Another Piss-Poor Attempt at Humor at the Expense of Women

Hey, California Milk Processor Board. Yeah, you, over there. I saw your new ad campaign, and I have but two words for you.

FUCK. YOU.

Oh, forgive me, I'm upset probably because I'm PMSing, huh? Just one of those hysterical females at the mercy of her hormones. I mean, it's not like saying I had PMS or was on the rag was ever used as a way to dismiss me or to negate my feelings.

Oh wait, it was. Constantly. It didn't matter where I was in my cycle, either. By virtue of having a (mostly) functioning uterus, I was always at the mercy of my hormones and never was allowed to be angry, sad, or just plain upset because people in my life were being total and complete asshats. That my own parents hopped on the Blame PMS bandwagon fucked me up for years.

And ads like this do nothing but continue to reinforce the notion that women are irrational, hormonal, and just plain don't know what we want and as such we need men around to tell us what we're really thinking and feeling. Oh yeah, ha ha, it's a joke, but you see, people actually believe this shit and they're laughing because they think it's one of those "funny" facts of life. Were my father alive, I can guarantee you he would take one look at this ad, look at me, and go, "Well, yeah, but it's true and that's what makes it funny! Just look at you!" So thanks, California Milk Processor Board, for being part of the fucking problem and trying to set women back.

If I am mad, sad, or just plain upset, there's a fucking reason for it and it's not those mysterious terrifying hormones that are a part of my freaking biology. You don't get to invalidate my emotions just because it suits you or because it's easier to ignore me than to try and talk to me and admit you're actually wrong. $Deity forbid we actually encourage men to grow the fuck up and actually treat women like real people.

Change.org has a petition to stop this ad campaign.

No, no, NO! That is NOT how you use a gun!

Dear Senator Loir Klein (R-Arizona):

Gun Safety 101 says you do not--DO NOT--point a weapon at another person unless you are about to shoot them to protect yourself. I'm a dirty hippie liberal raised by a card carrying member of the NRA who had a conceal carry permit and who raised me to respect guns. He was anti gun control and would have been on your side politically speaking, but even he would have called you a fucking moron.

Arizona state Sen. Lori Klein (R), a gun-rights champion, keeps a loaded raspberry-pink handgun in her purse, and during an interview with Arizona Republic reporter Richard Ruelas, she took it out and pointed it at him.

"Oh, it's so cute," Klein said, before aiming the gun at Ruelas's chest to show off the red beam of the laser sight. Klein's gun, a .380 Ruger, has no safety, but the senator assured Ruelas that he wasn't in danger.

"I just didn't have my hand on the trigger," she said.

For the safety of others and for your own safety, I implore you not to touch another gun if you're going to keep treating it like a cute toy. YOU DO NOT POINT GUNS AT PEOPLE, PERIOD! I know people who go around quoting NRA propaganda like it's The Gospel of Charlton Heston, and they would NEVER pull a gun out in public unless their lives depended on it.

ALWAYS assume a gun is loaded, even if you know with absolute 100% certainty it's not. There's always a chance there's a bullet in the chamber and it's better to be overly cautious than to shoot someone accidentally.

ALWAYS treat a gun as if the safety is off. Yes, even if you know you just switched the safety on.

Guns are DEADLY WEAPONS. Guns are used to KILL things, and sometimes they go off when you don't mean for them to, usually when people forget the part where they're DEADLY WEAPONS and are waving them around all willy nilly. If you go around pointing them at people and things as a joke, or just to "show it off," you are liable to get someone injured or worse.

Seriously, get a fucking clue, please!

Boggling at your idiocy,

Jade

P.S.: No, I do not own a gun primarily because I don't need one where I live (and I don't go hunting, so, there's that too). However, if I did own a gun, I know how to properly care for one, how to store it, and how to treat it with respect and act like I'm an adult with some sense of responsibility for my own safety and the safety of those around me. I'm not afraid of guns one bit. I'm afraid of the idiots who can all too easily purchase them and use them.