Morning all,
Compelling blog post title and headline, isn’t it? 
‘course, I don’t mean YOU as in my beloved reader with regards to me! Anything I post I expect to be shared…if I didn’t want discussion, I’d tell my wolf plushie about the topic instead (he has yet to reveal even the tiniest detail of my confessions! ).
Actually, I’m talking about Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol Palin. As you might have heard, the potential Republician VP’s 17 year old daughter is pregnant.
To which I say:
And that’s important to the election HOW?????
Everybody has the right to make their own personal choices…WITHOUT having to deal with complete and utter strangers passing judgment on them.
I read the most fantastic article about this earlier! To wit:
…So his name is Levi.
That’s about the only thing that I didn’t know about Bristol Palin’s pregnancy. The rest of the details I picked up almost without trying, while talking about other things with townsfolk — some who know the governor and her family well, some who don’t. It was, more or less, an open secret. And everyone was saying the same thing: the governor’s 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, the father is her boyfriend, and it’s really nobody’s business beyond that…..
…Well, here’s the deal: small towns have their own value systems, and in this situation those values are more a lot more valid than the dispassionate, pushy inquisitiveness that political journalism encourages ….MORE….
What a brief, pithy and utterly superb way to make the point.
So often in today’s society, we’re beset by self-righteous twits who expend countless hours of energy making themselves feel better by tearing others down.
It’s disgusting, it really is.
Bristol’s family issues are her own and her familys’…..they’re nobody elses. She has chosen her path…and nobody but NOBODY can walk it for her.
Kudos to her family for emotionally supporting her as parents should always do. Our kids might make unwise choices….but (so long as those choices impact ONLY said kids) that doesn’t stop them from being our kids and deserving of our love.
So the next time you feel an insane urge to give free rein to any self-righteous idjutness, ask yourself first….would you appreciate the same kind of disapproving scrutiny should you encounter the same experience?
It is to think,
Barbara Ling
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To answer your question, I have had the same experience, and I can’t say I would’ve liked the scrutiny of the world. This has been irritating me all day, actually, because I’ve seen everything run through my Twitter feed from calling her a filthy whore, to saying she should have an abortion because she’ll be an incompetent parent.
If I was American, I’d probably never vote for the Republicans. But the kind of crap that has been hurled at this poor girl makes you wonder whether those on the other team are any better at all.
My girlfriend became pregnant when we were both 16. Kid was born at 17. Fast forward til now and we’re still together, married, in fact. We’ve got another one on the way. I have a satisfying job as a freelance writer and make more than the people who criticized us for “ending our lives” all those years ago. Our children are healthy and happy. And we couldn’t be happier with this situation.
So those who feel it is their business to comment, probably have no basis in reality or fact for the comments they are making. I’m sure that Bristol and her child will do fine; let’s leave them alone now. Thank grok for the Barbara Lings of the world.
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Hi Joel!
Thanks for your insights – how wonderful that you and your wife’s decision ‘way back when worked out so well. Kudos to you!
And thank you for the kind comment at the end, I very much appreciate it.
Best wishes, Barbara
i agree. and i find it unfortunate that it appears that many other people out there don’t.
strange and sad how an election like this can bring out some of the worst traits and emotions in people. 
clearly this has nothing to do with the election. i can only wish her the best, and i’m glad that she has her family there to support her.
let me just add though that it appears that mr. obama also released a statement, much to the same effect. those persons who would support mr. obama, and yet drag this issue through the mud, have much to learn from their candidate.
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Yes indeed.
Thanks for visiting, Barbara