Friday, December 14, 2007

I am skittish

As a newborn colt. And I would know how skittish they are as my daughter spends every moment that she can with horses. Especially newborn horses.

It could also be said that I am skittish as an adopted half grown cat. Of which we have two as of this morning. And they are terrified of everything and are literally climbing the screens.

Why am I skittish? I am afraid that everything that I say will be traced by right wing McCarthy-ists. And that really REALLY pisses me off.

I have a right to my religion.

I have a right to write about my religion and send it out into the world.

They have a right to hate and fear me. But they do not have a right to censor me. They do not have a right to make me feel as though my children and my friends are threatened because they are associated with the likes of me.

I had a history teacher once who put this most eloquently:

"Your right to extend your fist ends when it hits my face".

And that's what "they" did. "They" hit me in the face. Just because I was there.

6 comments:

Ohjeeze said...

I wish I could think of something to say to give you comfort. All I can do is tell you I am totally on your side.
You have new cats?

AutumnZ said...

Two of them :-) A gal at C's work had two that nobody had chosen to take home. So they are now here on our porch. That brings us to a total of 5 porch cats.

TigerYogiji said...

Sending good thoughts and energy your way, Hon! :)

Jaspenelle Jovian said...

Kitties!

They have no right to harm you and those you love. May Michael and I light a candle of protection and one for positive energy for you and yours?

Anonymous said...

Your Avatar makes you look so tall ;-)

You never really know, do ya, who is out there judging you.

Names of adopted kitties?? Keep collecting them so I can tell Brian someone I know has more than we do. He grumbles some about my spirit friends.

AutumnZ said...

Jaspanelle, by all means. Light the candles. We need all the help we can get!

PG: Yes, Not only does it make me look tall, but also built like Angelina Jolie, which is so far off the mark it doesn't even register on the scale!

The kitties: Spooky, a black cat. Cho Chang, a buff with crystal blue eyes. Oreo Cookie, a long hair with a phantom of the opera mask and a gray and black striped tail. Kudzu, a Parkinson's Disease cat, very old, whom I have yet to actually pet, but who comes here to eat.

The two new ones are Smokey, gray with a white belly. (lina named him) and Garfield, (named by huck) Guess what he looks like.

There are also 4 stray black labs that come here for breakfast every morning. I don't know where they belong. But the kids call them Baby, Missy, Victor and Licorice.