Paris Today
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65 responses to “Paris Today”
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Très bien!!!!!!!!!
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How great! Corey I am so proud of you for doing the Women’s March. I had forgotten they would have one in your neck of the woods. But then, of course, they had them all over the world. Thank you for sharing the photos from Paris. I love the banner of the Tour Eiffel merged with the Statue of Liberty!
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Even without a single typed word, you showed us the beautiful power of women worldwide. So nice to see you and Chelsea there together.
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“Women’s rights are human rights and human rights are women’s rights”…it’s stunning and amazing to see all the peaceful marches over the world…and yet shocking that the staunch republicans still want to control women’s own bodies and choices in this day and age!
I don’t want to go on about the scary new prez who is visibly out of touch with reality, believes propaganda and fake news (and the weirdo Fox News that caters to him) and it’s getting worse by the hour..but man, all I think about is “he’s got the freaking nuclear code now!” -
Yay Corey and Chelsea and all who marched today. I have been in low spirits of late listening to the unrealistic misleading rhetoric of Donald Trump and am so sorry that he represents our country. I’ve been heartened all day by the huge gatherings in support of one-world and goodwill first rather than America 1st.
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I am so happy you marched today. I did too. All in all it was about human rights for every human being in the world. It was at all about abortion rights, but being a woman and being able to say what she does with her life and her body. We marched for all the disenfranchised. It was an amazing experience. We cannot let people like Mr. Trump ridicule people that are different than he is, or for that matter Mr. Pence for saying women should not have the right to our lives. Good for you and Chelsea.
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Thank you Gloria for proudly expressing the feelings of the majority of women in the US. Today’s march was primarily about Abortion. Pro-life women were not allowed to march.
One day, hopefully sooner rather than later, future generations will look to our times, like we look back at all those who approved of slavery, with incredulity and disgust, asking themselves how so many were blind to the horror of abortion. -
Sadly, it is not about “her” body. It is about an entirely different body with different fingerprints, different DNA and possibly a different sex. It is about stopping a beating heart.
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Thank you for getting out there with your daughter, it was more than one issue. It shows we have a voice and we don’t need unrealistic men to push us around and take away our voice!
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To summarize: for according Corey an innocuous and uncontroversial two-word congratulatory message on her photo essay about attending Saturday’s Women’s March in Paris with Chelsea and friends, you are replying at length to me without knowing anything about me — accusing me of being a supporter of child-murder, a destroyer of culture, and the moral equivalent of a slavery backer.
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Well done, Corey! Members of my family marched today in New York City, Washington, D.C., Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland and Oakland. Thank you to you and everyone who stood up, raised their voices and marched!
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You are so lucky to have been able to have been there. Marching in spirit.
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“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men (and women) to do nothing.”
I do not see the global outcry as boiling down to abortion rights. I do not believe abortion is ever done “utterly thoughtlessly,” or easily, no pregnancy is simply an “inconvenience.” I have “trump anxiety.” I experienced a total loss of hope when he was elected. An inexperienced, volatile, unethical man is now at the helm of a country that has been a major part of keeping global order since WWII. trumps impulsive behavior is a given, we’ve all witnessed his 2am twitter rants, combine that with his authoritarianism and inability to compromise or recognize the truth, no apparent moral compass and I am frightened. Long ago I remember an article that said he kept a book of Hitler’s speeches at his bedside (1990 profile in Vanity Fair.) Most of the qualities he displays are those of an authoritarian dictator, bullying, deceit, lying, fear mongering. HE MAKES ME AFRAID THAT EVIL WILL WIN. When I scrolled through pictures of protest across the U.S., and realized, ti wasn’t just the U.S., it was the world, the entire planet. I felt hope again. I felt hopeful that evil will not win. Thank you Corey for sharing the “good men-and women-doing something” in Paris. That you for another dose of hope. -
Yes, this.
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Very well put Gloria and thank you for your comments.
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Thank you Ana Maria for supporting Gloria and her comments.
We need to be heard as well. -
Thank you Ana Maria, well done. Someone needs to speak up for
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As women we are part of a global sisterhood. The solidarity displayed worldwide by our marching ‘sisters’ was amazing to see and filled me with hope. Women standing together have a powerful voice. Reasons for marching were many, and diverse. Each marcher’s heart and conscience prompted her to stand up and be counted.
Let good prevail.
Thank you Corey for your post. -
Well said Jacklynn.
These marches all over the world were
much more than marches for reproductive
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They were marches for human rights. -
Thank you for expressing these thoughts so well.
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As sisters, we respect the views of all and accept the differences with love.
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Corey, I am sorry but I am going to have to unsubscribe. I do not support abortion and am
very disappointed that you do and especially that you want us all to know.
Politics has no place here.
I support President Trump, a good man who will make this country what it once was. To the Trump haters I say grow up, educate yourself, stop believing everything you read, and then repeating it so the lies continue. I have seen many presidents come and go, some I liked
and some I did not but I always showed respect. That is call maturity ladies.
