That whole women’s rights/gender equality thing

So the meme goes, “As long as you live, you’ll never see a photograph of 7 women signing legislation about what men can do with their reproductive organs.” And we all had a good chuckle at Trump’s expense.

I was really interested in this post for two reasons. Firstly, because it’s a bill diverting US funds away from countries like Mexico that perform many illegal and dangerous abortions using a pill called Misoprostol, also known as Mifeprex, which essentially causes the woman’s body to have uncontrollable contractions and can cause severe liver and kidney damage. Damage that is irreversible.

And secondly, because it’s just another tired meme the mainstream media influenced Liberal snowflakes are using to denigrate someone they clearly know nothing about. When your rights are being taken away, I’ll stand with you and protest, I promise you that. Until then, take the time to research, ask questions and figure things out for yourselves.

What the media fails to bring up is that this isn’t Trump’s bill. Ronald Reagan put the bill into action in 1984. Bill Clinton repealed it, George W. Bush reinstated it, and wouldn’t you know, Obama took it out again.

Women are going to have abortions if they want to. I fully support that right. But for the sake of their health, let’s try to get the procedures done by reputable doctors, not back alley hacks in impoverished countries.

 

Purple Revolution

Many people wondered (myself included) during Hillary Clinton’s concession speech, why her and Bill had decided to both wear purple. Was it coincidence, perhaps to show unity for Donald Trump (blue for the Democratic Party, and red for the Republicans), or perhaps it’s just one of her favourite colours.

Reuters/Carlos Barria

Well, wonder no more. The Purple Revolution has announced that it’s planning their first event, the Million Women March. A tad sexist, perhaps, but no one else seems to mind.

It came as no surprise to me, to find that the initiative is being funded by the Clintons and their campaign contributing friend George Soros, of the Black Lives Matter movement. There goal, is to unite the country (against Trump), which isn’t very democratic, and isn’t very grassroots either.

The revolution is aimed to help “Americans to Come Together in Hundreds Peaceful Gatherings of Solidarity, Resistance, and Resolve Following Election Results

Hundreds of Americans, dozens of organizations to gather peacefully outside the White House and in cities and towns nationwide to take a continued stand against misogyny, racism, Islamophobia, and xenophobia.

Tonight, thousands of Americans will come together at hundreds of peaceful gatherings in cities and towns across the nation, including outside the White House, following the results of Tuesday’s presidential election.

The gatherings – organized by MoveOn.org and allies – will affirm a continued rejection of Donald Trump’s bigotry, xenophobia, Islamophobia, and misogyny and demonstrate our resolve to fight together for the America we still believe is possible.

Within two hours of the call-to-action, MoveOn members had created more than 200 gatherings nationwide, with the number continuing to grow on Wednesday afternoon.”

But through the eyes of us here at Media Watch, it just seems to be another ploy to divide the country. The goal here, is to foment the country and overthrow the Trump era government.

We’ll be keeping close attention to these protests in the coming days, weeks, months and reporting on things from an unbiased perspective.