Mother's Day - Dangerous Intersection

Happy Birthing People Day!

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:May 6, 2021
Post category:Language Orwellian Woke Issues
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NARAL is reminding us that it is insensitive to say "Happy Mother's Day." Comments are worth a read.

If you click on this NARAL tweet, you'll see that it links to a statement by Cori Bush in which she refers to herself as a "mother." Uh oh . . .

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Mother’s Day Tales

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:May 11, 2008
Post category:American Culture Consumerism
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In the United States, the celebration of Mother's Day is kept alive mostly by the advertising of merchants. No one with a real stake in motherhood would trivialize motherhood by designating that it be recognized only one day each year. Today, a baby crow got blown out of a tree…

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