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Marching yesterday with women and men who all expressed the desire for more involvement in all aspects of our lives was an amazing, powerful, blessed experience. My fellow citizens who hold differing views on many subjects came together in this great global exercise of freedom. A persons position on any topic was never a consideration for their participation. There was no entry examination – it was a fully free, open, inclusive, loving experience. This septuagenarian was and is proud to have freedom of participation in such a positive, strong event.
Thank you Corey for joining your voice with the world-wide song of human rights. Your photos are beautiful. -
Yes!!
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Wow! So many different views and I hope and pray we can live peacefully and respect each other. The march was about woman saying: “don’t diminish woman”, “don’t bully us”, but “RESPECT a woman as equal partner in all life’s events” including being a leader of a country. I don’t see the march as an abortion issue but a bigger picture of women-hood which has evolved over time. Remember there was a time when women were not allowed to vote!
Some of the dialogue and hate for Hillary was alarming and to think the new President fosters those views.
The march was about love for all people and opposing the all male white attitude of feeling superior to all other ethnic groups and gender. This was about saying: “we are all God’s children” God loves us all. Follow the Golden Rule: “treat others as you yourself would like to be treated.” -
Rock on septuagenarian!
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Thank you, Corey! Love rules. xxx’s and ooo’s
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Yes! Thank you, Jacklynn
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So pleased you were able to attend! History in the making! As for the anti-abortionist comments above, this is much more about too many people of both sexes being too accepting of some men’s attitudes, often carefully hidden until they get to the ballot box, which can lead to unacceptable, unadmirable behavior and unwanted pregnancies for which the men take no responsibility. Let’s stop this abhorrent behavior, whether from a president or someone of no celebrity, before a child is involved.
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I hope that you can have an open mind. The marches were about many issues, not just abortion. Please consider that you may be gullible to Trump’s salesmanship. Trump has waffled so much on every issue including abortion. In 1999 and later he was very pro-choice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsOlXidHXRE.
You say Trump will make this country what it once was. American before the 1960s was openly racially oppressive and misogynistic. What exactly do you want to bring back? My dad who lived to be 90 said when watching newsreels about the 1940s, “We were so naive.” We can’t afford to be naive today.
Trump has said that climate change is a hoax, that our regulations to protect our environment need to be lifted. The planet doesn’t have time to even entertain this kind of mindset. Do you want to make America 1st at the cost of polluting the planet even more? What about our children? What about the world’s children?
I have a child and I want him to have clean water and clean air all his life long. Trump scares me about the environment. And that doesn’t even touch on how he scares me about civil rights and his relationship with our allies and non-allies. -
Very nicely said, Patti. Thank you. And thank you, Corey and Chelsea, for your support. Love and hugs from Illinois.
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WOW! I loved reading the voices from both sides of this march. I agree full heartedly with some and not at all with others, but that is the nature of discourse. My reply to Gloria would have been almost exactly the same as Jacklynn Lantry’s. This was not solely about abortion. I was faced with making that decision twice, and because I made one choice and not another does not mean that I think EVERY woman should EVER make the same choice. And please, Mary D., if you think we need education on the Trump issue, please educate those of us who think he is NOT educated or “good”. We need your voice too. This is what our country is truly all about. Many of us think he is a tyrant and we can point out the difference through our demonstrations.
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After I read “President Trump, a good man” my head exploded.
I have finally collected enough of my brain’s left hemisphere to compose a question. What has Trump done to give any indication that he is a good man? Defrauding students? Mocking a disabled reporter? Saying, “You have to treat women like shit”? Not paying income tax? Declaring bankruptcy not once, not twice, but four times? Endorsing torture?
Sorry. That was more than one question. The parietal and frontal areas of my brain are still splattered on the walls thus my ability to count is still impaired. -
Yes, exactly.
I support a woman’s right to make reproductive decisions on her own. No one else has a right to be involved in that decision. You certainly have right to not believe in abortion as an option for you; you don’t get to make that decision for anyone else. And there is so much more at stake with Trump as President. Like the fate of the entire world.
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Thank you, Jacklynn. You are right. The response around the world shows it is not just those in the US who “lost” who are protesting. They, too, recognize the threat Trump and his ilk are to democracy. If they succeed be ready to set your clocks back 80 years.
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PS Coco, your new banner is so you, in all the best ways.
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I’m glad you were able to be part of the march yesterday, Corey. I marched here, and I bet our high-70’s temperatures were easier to tolerate than yours. The threat to First Amendment rights, planned cuts to programs that help victims of domestic violence and grants to the humanities, the sought-after privatization of Medicare and Social Security, and the repeal of the ACA and provisions that include help for those with chronic conditions (not state-run, high-risk pools) and lifetime limits, the vilification of refugees, etc. were my reasons. Our reasons were many among the women, men, and children who marched. We are women with many concerns, and we voice them because our president has voiced his intentions regarding them. That is how democracy works. I feel tired but glorious today, and I hope you feel the glorious without being too upset by the rancor and name-calling here. You were brave to show those photos, risking more than I did by marching yesterday. I care about all women, including those with ideas different than mine.
