Kimia Alizadeh, a medalist in Taekwando at the 2016 Olympics, has defected to a currently unbeknownst western country. She was escaping the tyranny of the Iranian regime, well-understood to be brutal to their population and, especially, to women.
Even though I rail against the backward forces in this country, headed up by the Trumps, Cheneys, Dukes, and other political factions, at least they only want to take us back to the 1950’s, well maybe the 1930’s, when politics was the preserve of only one color and only one gender. Thankfully, that kind of medieval thinking, borne out of ignorance and bigotry, is becoming a smaller and smaller part of the ethos here in the United States. I know, change is slow, but change is happening.
Yes, I think we should celebrate the fact that we are only fighting against the ignorant who want to take us back to the 1900’s and not the 1300’s.