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liberalmuse

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23. Wonderful!

Sat Oct 27, 2012, 02:04 PM

Oct 2012

I'm so glad she wrote this and mentioned triggers. I won't post certain things on my Tumblr because I know it is true that this ridiculous garbage being put out by so many GOP candidates are triggers causing needless emotional and mental distress to the millions of women and men who have been sexually abused or sexually assaulted. PTSD is real, and it doesn't take much to hurl people back into the hell they struggled for years to deal with and overcome. I'm so disgusted with these old "grey-faced" men, as Tina Fey calls them, that I want to punch them in the balls. I know that isn't nice, but I'm sick of them and all their self-righteous, bloviating mixed with misguided "concern" for fetuses while condescendingly patting we women on the head as if we were mindless dolts.

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Melissa Harris-Perry, a victim of sexual assault, narrates an open letter to Mourdock. Powerful... [View all] trailmonkee Oct 2012 OP

Fantastic! Rec'd, thanks for sharing as I missed her today. nt babylonsister Oct 2012 #1

DU link! ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #26

Don't worry about missing any MSNBC show. MsPithy Oct 2012 #30

we dvr both days.... always good trailmonkee Oct 2012 #39

Can't be said enough. toby jo Oct 2012 #2

we love you mhp.. k and r goclark Oct 2012 #13

I just emailed her to let her know these threads exist and that we think highly of her. MrYikes Oct 2012 #3

Thank you for your thoughtfulness and appacom Oct 2012 #6

Nice work! B Stieg Oct 2012 #21

Thank You trailmonkee Oct 2012 #25

I was watching.... Sekhmets Daughter Oct 2012 #4

She's got it ALL goin' on. TahitiNut Oct 2012 #47

Omg that kills me stopwastingmymoney Oct 2012 #5

K&R for OUR choice! n/t beac Oct 2012 #7

smack! heaven05 Oct 2012 #8

"WE are the gift." Demoiselle Oct 2012 #9

Eloquent We People Oct 2012 #10

Melissa, you are more amazing than I ever thought. classof56 Oct 2012 #11

Exactly. postulater Oct 2012 #12

She was *marvelous*!! polmaven Oct 2012 #14

K&R me b zola Oct 2012 #15

Something like this? TahitiNut Oct 2012 #48

Yes, that...perfect. libdem4life Oct 2012 #49

Most Women will not admit mstinamotorcity2 Oct 2012 #16

very good post. nt seabeyond Oct 2012 #28

Bless you Melissa rudyb Oct 2012 #17

A loving K&R. Thanks to Melissa for her bravery. nolabear Oct 2012 #18

How Brave of you Melissa... redstatebluegirl Oct 2012 #19

it was very moving shireen Oct 2012 #20

Thank you Melissa! StarryNite Oct 2012 #22

Wonderful! liberalmuse Oct 2012 #23

The Truth femrap Oct 2012 #24

DU link. ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #27

So powerful. Jennicut Oct 2012 #29

"A political race, she added, shouldn’t have to come with a trigger warning." MadrasT Oct 2012 #31

I don't usually get so emotional, but the sentiments in her letter had me tearing up JimDandy Oct 2012 #32

Incredible piece! She nailed it, Ilsa Oct 2012 #33

I think your title should change to say "survivor" instead of "victim". As a survivor myself, it is peacebird Oct 2012 #34

"We are the gift" liberal_at_heart Oct 2012 #35

I love this woman, she's beautiful inside and out. n/t proReality Oct 2012 #36

It was incredibly moving. nt Tarheel_Dem Oct 2012 #37

MHP is the best ladym55 Oct 2012 #38

The RW wants to psychologically dominate felix_numinous Oct 2012 #40

That's right Melissa! fortyfeetunder Oct 2012 #41

Thank you Melissa for speaking up for rape victims everywhere, thank you for giving us a voice. nt crunch60 Oct 2012 #42

"Triggers," however, are not a gift derby378 Oct 2012 #43

thank you trailmonkee Oct 2012 #45

FUCK YEAH! blackspade Oct 2012 #44

I saw it this morning Oilwellian Oct 2012 #46

You GO, Girl! Rape and sexual assaults are not gifts from God or anything else... Raster Oct 2012 #50

Awesome Melissa, thank you! Dont call me Shirley Oct 2012 #51