Early this morning I had a nightmare. It was the time of the Revolutionary War in Boston, and a family was trying to stay alive. First the father died, and the mother and five children put on lots of clothes before they went outside, in the ice and snow, and I was afraid they were going to die. They had nowhere to go, and I had a sense of doom, that I was going to see them die one after the other. I woke myself up, and realized the dread was the vote today that allowed Kavanaugh to become a member of the Court, and the doom it spells for women and children. This is the era of bullies, and they seem to win every time. Frankly, in my day, bullies also got away with most actions, and the rest of us learned to stay out of their way. I remember a girl, when I was eight, bullying me and then gloating. I never spoke up against her, though I was furious with her actions. I was afraid of being ostrasized. Another bully pushed me off the high slide in the school playground to the side, and my knees and hands were so bloody my parents had to pick me up and take me home. There were no consequences for the boy who deliberately shoved me off at the top.
Now our government is allowing bullying and forcing silence upon those who are victims. This is not what the Constitution was written to do. We are protecting the rich and powerful and encouraging their immoral deeds. I'm devastated.
Crying.
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