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Fine

October 5, 2018October 5, 2018 by GrayMatters

For weeks now, most of my sisters and brothers and I have been holding our breath. I am not sure we knew it, but we were. We didn’t stop doing the work, speaking out, ripping off scabs to publicly reveal our wounds, begging to be heard, crying out for a better choice – there are …

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Summer Camp

June 24, 2018January 8, 2019 by GrayMatters

Things are moving quickly. In 1933 Germany, the first political prisoners were being rounded up for an indefinite period without charges to be held in various locations around the country. Forced labor began around 1939. Killing centers opened in 1941. This timeline pretty much covers where my immediate concern is as an American. Don’t get …

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Good People

June 17, 2018June 20, 2018 by GrayMatters

For the past couple of weeks, the key word in the news is “ripped.” Children are being “ripped” from their parent’s arms. Good people need help, and we’re being horrible to them. The emotions the verbiage brings up, that it intends to get across, works up until every single post and reporter uses the same …

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The Usual Gun Arguments

April 10, 2017October 2, 2017 by GrayMatters
God doesn't stop shootings because there is no god. Fix the gun laws.

Another day, another shooting at an elementary school. Same ol’. This time it’s in San Bernardino, California. I want to rage and cry and beg my lawmakers to seriously consider solutions, but I know it won’t help. It won’t stop me trying. “Ya see, the problem is you took God out of school.” Fuck that. …

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Trump’s Hypocrisy On Syria

April 10, 2017 by GrayMatters
America won't tolerate beautiful babies being poisoned unless they are our own.

Throughout the weekend there has been debate in the news and on social media about the hows and whys of 45’s attack on Syria. Most of it is the same stuff I brought up in my post last week about going about it the wrong way. The president should have gone to Congress when he …

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Are We Great, Yet? (Part Two)

March 1, 2017March 27, 2017 by GrayMatters

(From Are We Great, Yet? (part one) – Hate is taught. I’m not saying hate hasn’t always been around, but I am saying we teach it to those around us, to our children. Sometimes we don’t mean to. A comment in passing, nothing really meant by it, can take hold in a child.) In thinking …

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Are We Great, Yet? (Part One)

February 28, 2017February 28, 2017 by GrayMatters

(I found that awesome photo when I was looking for a stock photo of children’s hands – it’s credited to Huffington Post) Hate is taught. I’m not saying hate hasn’t always been around, but I am saying we teach it to those around us, to our children. Sometimes we don’t mean to. A comment in …

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Baphomet Elementary

February 11, 2017February 14, 2017 by GrayMatters

I bet Baphomet Elementary and Anton LaVey High will have the best science fairs. Oooh, and the demon mascots, the Fightin’ Imps, will look amazing! Think very carefully about what you’re supporting when you decide you want government money to be taken from public schools and given to private (for profit) organizations and churches. You …

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Parenting In Time Of War

January 30, 2017February 14, 2017 by GrayMatters

I will never forget November 1989 and the joy of seeing the Berlin Wall come down in a Germany that, outside of history books, had always been two countries in my lifetime. Since 1961, when the wall went up overnight with no warning, families had been divided. You were on the side you were on …

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