OT: triple yikes...Augusta National will have....

[alexrgct]

There are always those who will argue that social ills, discrimination, and injustice just magically can end without activists and fighters for justice paving the way. Women's suffrage? Why if those horrible suffragettes had not been out in the streets causing a ruckus, it would have happened way back in 1905. Jim Crow and segregation? Why if those marchers down in Selma had been more respectful, it would all have been done away with a lot sooner. But, of course, because entrenched powers are always happy to jump up and do the right thing as soon as some nice person asks them to.

Fact is, there are just some of those militant, uppity, noisy women like Martha Burk or Selena Roberts with the A-Rod steroid-popping articles and book that we just love to dump on. Oh yeah, Augusta was just falling all over itself to include women years ago, but Burk made them get all hurt and pouty, and that blew the deal Shame on you, Martha.

But glad Augusta finally got persuaded to slowly and tepidly and minimally to enter the new millenium. And for all of you b-tching about not being able to join all those women's-only groups you've been hankering after, if you still have some kick in you and can do a pretty face I'm sure the Rockettes can also be persuaded to do the right thing for you.

Did you really just compare Martha Burk to the women who fought for suffrage and civil rights activists? Let's not get carried away.

 

[DobbsRover2]

Did you really just compare Martha Burk to the women who fought for suffrage and civil rights activists? Let's not get carried away.

Alexergct, the question here is about activism in a fight against discrimination. Now you may not feel that what Burk was pushing for had much merit, but she and her supporters for anti-discriminatory measures against women did, and sure they can feel good that Augusta finally shifted it's all-male tush a bit and let Condi and Moore squeeze in.

There are some activists around here fighting for housing measures that they believe are discriminatory. No it is not on the august level of the women's suffrage and civil rights movements, but they feel they are part of the ever-continuing battle against discrimination and unjust politics. Should they be belittled for linking their efforts to the larger movements they admire? Not in my book, but you can choose to view it as you see fit.

Of course, it also depends on personal politics, because that is generally what we use to form our opinion of activists. I admit I can't really cheer on the activists who believe the are being discriminated against because they can't bring semi-automatic rifles into NYC movie theaters to defend themselves, while I assume that many of them would not have been happy when the Stonewall activism erupted. It's all in our values.