Queer Equality Revolution: Exercising Constitutional Rights

August 21, 2009

Exercising Constitutional Rights

John Visser added some thoughts to my comment over at Pam's House Blend; I think they are worth sharing.

I wrote:

Self Defense
I simply HATE that we all sound like victims and pawns and submissives to whatever other people "decide" to do for us.

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The fact that OTHER PEOPLE are voting on whether or not I "should be ALLOWED" to see my husband when he is dying is enough to make anyone resort to force in that situation.

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JohnVisser added:

Exercising Constitutional Rights
Maybe that's the answer. If our rights are denied to us by the people, legislators, executives and judges, then maybe we exercise our right to bear arms and create a little counter indimidation - after all, reasoning doesn't seem to work with these people. Hmmm, just thinking about it is uplifting.

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I replied:

YES - It's about taking back our POWER and exerting it for the safety and security of our families and children. VERY AMERICAN.

We're still victims of all people, legislators, executives and judges because we allow it.

1 comments:

david scott said...: Although, I personally am so far to the left that even the democrats appear to me to be "right-wing," I consider myself to be a strict constitutionalist. It is my opinion that since its inception there has been an organized and systematic assault by the conservatives in the United States on the civil liberties written into the US Constitution. The “War on Drugs”; “War on Terror”; “War on Communism” and a host of other wars waged by the right wing are really nothing more than a War on People--an excuse to erode civil rights to the point of non-existence. I invite you to my website devoted to raising awareness on this puritan attack on freedom: http://pltcldscsn.blogspot.com/; 7/05/2009

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I started playing the piano around age 6; finished "Teaching Little Fingers To Play" with a teacher, then was self-taught using the U.S. School of Music Home Study Course until I studied at the University of Michigan, where I was fortunate to be on scholarship. At age 10 I volunteered as the church organist for weekday Mass. My first paying gig was at 13 as the organist for Sunday Mass at St. Julian Catholic Church. My brother gave me his electric bass and amp at 13 after I played it for a few days; by 14 I was gigging in a band.

I taught music in some form (piano, theory, bass guitar) from age 20-43. During that time I was extraordinarily passionate about Piano Pedagogy, Music Learning Theory, and Early Childhood Music & Movement, and used to consider teaching young children music through the piano to be an awesome responsibility, privilege, and joy.

I earned a BM in Piano Performance in '93 from U of M, where I was OBSESSED with 20th century music. My biggest accomplishment at Michigan was performing Charles Ives’ Concord Sonata from memory; it's not virtuostic per se, but it's extraordinarily 'complex' music. At 20 I taught bass at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and performed with the W.C.C. Jazz Orchestra and Afromusicology Ensemble. I owe my ENTIRE musical life to Dr. Morris J. Lawrence, Jr., Lynne Bartholomew, and Arthur Greene.

Professional highlights include performing for President Reagan, opening for Dizzy Gillespie, and playing in the Montreux-Detroit International Jazz Festival. In 2002 I presented my one-man show "Wild About Rhythm" at local elementary schools, and owned and operated a Piano Studio from my home in Kirkland, WA between 1996-2004. I briefly had 24 piano students in 2008, until my P.T.S.D. was severely triggered on 11.05.08. In my lifetime I have performed at over 200 weddings and/or wedding receptions, but I have had to stop because the irony is LITERALLY killing me.