So many of us have been accused on here of wanting a Glorious Revolution. Let's get out with it!

[Summer Hathaway]

152. In reply ...

What has evolved incrementally?

Let's start with three biggies: the women's rights movement, the civil rights movement, and the LGBT equal rights movement.

Anyone with even a passing knowledge of history is aware that women have won their rights in increments, from being allowed to vote to having access to birth control and abortion, to being accepted in law school and medical school, etc.

The civil rights movement was also a matter of incremental victories, each used as a foundation upon which to build the next recognition of rights and further victories in that struggle.

The LGBT community has been fighting the good fight for many decades now, and have also chosen their battles wisely and well. They are closer to enjoying full equality than ever before, thanks to their tireless efforts and their determination to join each battle and emerge victorious in the end.

The aforementioned movements are all still engaged in meeting each challenge head-on, and will continue to fight for recognition of their rights and their equality as citizens for as long as it takes.

Your view of history seems to be that all of these things happened overnight - which is hardly the case. When the suffragettes won the right to vote, they didn't go home and say, "Well, that's it. No more work to be done here." Nor did the civil rights workers, nor did the LBGTers who are intent on full equality, which takes not only time and effort, but patience and determination to outlast those who would seek to deter them.

It would be interesting to hear you tell women, black Americans, and gays and lesbians that incremental steps are always backwards steps. I think they would disagree with your assessment rather vociferously.

Now that I've given you a much-needed lesson in US history, I'd like to move on to another topic.

Do you know what "projection" is? A perfect example would be a poster on a message board who continually responds to those who disagree with his views as being thin-skinned, in denial of the facts, or angered to the point of outrage - when it is actually that poster himself who continually demonstrates his own feelings of vulnerability, denial and anger at every turn.

You keep projecting (look it up, if you still don't understand the concept) your own anger by accusing those who have replied to you, calmly and rationally, of being upset that you've "gotten under their skin", when it is obvious that the only skin that's been gotten under is your own.

"I hit Summer's irrational rage button. I hope she didn't explode."

Actually, I don't have an 'irrational rage button'. Most people discard that button by the time they are two or three, already cognizant at that early age that temper tantrums accomplish little, if anything at all. On the other hand, your 'irrational rage button' seems to have been carried into adulthood, and remains fully engaged.

So feel free to start the revolution without me - but by all means keep us posted on your leadership in that effort. No doubt when the citizenry is made aware of how many 'recs' you got on a message board, they will understand that you are a force to be reckoned with.

As for my delay in responding to you, I would point out that I have this other thing that goes on, pretty much 24/7. It's called a life, and it tends to take up most of my time.