So, how should we commemorate the day?
Jan. 26th, 2003 04:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yesthattomWednesday (I'm told) is the 5th anniversary of Bill Clinton saying, "I did not sleep with that woman." I'm not sure how to celebrate.... or mourn.
On one hand, I completely support Bill Clinton. I campaigned for him, twice. While I don't think he was very effective, I support him a hell of a lot more than da other guy. I think what the Republicans did to him was a travesty of justice. On the other hand, he handled it badly. On the other, other hand, he handled it really well if you consider that he did complete all 8 years in office.
I have to imagine that Poly people of the world, if we had been politically organized 5 years ago, could have made this the watershed event that put poly on the map. We could have taken the big leap and "come out of the closet", embraced him, and used it to publicize that poly exists, is normal, and usually doesn't go by the name "poly" but its time people woke up and recognized how unbelievably common it is. We would have made statements to the press like, "My wife and I have a similar situation and we want the Clintons to know that the poly community is ready for them, if they're ready for us."
Obviously, we weren't and neither were they.
So, how should we commemorate the day?
On one hand, I completely support Bill Clinton. I campaigned for him, twice. While I don't think he was very effective, I support him a hell of a lot more than da other guy. I think what the Republicans did to him was a travesty of justice. On the other hand, he handled it badly. On the other, other hand, he handled it really well if you consider that he did complete all 8 years in office.
I have to imagine that Poly people of the world, if we had been politically organized 5 years ago, could have made this the watershed event that put poly on the map. We could have taken the big leap and "come out of the closet", embraced him, and used it to publicize that poly exists, is normal, and usually doesn't go by the name "poly" but its time people woke up and recognized how unbelievably common it is. We would have made statements to the press like, "My wife and I have a similar situation and we want the Clintons to know that the poly community is ready for them, if they're ready for us."
Obviously, we weren't and neither were they.
So, how should we commemorate the day?
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Date: 2003-01-26 03:38 pm (UTC)