TO ALL FEMINISTS: FORGIVENESS IS A DIFFERENT MATTER THAN WHAT PEOPLE ASSUME:

FORGIVENESS IS WHEN YOU PRAY TO YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL AND SENSE THEIR SPIRIT SHOUTING AT YOU IN A JOHN MCCAIN MANNER, "NO! NEVER FORGIVE THEM. THEY'RE GOING TO PREY UPON MORE OF US, VETERANS! YOU MAY END UP DEAD FROM THEIR FUTURE ABUSE. THEY MAY ESCALATE THEIR VIOLENCE AGAINST YOU!" THIS IS CALLED STRANGER DANGER FORGIVENESS/COMMON SENSE FORGIVENESS/STREET SMART FORGIVENESS. FOR MYSELF, FROM THE U.S. NAVY, AND VIETNAM WAR POW COMMUNITY, THE RATIONAL, LINEAR, OBJECTIVE, ANALYTICAL, LOGICAL, AND EMPOWERED PART OF MY MIND/"THAT BITCH WYNN," FROM THE NAVY, WOULD BE CLOSER TO THE FEELING OF A WRATHFUL, VENGEFUL JOHN MCCAIN.


IT'S WHEN YOU RELEASE THE PAINFUL FEELINGS/TRAUMATIC, PSYCHOANALYZED MEMORIES, JUST LIKE WHEN WE RELEASE WHITE DOVES OF PEACE AT WEDDINGS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEACE IN YOUR HEART THAT GOD/THE GOOD OF THE WORLD LOVES YOU. HE/THE GOOD IN THE WORLD TOOK CARE OF IT. IT'S NOW OVER. IT DOESN'T MEAN TO BLAME YOURSELF, OR TO VIEW THE ABUSER AS HAVING THE RIGHT TO ABUSE YOU. MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT YOU MUST FORGIVE TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU CHOOSE FOR THE ABUSER'S CRIMES TO GO UNPUNISHED. THAT ISN'T FORGIVENESS, BUT SELF-BLAME, SELF-DESTRUCTIVE ANGER AT YOURSELF.

***REMEMBER, CREATE EMPOWERING, FEMINIST JEWELRY, ETC. AT THE ARTS CENTERS, IN GLBTQ-INCLUSIVE, FEMINIST GROUPS, WITH MINORITIES, AND IMPOVERISHED. TRY TO DESIGN WEAPONS, TOGETHER,  IN GROUPS OF TWENTY RESPONSIBLE ADULTS, SUPERVISED BY FEMINIST FIREFIGHTERS, AT THE ARTS CENTERS, AS A HOBBY. LEARN LOCKSMITHING, AND START CONSIDERING STARTING A FEMINIST BUSINESS.***











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