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Yay, Corey! Thank you for marching. I too marched for women’s and human rights in a solidarity march here in Sarasota, FL. Small city but with 10,000 peaceful marchers – women of all ages and men! – for not only women’s rights and women’s Equality, but against the daily insults, lies and hate speech that trump spreads and against bigotry, denial of climate change, defunding healthcare and Planned Parenthood and the rollback of necessary clean water & air regulations. In other words to go forward and not backwards.
And Gloria, i can assure you that having an abortion for most women is a very tough decision, not a casual, easy or careless one. You “struggle” with this. I can assure you that we all struggle with this – do you not think that other women can be as intelligent and kind and thoughtful and soul searching as you? And can come to the right and best decision for them? -
whew, AM, how wonderful that Corey marched for Women’s rights in Paris. Not interested in reading your diatribe about how women who face the painful decision to abort are so beneath your compassion. They don’t need your judgmental iindignation. I trust them to make the right decision in consultation with their dr and their God.
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Tony Schwartz, who became all-too-well-acquainted with Donald Trump while writing Trump’s book “The Art of the Deal,” to his subsequent regret, says:
“Lying is second nature to him. More than anyone else I have ever met, Trump has the ability to convince himself that whatever he is saying at any given moment is true, or sort of true, or at least ought to be true.” -
Your question “Does life have any true value if we so easily throw it away?” boils down to child-murder, so I was paraphrasing you as briefly as possible.
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Ummmm, I find these comments quite interesting and a bit shocking. I was at the march with Corey and never heard the word abortion once! What we spoke about both before and during the day were hope and excitement that we as women wanted to stand up for compassion and love. My interpretation of our attendance was that love will prevail and we wanted to show our support for kindness. We spoke of the message of acceptance… I am beyond proud to be an American, but saddened and afraid the world may see us as unaccepting of other religions and close minded to other ideas. We spoke of peace. Every blister on our feet and shiver was worth it to send the message that we as women care deeply about the world.
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Thank you for speaking out, Jacklynn. I agree with you completely. Saturday’s marches were for decency and human rights. There is and will be much more to do.
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It occurred to me this morning (as I am still in shock about the abortion comments) that here in France, the rally was about women showing strength with kindness. It makes me sad that in the US that apparently when women show solidarity it becomes about something divisive. In my eyes women were reacting to offensive words and behavior with a message of strength. I owed it to my daughter, and all our children to say “we deserve respect”. I don’t want to be judged or see Corey be judged for our message
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So happy you marched! Thanks for standing up for women — for people.
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Yes, what Mari said. Thank you Corey and Chelsea!!
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Bravo, Corey and Chelsea and all who participated everywhere, including supportive males! It is heartening to see such enormous tangible evidence of support for sanity – support for choices (and not just one), for strength, for courage, and above all for love and hope that we can counter what for so many feels like descending darkness. We have room in this country and in this world, for ALL respectful voices to be heard and countered with respect, in agreement and in disagreement. Diversity is our essence as human beings. Somehow, we have to find our way forward. This huge outpouring of souls and soles is a beautiful FIRST STEP, which must be built upon by action. And we can do it. With love …
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Franco Bollo, I love the way you write! You had me laughing out loud. Nothing like a good laugh to lighten up a tense situation. Do you have a blog?
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There was absolutely no exclusion of ANY ONE who wanted to March. No one was asked anything about their political affiliations, or their position on abortion.
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A fetus is not a child. It has potential to become a child, like a sperm , or an underutilized egg. A fetus is exclusively dependant on the woman who carries it. It is not yet a human being. I am absolutely positive that amoung women you admire, there are more than a few who have had an abortion. They are in secrecy because of the judgement they would be exposed to.
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Thank you, Franca Bollo!! Good men do not, in any way, behave as mr. Trump does!
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Coco puff, I’m so proud of you. It has never been more important to take a stand. These are nearly unprecedented times. I say nearly, because there are many who believe that what our last election yielded is no less frightening an outcome than what happened in Germany in 1930s to early 1940s. I salute your intregrity. To those who are unsubscribing.. “Bye bye, Felicia!”.
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So happy to see your post. Frank and I were in DC and it was joyous, peaceful and uplifting. Love from across the world.
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Bye , Felicia
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Thank you, leetle seester. Your wit is a force to be reckoned with, and so is Corey’s integrity. Fighting the good fight❤️
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There was absolutely no exclusion of anyone who wanted to March. There was no “registry” of people who were pro-life.
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I have read and re-read this and laugh even harder each time I do. Can I quote you on this?
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Thank you Corey and Chelsea for marching in Paris. I have been very frightened since the election for all the things to come, but watching the marches around the world have given me hope. Love wins.
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PROUD OF YOU ALL!!
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BTW that last lovely photo of the man and dog and tower behind was delightful, all on its own merit as a fine photo.
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That march was about so much more than abortion. So. Much. More.
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I add my appreciation and agreement to your articulate statement, Jacklynn!
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Franca Bollo, it’s great to hear from you ANY time you comment, but this one is especially welcome to read.
(Don’t forget to ask about Trump as a “good man” who bragged he could grab any P___y he wanted. Just ew.)
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Absolutely! And, thank you!
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Fantastic! <3
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