General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSen. Mallory McMorrow (D-MI) shows everyone how to deal with Republican hate in powerful speech
vlyons
(10,252 posts)Hatred is poison
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)A very powerful response that needs to be shouted from the roof tops.
mn9driver
(4,428 posts)Unfortunately, the folks who need to have that speech at the top of their newsfeed, will never hear it. Their news filter will never let it through.
love_katz
(2,584 posts)Emile
(22,985 posts)Fullduplexxx
(7,872 posts)Martin Eden
(12,876 posts)This needs to go viral.
bucolic_frolic
(43,342 posts)Indignation is powerful, many Democrats should listen up!
gab13by13
(21,418 posts)she explained why the Putin party has been using pedophilia and other heinous claims against Democrats, the smear tactic comes from Russia.
Rachel explained that this is what Putin did to get into power. Boris Yeltsin was on trial for a crime and Putin, who was in the KGB, falsely planted evidence that showed the lead prosecutor was involved in child pornography. Putin used child pornography (pedophilia) because that is the most heinous crime a person can commit, abuse of children. It works. People are so outraged that it doesn't matter that the person was innocent. The case against Yeltsin was dropped and later he appointed Putin president of Russia.
Look at what the Putin party in America has done, it is following the same Putin playbook, accusing Democrats of heinous crimes.
Propaganda works, and the Putin party will do whatever it takes to regain power. There is more and more evidence to suggest that the Qanon movement was created in Russia.
onlyadream
(2,168 posts)And that story went nowhere.
themaguffin
(3,828 posts)onlyadream
(2,168 posts)Emile
(22,985 posts)Both smart as hell!
djacq
(1,634 posts)The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)The hate spewing from the religious right is stunning.
THANK YOU Mrs. McMorrow you are a great American.
oregonjen
(3,341 posts)Ive needed this!!!
Emile
(22,985 posts)Cha
(297,774 posts)LiberalFighter
(51,137 posts)Thank you, Mr. President.
I didnt expect to wake up yesterday to the news that the senator from the 22nd district [state Senator Lana Theis] had overnight accused me by name of grooming and sexualizing children in an email fundraising for herself. So I sat on it for a while wondering why me.
Then I realized [its] because I am the biggest threat to your [Theiss] hollow hateful scheme, because you cant claim that you are targeting marginalized kids in the name of quote parental rights if another parent is standing up to say no.
So then what?
Then you dehumanize and marginalize me. You say that Im one of them. You say, Shes a groomer. She supports pedophilia. She wants children to believe that they were responsible for slavery. And to feel bad about themselves because theyre white.
Well, heres a little bit of background about who I really am.
Growing up, my family was very active in our church. I sang in the choir. My mom taught CCD. One day our priest called a meeting with my mom and told her that she was not living up to the churchs expectations and that she was disappointing.
My mom asked why. Among other reasons, she was told it was because she was divorced. And because the priest didnt see her at Mass every Sunday. So where was my mom on Sundays?
She was at the soup kitchen with me.
My mom taught me at a very young age that Christianity and faith was about being part of a community, about recognizing our privilege and blessings and doing what we can to be of service to others, especially people who are marginalized, targeted and who had less often unfairly.
I learned this service was far more important than performative nonsense like being seen in the same pew every Sunday, or writing Christian in your Twitter bio, and using that as a shield to target and marginalize already marginalized people.
I also stand on the shoulders of people like Father Ted Hesburgh, the longtime president of the University of Notre Dame, who was active in the civil rights movement, who recognized his power and privilege as a white man, a faith leader and the head of an influential and well-respected institution, and who saw black people in this country being targeted and discriminated against and beaten and [Hesburgh] reached out to lock arms with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. when he was alive when he was unpopular. And marching alongside them to say, Weve got you, to offer protection and service and allyship to try to right the wrongs and fix injustice in the world.
So who am I?
I am a straight, white, Christian, married, suburban mom, who knows that the very notion that learning about slavery or redlining or systemic racism somehow means that children are being taught to feel bad or hate themselves because they are white is absolute nonsense.
No child alive today is responsible for slavery.
No one in this room is responsible for slavery.
But each and every single one of us bears responsibility for writing the next chapter of history. Each and every single one of us decides what happens next and how we respond to history and the world around us.
We are not responsible for the past.
We also cannot change the past.
We cant pretend that it didnt happen or deny people their very right to exist.
I am a straight, white, Christian, married, suburban mom. I want my daughters to know that she is loved, supported and seen for whoever she comes. I want her to be curious, empathetic, and kind.
People who are different are not the reason that our roads are in bad shape after decades of disinvestment or that health care costs are too high or the teachers are leaving the profession.
I want every child in this state to feel seen, heard and supported, not marginalized and targeted because they are not straight, white and Christian.
We cannot let hateful people tell you otherwise to scapegoat and deflect from the fact that they are not doing anything to fix the real issues that impact peoples lives.
And I know that hate will only win if people like me stand by and let it happen.
So I want to be very clear right now. Call me whatever you want.
I hope you brought in a few dollars. I hope it made you sleep good last night.
I know who I am. I know what faith and service means and what it calls for in this moment.
We will not let hate win.
gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)good for her
appmanga
(584 posts)...should watch this video and study it. This is how it's done. Truth spoken plainly beats a lie, and a liar, into the ground.
Slammer
(714 posts)I think it's important to read the relevant part of the fundraising letter and to realize that there was absolutely no context given for accusing this woman of being a groomer.
The accusation was just thrown out there and left to lie stinking in the sun. Even according to the accuser, there's no proof given that the Senator engaged in any sketchy behavior on any level.
Link to tweet
jfz9580m
(14,529 posts)Norbert
(6,041 posts)I admit to being a little naive. A week ago I did not know what a 'groomer' is, at least in the context that the word is being used by the right wing.
Knowing now that this is another of many dog whistles that they use, I think it is time the right should be called out on this. Groomer is a slanderous term. If I told my neighbor in front of many people that he was dealing in child porn without any evidence to back up my claim, I would expect some serious charge to come my way. But the right can freely say 'groomer' then go about their business after the irresponsible claim. Why?
For every casual claim by these nut jobs that one is a 'groomer' should be followed by a charge of slander. In Ms. McMorrow's case I think there may be a video record of this. With slander, it needs to be proven that 'groomer' damages your good name. Think about it. She is basically been called a child sexual predator by one of her colleagues. I would urge her to take some sort of legal action against her colleague.
This cannot continue to happen on a daily basis.