RE: Polarizing stories spotted in the news
06-03-2021, 06:00 PM (This post was last modified: 06-03-2021, 06:03 PM by robkelk.)
06-03-2021, 06:00 PM (This post was last modified: 06-03-2021, 06:03 PM by robkelk.)
Texas valedictorian ditches approved speech to speak out against new abortion law
The school district said that it would review student speech protocols before next year's graduation ceremonies. I wonder how much good that'll do, considering Ms. Smith went off-script from her approved speech.
Paxton Smith Wrote:I have dreams and hopes and ambitions. Every girl graduating today does. And we have spent our entire lives working towards our future, and without our input or consent, our control over that future has been stripped away from us.
I am terrified that if my contraceptives fail, I am terrified that if I'm raped, then my hopes and aspirations and dreams and efforts for my future will no longer matter. I hope that you can feel how gut-wrenching it is. I hope you can feel how dehumanizing it is to have the autonomy over your own body taken away from you.
I cannot give up this platform to promote complacency and peace, when there is a war on my body and a war on my rights. A war on the rights of your mothers, a war on the rights of your sisters, a war on the rights of your daughters.
The school district said that it would review student speech protocols before next year's graduation ceremonies. I wonder how much good that'll do, considering Ms. Smith went off-script from her approved speech.
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown
Boycotting all products from the USA as long as that country's leader continues to threaten to annex my native country.
Government of Canada: How to immigrate to Canada
Government of Canada: Claiming refugee protection (asylum) from within Canada