tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post4518333902231621654..comments2024-02-23T17:38:07.840-05:00Comments on Therisa's World: 'Em Fighting Words (February 25, 2017)Therisa's Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14158009488213815860noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-65735087874641548462017-03-05T18:35:59.369-05:002017-03-05T18:35:59.369-05:00You have so beautifully captured the thing that ha...You have so beautifully captured the thing that hate is powerless against....the community and momentum of those united in love. C.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16393100446679896378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-63549600178508693972017-03-01T00:28:27.878-05:002017-03-01T00:28:27.878-05:00So agree, on these thoughts, Thotpurge. Maybe one ...So agree, on these thoughts, Thotpurge. Maybe one day, humanity will be mature enough, to reach this goal.Therisa's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158009488213815860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-62493954808756415182017-03-01T00:25:11.865-05:002017-03-01T00:25:11.865-05:00Maybe, Trump supporters? Am guessing, here, Bekkie...Maybe, Trump supporters? Am guessing, here, Bekkie. Here's hoping for better time, when love and enlightenment rules the heart, and not hate and ignorance.Therisa's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158009488213815860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-25143788946909131892017-02-28T17:00:00.378-05:002017-02-28T17:00:00.378-05:00In these times is there anyone who is happy? Just ...In these times is there anyone who is happy? Just sayin'.....sad.Bekkie Sanchezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16300001421561443693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-48235855889186714742017-02-26T19:11:48.259-05:002017-02-26T19:11:48.259-05:00inclusion and human rights are things we can never...inclusion and human rights are things we can never stop fighting for. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-24058680349978547042017-02-26T15:46:04.710-05:002017-02-26T15:46:04.710-05:00Thank you, Sherry, but my heart is heavy, with wor...Thank you, Sherry, but my heart is heavy, with worry that things will get worse, in the US, before positive change will happen.Therisa's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158009488213815860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-7009729624196424732017-02-26T15:21:35.503-05:002017-02-26T15:21:35.503-05:00Bjorn, many of the local school boards, near me, a...Bjorn, many of the local school boards, near me, are following similar policies of having unisex washrooms, now. A huge swing, from my days, as a student, during the 1970's and 1980's. Maybe, there's hope, for future generations of students, in Ontario. As for the United States, I feel like, it's 1950's and 1960's, all over again, with the Afro-American struggle for their civil rights. Therisa's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158009488213815860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-41333556926608049512017-02-26T12:50:23.207-05:002017-02-26T12:50:23.207-05:00Well put, Therisa. This morning on facebook I shar...Well put, Therisa. This morning on facebook I shared a stirring song by a 1300 voice choir and MILCK of Toronto called I Can't Keep Quiet. Go look. Very affirming. It is unbelievable to me to see us being set back 50 years by the stroke of a madman's pen. Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-30829454007457878482017-02-26T10:57:34.900-05:002017-02-26T10:57:34.900-05:00I think that we can unite on that... so easy to fo...I think that we can unite on that... so easy to forget that victories can be withdrawn... Maybe we can all share the same bathroom (like we often do in Sweden... after all there is a door to the toilet.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-49796868052946438942017-02-26T10:10:10.874-05:002017-02-26T10:10:10.874-05:00There's an old Canadian saying, "If the U...There's an old Canadian saying, "If the US sneezes, Canada catches the cold." Meaning, irrational ignorance based hate will spread northward, into Canada, which so far, has accepted our rights to use whatever washroom, we want. After several hearings, by various provincial human rights commissions, and legal challenges to it, the courts have upheld this right. Am hoping, this time, Canada can be held up, as a positive example for the US, to follow, when SCOTUS rules on the Pa student case for access to a washroom of their chosen gender. <br /><br />I do hope so, Mary, but should it mean armed protests, the trans-community, in the past, has it's willing to die, to protect its rights.Therisa's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158009488213815860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-37931402537599450172017-02-26T10:00:22.302-05:002017-02-26T10:00:22.302-05:00Ignorance based fear defies all logic, Kerry, thes...Ignorance based fear defies all logic, Kerry, these actions by the NC legislature and President Trump, are such. Time will tell, if the American public, as a whole, will fight or accept these hate measures.Therisa's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158009488213815860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-30652257533498914702017-02-26T09:54:29.359-05:002017-02-26T09:54:29.359-05:00Sadly, Rosemary, President Trump has done so. Ther...Sadly, Rosemary, President Trump has done so. There is a very important case that will heard before SCOTUS that determine the legality of this, by a brave Pa student, who is challenging their local school. <br /><br />Must admit, I wasn't thinking of Ms Manning, when I wrote this line of verse. But, what she has done, takes real courage of the highest order. I do hope, she can live a normal life, after this.Therisa's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158009488213815860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-28444637977669376122017-02-26T09:31:14.176-05:002017-02-26T09:31:14.176-05:00We have to keep speaking those fighting words! We...We have to keep speaking those fighting words! We can't go back in time. I am appalled by the actions of this President.... I think a lot of people will be joining in protests this time.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-45094505280528494212017-02-26T09:12:58.535-05:002017-02-26T09:12:58.535-05:00It defies all understanding, this wholesale determ...It defies all understanding, this wholesale determination to go backwards in time instead of progressing. I do hope that such draconian measures will be met with resistance on every level.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-25464836639954488892017-02-26T07:28:36.316-05:002017-02-26T07:28:36.316-05:00Oh no, he didn't! He reversed that ruling? Is ...Oh no, he didn't! He reversed that ruling? Is he stupid, cruel or both? <br /><br />I like your play on 'Manning' – one of my heroes. (No I'm not trans, just human, and I can recognise heroism when I see it.)Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-51080849687841180132017-02-26T04:22:33.417-05:002017-02-26T04:22:33.417-05:00Thank you, Suyasha. Maybe one day, this dream can ...Thank you, Suyasha. Maybe one day, this dream can become a reality for all. Until then, I write, to right the wrongs done, in ignorance.Therisa's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158009488213815860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856606190655958351.post-16515620032158843782017-02-26T03:59:35.629-05:002017-02-26T03:59:35.629-05:00This is very powerful and I agree with you here. A...This is very powerful and I agree with you here. A more tolerant world is what we need. Well put.SuyashJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332045821743367072noreply@blogger.com