When I read elsewhere that Gabby Giffords was on a ‘Protect All Women tour,’ I assumed it was a snarky joke. Who besides cisgender patriarchal white male jerks would ever think all women need protection? Surely at least some of them are capable of protecting themselves. Right? I mean, I know some women and would step in to lend a hand if they needed it, but …
Women around here tend to know how to use guns.
So…a “Protect All Women” tour? Some gun writer just made that up to be snarky, right?
Giffords’ organization that she created earlier this year, the Protect All Women Leadership Network, hosted the fifth day of her Protect All Women tour in Tempe at the O’Connor House.
Giffords is in the midst of traveling to nine states in nine days, also visiting Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington.
“We can lead the way,” said Giffords in her speech before opening up the discussion. “We stand for common sense. … We stand for responsibility. We can change our laws. We can win elections. Please join your voice with mine.”
Whatever happened to those annoying “have it all” women from the ’70’s & ’80’s? They were far preferable to the ones progressives are turning out these days, who seem so fragile that merely the thought of a guy like me will cause them to shatter like a crystal figurine of a…I dunno, crystal figurine. Or something.
Shit. What I’m trying to say is, I’ll help if you want, but screw you if you’re too special to protect yourself. And I’ll be dipped in liquid dog shit before I’ll make myself helpless just so you can ‘feel safe.’
Screw her, and the horse she rode in on… And the likes of her had best stay out of my way if they don’t want a face full of my opinion of such spineless worms.
I’m doing my best, every day, to bring as many people as possible (men and women) up to speed. Helping folks understand self responsibility, trusting themselves and being willing to stand up to the worms (of any sort) when they come around. Oh, and I teach them how to shoot too. 🙂
I once asked an anti-gun lady if she’d ever contemplated the sheer horror and murder that could be carried out in a big crowd by someone with a 6 inch knitting needle… And then I asked her what she suggested to stop such a person. I thought her eyes were going to fall out from the shock. But she never did figure out the answer, of course. I mean, beyond “call the cops.”
Heh. When I heard that ol’ Gabby and Homer were going to be pumping money and support to anti-gun pols in NH, I was all for it. Sure ’nuff, even rabid anti-rights (except animal rights) Jeanne Shaheen (Senator-DC) has disavowed the loons and is making sure voters know she isn’t associated with them. Even so, it’s going to cost her votes. (I’ve heard one or two things that suggest she’s pissed, but can’t confirm it.)
Back in my college days, protect all women had a different meaning. It was the early 70’s with all the hippy dippy love and anti war stuff going on. I went to a girl’s college near a marine base and one year there was a rape on campus. The college swung into full on “protect all women” mode and hired a noted Karate instructor to come down and give free to students Karate classes.
That would be my idea of protecting women. Make available concealed carry classes and gun training.