26 January, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I participated in Blog for Choice Day this week. It wasn’t my best post — in fact, The Vol Abroad accused me of phoning it in! I had spent all my good feminist energy on the Chinese posts and I was tapped out, so I made only a minimal effort to participate. And then I started getting a bunch of hits from Bush v. Choice (the Blog for Choice website) and I felt like a loser.
The point to my telling you this is that an anti-choice website has linked to all of us who participated in this and has stated publicly that we advocate child murder. I’m not going to link to this site because these people don’t deserve the attention they so desperately crave. But to state on a public website that I and other bloggers advocate for the murder of children fits every definition of libel that I know. However, in the US courts, anti-choicers are never called to account for the lies they spread. Surprise, surprise.
In other blog-related happenings, today I received a comment from Matt. His comment was:
“I want to [blank] you.”
This was followed by links to his favorite porn sites.
Thanks Matt! I’m touched. Do you know what I want? I want to watch you jump off a 50-story building and land head-first on the pavement. Sadly, I don’t think either of us is going to get our wish.
Do you see what I must deal with because I have this blog?
Anglofille said @ 2:18 pm | blogging + technology |
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Ah, I was wondering why I was getting all those Bush v. Choice hits as well.
Interesting. I mean, do pro-choice people run around targeting pro-life websites? No. Because there are more important things to do with our time - like advocating for the rights of women to control their own bodies. The freedom to choose already protects pro-life believers entitlement to do whatever they want with their own lives and bodies according to their own morals - I’m not bothered by it, and won’t argue their choice.
My concern is with protecting that same choice for others.
Okay - no more comments from me today!
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Hmmm. All this is giving you great material for posts, though. I particularly ADORE your response to dear old Matt. Hang in there, Anglofille. I’m glad you’re in the world!
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Jen: I think I saw your blog on the anti-choice site as well. I think many of these “pro-life” people behave the way they do because their beliefs really have nothing to do with abortion, but rather, they want to control women’s sexuality. I think that’s why they are filled with such anger and feel the need to lash out in these ways. And btw, I’ve loved all your comments today! I’m still thinking about the others…
Gigi: You are so kind. Thank you!
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I got no hits - but no threatening comments either! As the Brits say - swings and roundabouts. (Why do they say that?)
