As with many other millions of Americans, I was horribly offended by former Mayor (bleepity bleep bleep bleep) Giuliani and Governor (bleepity bleep bleep bleep) Palin's denigrating comments about community organizing.
In my work, community organizing is a critical part of what we do. Community organizing or community mobilization is about raising awareness, garnering support, and changing social norms so that:
- it's no longer okay to beat women who are suspected of bringing HIV into the family
- it's no longer okay to ostracize children who are in any way connected with HIV
- it's no longer okay for governments to fill their private bank accounts while their citizens go without treatment
- it's no longer okay to keep pregnant girls out of school
- it's no longer okay to discriminate in the workplace based on HIV-status, known or presumed
I'm sorry that former Mayor (bleepity bleep bleep bleep) Giuliani and Governor (bleepity bleep bleep bleep) Palin have no problem saying to millions of people trying to improve their communities (in the words of Jon Stewart) - "F**K Y*U! You Stupid As*es!"
* it's towards the end, but worth the wait
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This has been a *crap* day... loved this clip. I needed it. Thanks.
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I agree with you...Community Organizing plays an important role and is quite crucial...I learned this the hard way when I was working with an NGO before...
There is no depth to which Palin/McCain will not sink.
There is no lie that they will leave untold.
Despicable.
Couldn't agree more. The demonization of community organizers and the non-stop glorification of "small town America" was gross. Why not just "we're not black and not poor!"? Let's just be a bit more obvious.
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