
when this is the graffiti in front of your house (or my house as the case may be)
It’s one thing to keep your ears open to other voices, it’s an entirely different thing to give lip service in an open letter while inviting religious bigots to help with your campaign.
Are we ladies who periodically feel down about his sexist dogwhistles going to get a meaningless open letter next?
Actions and words Mr. Obama. You don't get to shake our hand with your right while smacking us in the face with your left."Indeed, looking after the kids appears to be only slightly more pleasant than doing housework," asserts Gilbert in his bestselling, Stumbling on Happiness (2006).Stop lying folks. Kids are hard work. If it is necessary that children are born and raised for the good of society, then we need to start demanding compensation beyond false claims of personal fulfillment.
Of course, that's not what most parents say when asked. For instance, in a 2007 Pew Research Center survey people insisted that their relationships with their little darlings are of the greatest importance to their personal happiness and fulfillment. However, the same survey also found "by a margin of nearly three-to-one, Americans say that the main purpose of marriage is the 'mutual happiness and fulfillment' of adults rather than the 'bearing and raising of children.'"
Obama has based his entire strategy on sending messages to white males, assuring them he will take race and sex privilege off the table of American discourse