Comments on: Poor Women Have Breasts Too, You Know!

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:42:34 +0000

Pierce, I know guys who threw medals at the pentagon and the white house over various walls or fences. But they did it before the Internet do we cn not google it today.

By: Pierce R. Butler

Pierce R. Butler — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:22:36 +0000

Members and allies of Vietnam Veterans Against the War threw their medals "across the wall" (over a low crowd-control barrier) at Congress, not the WH or the SC.

By: Elly

Elly — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:04:48 +0000

Personally, I will not be satisfied with a detente, or a compromise, or a retraction, or a continuation of funding by Komen of Planned Parenthood. Komen has done something very very bad and they need to go away. It should be the case from now on that anyone who does not hate women should never give Komen a penny, ever, from now on.

Exactly this.

I recently received an e-mail message, asking me to sign a petition asking SGK to reverse its decision.

I looked it over, thought about it, then closed the page. I decided not to sign it for this very reason… even if Komen did reverse its decision, the damage has been done, as far as I’m concerned. Ditto my husband, who has contributed to workplace fundraisers in the past.

From here on, Komen is dead to us. In addition, we will be avoiding any Komen-related commercial products. Although we’ve always been Planned Parenthood supporters, any additional $$$ we might have given to Komen will now go to PP (I’ve already sent a donation to PP’s fund for breast cancer services).

By: garnetstar

garnetstar — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:40:26 +0000

I’ve put a recurring $20/month automatic donation to PP on my credit card. And, written to Komen, saying that their action was nothing less than shameful.

Thanks so much, Greg, you’ve been wonderful.

By: lordshipmayhem

lordshipmayhem — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:57:02 +0000

7) If you have Komen merchandise such as a teddy bear, earrings, clothing, etc. take it to someplace appropriate and throw it over the wall. Like the vets threw their service medals over the wall at the Pentagon and the White House. Or just mail it back to them. Or, better yet, mail it to Planned Parenthood with a check.

Second-best tactic: send it back to Komen postage due.

By: otrame

otrame — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:33:50 +0000

Organizations like Koman need to figure it out. This is not the world as it was even ten years ago. We have a tool to help us organize and join together to express our feelings in a way we never had before. It is wrong to hold cancer victims and future cancer victims hostage to religious “purity”. Fuck them. I’ll be sending my money elsewhere and encouraging others to do the same.

Note: Atheists and freethinkers are no longer the silent minority and we will no longer tolerate behavior based on religious dogma that leads to harm (for the religious people as much as anyone) without loudly causing a fuss. Deal with it.

By: Phledge

Phledge — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:45:27 +0000

All of these ideas are awesome, Greg. Thanks for being a vocal part of the opposition to Komen. SO impressed by how much money has been raised in 24 hours!

By: gwen

gwen — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:54:01 +0000

Thanks for reminding me to throw away my pink breast cancer themed scrub tops…

By: Orlando

Orlando — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:38:42 +0000

Allegedly responsible is newly appointed VP to Komen, Karen Handel, a zealous anti-abortion republican who ran for Governor of Georgia. The catholics have been heavily lobbying Komen and other groups in a concerted effort to block women’s health care. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/02/01/breast-cancer-charity-giant-cuts-ties-to-planned-parenthood/

I cannot prove it but I suspect the catholics are working in league with the LDS, who if their candidate gets elected, will reverse many women’s rights issues. This is an orchestrated effort.

The catholics are up in arms about the health care mandate for all groups receiving government funds to provide contraceptives, and have publicly criticized Obama for this issue (MSNBC Hardball 1 Feb 2012).