looking at the bigger picture.

On my FB timeline, there has been a lot of commotion about how President Obama doesn't want military personnel receiving pay. Yes- how President Obama, not the government, doesn't want military personnel receiving pay. I found all these repetitive statements very confusing. To throw in a little more confusion, Stephen brought to my attention the proposed government shutdown.

Commence confusion atop confusion and maniacal Google'ing.

After reading articles from the likes of CNN and ABC, my confusion was replaced with shock and dismay. Everyone is so riled up about military personnel not getting paid, but no one's aware nor care about the fact that this government shutdown is due in large part because society doesn't care about its women. We're all pissed off that those who fight for our country won't get monetary acknowledgement, but no one gives a damn that half the population is being sacrificed.

Republicans won't back down because they don't want government funding wasted on abortions. Because that's all Planned Parenthood does, right? Planned Parenthood is just an abortion clinic.

Image taken from Wall Street Journal article

Yeah- save that uneducated argument for someone else, because that shit isn't flying around here.

BIGGER. PICTURE. PEOPLE.

Yes, I know tons of people that are currently serving the military. And yes, it is a shame that they're at risk of not getting paid; money isn't easy to come by, and the possibility of not receiving a paycheck is a big deal. But 1) don't put this all on President Obama's shoulders because 2) unlike some people who are responsible for representing us citizens, President Obama is concerned about our women.

Planned Parenthood isn't one giant abortion conglomerate. Planned Parenthood provides health care to women with low-income. Organizations like Planned Parenthood provide women affordable cancer screenings and prevention, STD testing and treatment, and contraception for the sake of women's reproductive rights.

So please, take a look at the bigger picture and stop directing all your animosity to the wrong direction.

"I wonder why we take from our women, why we rape our women- do we hate our women?
... And since a man can't make one, he has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one."