Dear Suze Q. My new guy and I watched the State of the Union address last night. WOW, what an eye-opener!!! Not the great, fiery speech but the reaction of my guy. I was raised Republican but I can't stomach Trump and have happily voted Democratic since Obama. I think the Supreme Court is corrupt and taking abortion rights away from women was unforgivable. My guy thought the speech was "interesting." He refused to talk further and said "politics should be an off-limits topic that we agree to never discuss." I feel like my tongue has been cut out. Help! Signed, Offred the Handmaiden
Dear Offred, WOW is right. Your Handmaiden Tale screams for you to be cautious. Feeling silenced is a huge deal. Before the 1980s, politics, sex, and religion were the three topics no decent person discussed in polite company. Not so today where everything real or imagined can be explored so that we all learn and thrive from each other as equally valued contributors. That said, I can think of several innocent reasons your guy didn't want to talk about the speech. LET'S OPEN THIS UP TO THE READERS➡➡➡ SQ
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