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Hello all DU'ers,
I know some of you have seen me post here without
seeing an introduction about myself. It was a bit rude
and I appologize for not introducing myself first. My
name is April and I am 20 and live in the red state of
NC (red, why did they have to steal one of my fave
colors? well I guess it befits their bloodlust huh?),
Greenville to be precise. We have a mix of Repugs and
Dems here, probably more Repugs.
I am a liberal, slightly moderate. I am pro-life for
the most part but I think abortion is necessary if the
situation is threatening to the mother's life and that
there is very much evidence supporting that she will
die and the baby will die due to the medical situation
or in the situation of rape. But I am completely
against abortion in situations where the girl
willingly drinks and has sex with a stranger when
drunk and ends up pregnant because of the alcohol then
wants to go have an abortion. As cruel as this sounds
to some people, I think she should face the
consequences of it and go on with the pregnancy then
put the baby up for adoption when it is born. Or if a
girl goes out and has sex without birth control and
ends up pregnant I also think she should have the
baby. If the situation is, well she can't use the pill
or any other hormonal treatment due to health problems
or she is allergic to condoms, I think well she should
have just abstained in that case. And if she has no
idea about forms of birth control and then just has
sex without and ends up pregnant, I think she should
have this baby as a reminder to research things first
before rushing into things.
On the otherside of this coin, I can see hypocrisy
from pro-lifers, particularly the Republican
pro-lifers who believe "every life is precious" but
then when the baby is born and the mother is poor and
goes on welfare but then they are "boohoo my tax
dollars help out the needy boohooohooo" and they are
outraged. But I don't believe in things that way. I
believe well if the mother decides to go through with
the pregnancy and gets welfare to help her, that that
is a good thing and shows how responsible she is. They
(those types of Republicans) fail to see that not all
of us have connections that can land us jobs and that
people have different circumstances which prevent them
from being considered for employment like not having
enough job experience. Not everyone has a buddy who
can land them a job like Republicans think people do.
I can attest to the job aspect of this situation. I
moved here to NC 2 1/2 years ago. It took me 2 years
before I found a job. I have no connections to anyone
who can help me get a job. It is not easy to land
jobs. They act like getting and obtaining a job is
easy as pie. From my experience that is not true and
from others experiences as well. I moved to eastern NC
June 2002 from northwestern Georgia. In January 2003 I
was able to land a job with Andy's which went
southward after 2 weeks because he was (my manager)
forced to cut hours and lay off people. So for another
year I was unemployed while looking for jobs. In March
of 2004, I gained employment with Baby Back Joe's and
lasted until December 2004 (I was forced to quit
because I was sexually harassed and then got the guys
in trouble who did it and they were bosses' favorites
and I came home every night upset from that place bc
of the harassment and my boyfriend's stepdad heard
about it and he told me he was going to go in there
and tell them to have those guys stop or face a sexual
harassment lawsuit. Well they stopped but I was
retailiated against. A few people were mad because the
guys were forced to stop it by the bosses or they
faced losing their jobs and being taken to court, I
had alot of people trying to start trouble and all I
was trying to do was my job and they were interfering
and it became too much). I was able, thankfully, to
have gotten a job prior to quitting at this nice
Italian cafe. I was at work and my bf called me and
told me my new boss wanted to talk to me about a job
so the next day I went in,was interviewed and had the
job. That night I gave my boss my 2 week notice.
Everything went allright that night until Saturday
night when people started saying all kinds of bs. Well
my new boss told me if they gave me trouble or fired
me to call him and he'd see what he could do as to
scheduling me before January. Saturday night I
decided, this is it, I'm sick of the monthes of
harassment and nothing being done about it by these
immature people (my former bosses are very bad on
discipline and do not know how to discipline
employees). I finished my work that night and went
home after my shift was done. I called my new boss,
explained to him what went on and he told me to call
back Sunday about scheduling me and what day I could
begin. The next morning I called my old employers
told 'em to kiss my ass, well not really but I wish I
could have, told them I could not simply work in that
restaurant ever again and explained and did not go in.
Sorry to get so detailed and bore you guys there :(
But as for the moderate part that's as far as that
goes except for I am against lazy people who are
perfectly able to get jobs but choose not to look for
jobs and soak up the social services benefits while
sitting on their butts (here in NC, I know that you
can only get foodstamp benefits for only a few monthes
if you need then you have to wait awhile (about 3
years)to get more unless you are in dire need of food
they give emergency foodstamps and in cases where
children are involved.). I think it is great that they
limit it here but still have emergency foodstamps for
those in need of food badly with no way of getting
any.
I was born and raised a dem. If you guys had known my
family's past history growing up (aunts and uncles),
you'd probably think they'd be dems too but they're
not and I don't understand it. My dad's and my mom's
brothers and sisters, my parents included, grew up
verrrry poor. My dad's side of the family had no
electricity when he was little, they lived far out
into the country, had no car, lived on what they grew
in the garden and sold. My gran and pop (his parents)
had 7 children. My dad was forced to quit school in
sixth grade because they needed help in their
gardening (for them it was keep up the garden or
starve to death). My dad was born in 1939. They used a
mule and buggy to travel and it took them almost a day
to get into town and a night to make it back home.
They only got one pair of shoes per year for Christmas
and if their shoes had worn out before Christmas they
borrowed their brother's or sister's shoes when they
weren't using them. They got water from a spring
nearby and sometimes, when they could, had those old
milk bottles delivered to their door from the milk
man.
The only dems I know on his side of the family are my
uncle David and aunt Brenda and my uncle Lee and aunt
Linda. And 2 of his distant cousins are dems.2 of his
sisters and his brother steve and their family are
republicans and they are the "blindly we follow" ones
too unfortunately and think Bush is great. And of
course they are influenced by what their church's
think. And as for my mom's side of the family, her
parents were dirt poor, lived on what was made from
her dad coalmining in Tennessee but he died when she
was young and her mom was a single mom. Her mom and
dad had 18 or 20 children together if I am correct
because I remember my mom saying that they had twins
together that passed away after getting sick and that
my uncle Harsley's twin also passed on(Alot of kids I
know). I think my mom's mom when my grandpa died was
raising 3 or 4 kids on her own, the others had moved
out and had lives of their own. I know several of my
mom's sisters are Republicans and willing to bet most
of them are because of how their churches are.
I am pro-gay marriage. I don't have, err, well I have a bi friend, was about to say I didn't have gay friends nm. I think it's wrong to revoke this right because it is not like the gays are wanting straight marriage banned or that they are trying to make everyone gay. Plus why keep them from making a testament to their love. They're not like fundies. I think we should ban fundies from marrying if they are going to b*tch about gays marrying, why not take their rights too. Maybe then they'd see but I doubt it. And I respect gay people because they are courageous for being able to tell people their prefrence and stand up to face it although it is not easy at all for them. My dad is as well and funny thing is, he is a baptist and he is a former preacher. He said "They don't bother me, let them marry". I was surprised to hear him say that. My parents flipped once they found an old webpage I had that said I was wiccan/pagan and well I heard all sorts of things. "It's evil" etc... I'm no longer wiccan though. I'm more of an agnostic pagan if that makes any sense. If anyone wants me to explain further I can :) And I'm also for gun-control.
Sorry I rambled on so much. Thanks everyone :) It'll be nice getting to know you all, well most of you since I probably won't be able to meet everyone :( Take care.
April
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