tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20435429.post114352497037863333..comments2023-10-20T08:03:50.579-05:00Comments on Blogging While Feminist: SD Women SilencedPlain(s)feministhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056404699624958898noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20435429.post-1143659166752978982006-03-29T13:06:00.000-06:002006-03-29T13:06:00.000-06:00I'm completely with plain(s)feminist on this one. ...I'm completely with plain(s)feminist on this one. I've been on both sides of this conflict between outside/professional organizers and local communities that are facing big challenges. There's a tendency on the part of people who've never lived in a small town or a rural area or even a sparsely populated state to think that the hicks out there don't know what to do and need someone smart from, oh, New York or DC or even Madison to come in and take charge.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, that's a wrong assumption and a lousy tactic on the part of the professional activist. A situation like the one in SD is an opportunity for home-grown activists to take leadership roles, get new funding for their organizations, get experience and become better prepared for the next battle down the road, when the outside professionals will be nowhere in sight.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16817157063683798304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20435429.post-1143577382509968542006-03-28T14:23:00.000-06:002006-03-28T14:23:00.000-06:00Yes, it is much more complex than that. Access to...Yes, it is much more complex than that. Access to abortion isn't the issue at all, and the referendum wasn't - isn't - the only or necessarily best way to accomplish that.Plain(s)feministhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15056404699624958898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20435429.post-1143565424976770632006-03-28T11:03:00.000-06:002006-03-28T11:03:00.000-06:00I can't pretend to speak for others but I do know ...I can't pretend to speak for others but I do know that outside organizers do come into communities, sometimes with good results, like with enviromental regulation, labor laws, public health initiatives.<BR/> <BR/>And I don't know what the bad is here except that some local citizens got their feelings hurt by not being consulted by this group. Or is it much more complex than that?<BR/><BR/>Because I'd say the #1 priority is for women to have the right to abortion in South Dakota. By any means necessary. <BR/><BR/>moAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20435429.post-1143561513895237832006-03-28T09:58:00.000-06:002006-03-28T09:58:00.000-06:00By this logic, it would be fine for anyone to come...By this logic, it would be fine for anyone to come into any community and try to force through any action regardless of what the people who live there think is the best approach. Is that really what you are saying?<BR/><BR/>In point of fact, this was not the best idea, regardless of where it came from. And there are no altruistic motives, here.Plain(s)feministhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15056404699624958898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20435429.post-1143554392252821772006-03-28T07:59:00.000-06:002006-03-28T07:59:00.000-06:00But they are concerned citizens trying to do somet...But they are concerned citizens trying to do something about what they see as a bad situation. <BR/><BR/>Maybe they didn't know a lot of people in SD, maybe they just wanted to act fast, maybe they were concerned that the SD weren't able to stop the bill from being passed and signed in the first place.<BR/><BR/>But I do think you've got to let go of your ego here. Sometimes the best ideas do come from the outside the movement, the system, the country.<BR/><BR/>moAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com