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sheshe2

(83,729 posts) Thu Apr 10, 2014, 11:19 PM Apr 2014

I Have a Nightmare

Posted by Madison Kimrey at 5:54 PM

I have a nightmare that one day our daughters will have to fight for the same rights our mothers and grandmothers already thought they had won.

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Right now, today, there are people in our government making the argument that equal pay is "condescending" to women. They are saying that achieving equality for women is an "obsession of the left." Even worse, there are American citizens who are buying into this and making women's equality a part of the party games.They are trying to fight against women's health and they are contributing to the shaming of women who have been the victim of crimes.

It's like the real life Walking Dead only the people I'm afraid of aren't zombies. They are people walking around so empty of reason and courage to act, that they are putting my generation in real danger. They've had their brains eaten by advertising and crafty politicians who like to quote the Constitution and make people afraid they're going to lose their freedom if others gain the same rights they've always had. They've had their brains eaten by a society that tells them if they act other people won't like them and that their voices don't matter.

I think the time has come for all of us to wake up those who live in the shadows. We need to become the nightmare of those who are trying to scare us and those who are standing by and doing nothing.The women of this country deserve for us to do no less. My generation of young women needs you to register if you're not registered, vote for our dreams, and end our nightmares.

Read More: http://functionalhumanbeing.blogspot.com/2014/04/i-have-nightmare.html

Bright Child Beyond her years.

You remember Madison don't you?

Our future? It's our children! Let's give them a hand up so they can continue and win that future that we so desperately want for ourselves and for our daughters.

A small voice yet so powerful. Thank you Madison!