May 9, 2011 10:58 AM
Motherhood is political
Marian sent this - great follow-up for Mother's Day:
Motherhood Is Political
by Dana LoeschI've discussed this topic a lot all across the country, the wave of women, of mothers in political activism
Why have so many mothers become so active?
Because motherhood is political.
I have two sons. One day they may hear the call of duty and enlist to fight for our liberty. One day they may be called upon to defend America's shores. They may decide to enter business or take up a trade. They may decide to have families of their own someday. I want them to have every opportunity available to them and I will stand against that which impedes on their rights. It's instinctual: my job as a mother is to raise up, nurture, and protect my children, to protect their interests, to protect the interests of my family. In a society where my first line of defense, my husband, has been compromised by the self-victimization of the female sex, I've volunteered to go to the front lines of this ideological battle and I do it for my children. I'm not the only one.
It's unconscionable to me that I would protect my children from running out into a busy street but not protect their right to be free. A month after my oldest was born my husband and I spent an entire morning baby-proofing our house: placing plastic covers on all empty wall sockets, installing cabinet latches, covering all the sharp edges of the tables with adhesive cushions. Why wouldn't I also rise to install barriers against that which harms my children's future? We armed our children with the knowledge against "stranger danger," we taught them how to dial 911 in emergencies, we've taught them how to properly handle and not handle firearms. Why wouldn't I teach my children about their fundamental rights as an American? Their right to free speech, to assemble, the freedom of the press, the freedom from unreasonable search and seizure, the freedom of religion? Their right to pursue happiness but not the expectation that they are owed happiness from their fellow man?
We take them to the pediatrician to have them immunized, to inoculate them against disease. Why wouldn't I also build up their knowledge of the Constitution, their confidence, and their courage so as to inoculate them against the ongoing campaign to break them down and render them dependent upon a swelling government?
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Comments
Oh, good grief! This "Motherhood is Political" piece became the subject of attack of modern feminist claptrap. http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2011/05/11/mediaites-selective-reporting/ If it weren't also so sad it would be really funny!
Posted by: Marian | May 11, 2011 10:18 PM
