Mercury is opposing Pluto and potent words are the theme of the day…

I mentioned the soldier and I reconnecting with his old pal from 30 years ago over the 4th of July holiday weekend. The man is an empath (I think). He is quick and he is kind and he has a really terrific wife and family. He loves his wife, she loves him, the 18 year old daughter is close to her mother and her father and when to witness this gives you hope. In fact, this is exactly what the soldier expressed to him via email when we got home. He told him that reconnecting with him gave him a feeling of hope.

I mentioned how quickly he was able to catch on to the situation with my daughter and respond appropriately which I thought (and still think) was remarkable. But anyway, we were standing in the backyard where he was barbecuing when he said something that just stopped me cold.

We were talking about someone (a man) who had been harassing me on this blog in regards to the soldier. For those who are not hip to this already, I tend to draw fire. The soldier draws fire as well (no one would get in a foxhole with him) so you can imagine what happens when the two of us stand side by side. People take aim.

Now the person they take aim at is me and it is not because I am the weaker target it is because I am the available target. I am the one standing up. I am the public figure so of course I will be the one they fire on and we were discussing this particular person when the man said this implying that we were dealing with an absolute non-entity.

“A man who has never had a good woman has no idea about anything. They just don’t know anything,” he said.

I laughed when he said it and the others in earshot registered it as well. I thought it was powerful because people (women) mistakenly give a lot of credit to men no one can land but from his perspective a man who knows nothing of the value of women and partnering is completely discounted. For the record, I think he’s right.

I don’t like men who don’t like women. In fact, I drilled this into my daughter from the time she was 6 years old - I told her to avoid men who don’t like women like the plague and I sure as hell don’t like men who attack women.

Matter of fact, I don’t think they are men but rather some sort of aberrant thing like a monster from a cheap horror flick or a scribble on a page. But it sure was nice to here a man speak to this.

Reminds me of Angela Davis all those years ago… “Men should be on the front lines against rape.” Some men are…