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The past couple of weeks have been a little heavier with my posts given the hoohaw over the new sex-ed curriculum in Ontario and the idiots shouting offensive things at female reporters. I have one more for you today and then on to some lighter fare. I still have 15 or so daily writing prompts to get through that I was going to do in April. They got a little derailed by ‘events, dear boy events’ as Harold MacMillan said.
So today I am writing about choice. [Read more…]
This was the question posed by Sun Media “journalist” Faith Goldy to a woman standing near to me at the anti-choice “March for Life” last week. I was participating in the pro-choice presence as I do every year. Goldy was working her way along the line asking confrontational questions and pushing buttons. Often they were based on incorrect information or false assumptions. Others, like the question she asked about legalizing rape were ridiculous and designed to elicit outrage.
I fell for her interview style. I was unprepared when she came to interview me. She jumped from question to question and each one was argumentative and often ignored what I had previously said. I did a poor job explaining why I was there and why I am pro-choice because my brain’s first reaction to every question was “WHAT?” I didn’t do as I should have and rejected the premise of her questions or take a deep breath before responding to her. Luckily I have this handy blog and can write the response I will give the next time I run into her or any other such troll.