESPECT THE FACT THAT WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE WE CAN DISAGREE. THEY’RE NOT DISAGREEING.  THEY ARE TRYING TO DESTROY.  THIS IS ACRIMONY AND ANGER THAT DIDN’T METASTISIZE 3 WEEKS AGO.  SOME OF THESE WOMEN HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS AND MARINATING IN IT FOR YEARS, YOU LISTEN TO THEM - CHASING DOWN ORRIN HATCH AND CHUCK GRASSLEY.  DID THEY INDIVIDUALLY WRONG THESE WOMEN? THEY CAN’T BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR WHATEVER MAN OR MEN HAVE WRONGED THEM….” And then regarding the confrontation with Jeff Flake in the elevator, “God bless them for coming forward but also they need to feel that anger toward their individual perpetrators (5:19), not toward Senators who are unconnected…"  This only validates my point!

It is time to STOP and think!  The #METOO movement could have been purposeful if only to help young girls know that they can and should speak up WHEN and if these things happen to them; and that they will be heard now that the country is awakened to this atrocity.  I’m afraid it might even be too late for this.

BTW, where were the protesters when Bill Cosby was exposed?  Just a thought!