Mays Street & Old Settlers Park
We Are Sociopathic Narcissists Who Do Nonprofit Work to Pad Résumés
RECEIVED Fri., April 9, 2010
Dear Editor,
Funny how everyone is emphatic about protecting unborn fetuses, but everyone thinks that providing day care, education, health care services, food, etc. fosters irresponsibility, and poor people are just lazy. We hate public transportation, poor people, and offering jobs at a living wage. We think that God has given people (and churches) permission to scorn and judge. Everyone wants to pretend that human beings, after being given sexual desires, should simply close their legs and meditate, instead of looking at other sexual beings. If some people want to ride that merry-go-round, more power to 'em. I'm certainly not saying that no one should or could abstain, and even those of us who are pro-choice want fewer abortions.
News flash: babies are not puppies or kittens, and social services are overwhelmed. We are a society of sociopathic narcissists who do nonprofit work to build up our résumés, and our generosity ends after we write a check, finish a project, or get a better-paying job. It may be fun to go to church and talk about irresponsibility, but so few people have adopted children, it's disgusting. If people want other people to adopt, set an example. Maybe if people wait until they're 40 to settle down and "have children," they should accept their biology and adopt. Maybe we should stop telling college-educated people that having a family drags one down and instead tell them that families are valuable parts of life. Maybe employers should recognize that people with children are generally more stable since they have a reason for stability.
Bravo to Austin for holding hypocritical organizations liable for their lies. If someone doesn't have a household of adopted children at home, then maybe people shouldn't take that pro-lifer seriously.
Funny how everyone is emphatic about protecting unborn fetuses, but everyone thinks that providing day care, education, health care services, food, etc. fosters irresponsibility, and poor people are just lazy. We hate public transportation, poor people, and offering jobs at a living wage. We think that God has given people (and churches) permission to scorn and judge. Everyone wants to pretend that human beings, after being given sexual desires, should simply close their legs and meditate, instead of looking at other sexual beings. If some people want to ride that merry-go-round, more power to 'em. I'm certainly not saying that no one should or could abstain, and even those of us who are pro-choice want fewer abortions.
News flash: babies are not puppies or kittens, and social services are overwhelmed. We are a society of sociopathic narcissists who do nonprofit work to build up our résumés, and our generosity ends after we write a check, finish a project, or get a better-paying job. It may be fun to go to church and talk about irresponsibility, but so few people have adopted children, it's disgusting. If people want other people to adopt, set an example. Maybe if people wait until they're 40 to settle down and "have children," they should accept their biology and adopt. Maybe we should stop telling college-educated people that having a family drags one down and instead tell them that families are valuable parts of life. Maybe employers should recognize that people with children are generally more stable since they have a reason for stability.
Bravo to Austin for holding hypocritical organizations liable for their lies. If someone doesn't have a household of adopted children at home, then maybe people shouldn't take that pro-lifer seriously.
Stephanie Webb
