All Nasty Women

According to the Oxford Dictionaries, the word of the year is “post-truth.” The dictionary’s new Word of the Year is defined as “circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.”

I was thinking the word of the year was “misogynist”.  For those who might be unclear of the definition of misogynist it is defined as “a person who hates, dislikes, mistrusts, or mistreats women.”

I am not sure how those at the Oxford group determine the “word of the year”, but if through cloud sources, I would love to see this broken out by gender !

And yet something else to disagree about.  I like the safety pin movement.  I believe it stands for exactly what is posted above.  You are safe with me – I will not abuse you, make fun of you, or denigrate you because of who you are, what you look like or what/who you believe in.  I will stand beside you – if others should speak out against you for these very reasons.  I will speak up for you.

I know others, find this to be trite.  They blame the elections results on “White People” and therefore – no white person should be allowed to say they disagree with the results?  That’s absurd.  They believe the safety pin movement is nothing and means nothing.

I disagree.  Millions of people wear red ribbons – does that mean that each person is attempting for find a cure for HIV?  NO !  Millions of people wear pink ribbons – are they attempting to find a cure for Breast Cancer?  NO!  They wear those ribbons to let the world know, and those who are diagnosed know that they support those who suffer and that they want a cure found.  Many donate money or time to raise money – hoping that the money will lead to cures.

Is the safety pin any different?  While there are not yet fund-raising aspects – I expect at some point there will be – the support is the same.

But we are each entitle to our own opinions – this is mine.

MZM