DISQUS

I love this post. It's so honest and ...oddly even-handed for such a tough subject. Micah, you really need to write more life stories...when you do, you always knock them out of the park

I appreciate you writing this post. But disagree with many of the things you say (of course). First of all I think it's important to point out that I also think everyone else should be OUT of the debate. Just as you and your wife and health care provider had made the decision, and you and your daughter did, the last people I want in that conversation are judges, lawyers, activist, or the government.

I do take issue with the idea that we can't find common ground on reducing abortions and on adoption. Access to health care is of course key, but so is real sex education. Which is PROVEN to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies. And while there may be many couples willing to adopt, many of our children remain in the foster system and stuck in red tape for too long.

I don't ever believe common ground is possible on abortion. It's the issues surrounding abortion I think we can work on.

Thanks Seth. I try. Sometimes I try too hard and get a little too vocal, but it comes from a heartfelt and honest place.

I'm glad you blogged this. I pointed out the accusations last week and was stunned by the silence of the digerati. Regardless of what comes to pass, it's an issue and it should be blogged and looked into. Is this a matter of a digerati turning their heads to the sweatheart start up? I'm curious

leaving a comment simply to say I read your damn blog today without a reminder. that is all. carry on.

As a bloggy friend once said "Breastfeeding can in NO way be compared to masturbation. Last I checked, masturbating is not necessary to survive, whereas feeding the infant when they are hungry IS."

Eating. IT's EATING.

It's not whacking off. It's not shitting.

IT's EATING.

If YOU can eat in a public place, so will my kid.

:)

I love how my commenting on a mashable article is immediately linked to how I parent.

lol. cute.

Anyway...I wouldn't call what facebook is doing as 'oppressive' in the traditional sense
however they are feeding into the societal American belief that if you feed your kid
you should stay home. Heaven forbid anyone be subjected to a part of your boob
while the kid kicks off a blanket, or squirms.

Now, that being said, we have a horrific breastfeeding rate in this country because
it's not supported by American culture.

If I can start at Facebook to change that..then so be it. If one woman actually
leaves her home with her baby and gets out of her house and isn't subjected to
the ...yes, MORONS...at Facebooks and Applebees and malls across america...then so be it.

Dear Morons of Mashable,

Feeding my child is not obscene. When you are forced to hide under a blanket to
nom on that double quarter pounder your fat ass really doesn't need, perhaps you'll
be upset as well.

In the meantime, let's clear some things up. For those uneducated on the ways of
breastfeeding, many of us have children who feed all the time. That means if you are
going to take a pic of me during this time in my child's life, odds are it's attached

Second of all, most of us were blogging on issues surrounding breastfeeding- thus
how the photos ended up online.

Third. My tits serve many purposes, much like YOUR tits. The main function of which
is to feed my kid. A NON pornographic experience.
Your tits and your mouth also serve many purposes. Your mouth eats, but it can also
be sexual. By American standards we're fine with mouth photos, but, I digress.

Breastfeeding in public is protected under the law in California. Facebook has the right
to do whatever the hell they want, but this is a prime example of a 'frat boy'
mentality that tits are for THEM.

The mothers involved have turned this into an issue because we refuse to hide, be sent to a bathroom to feed, or to cover up.

If more companies and people would support the World Health Organization's breastfeeding
standards, we'd have less disease, and better health in this country

Instead we call it obscene and freak out over photos on someone's facebook page.

Go back to looking at the barely legal teens in thongs showing their ass cracks on Facebook, clearly you care more about them then the health of our country's children.

grrrrrrrrrr lists! and predictions! you're trying to kill me, aren't you?

So this is exactly why when people ask me 'who is this Micah guy and why are you friends?' (because Micah likes to play it off like he's so tough and brash and blah blah blah) I tell them, without hesitation, I love Micah.

From now on maybe I'll just send them the link to this post.

I'm thankful MIcah really isn't a douchebag

GO Jets...but um, Gary is not the president of twitter

http://www.viddler.com/explore/QueenofSpain/vid...

I have no words. I'm glad you went though. We all needed to read this.

It's nice to see so many churches against prop 8

As you know, I have a very hard time with this. And since my initial rant-o-rama I've been attempting to see that 'middle area' of which you speak. It's very difficult. But I"m trying.

On the surface,I see supporting discrimination is bigoted and is evil- even if it's not that simple. I have such a hard time wrapping my head around the many layers of complex issues that involve going from point a to point b- but must admit they DO in fact exist. I think when you mix deeply held religious beliefs that are in conflict with what appears to be civil rights, you can't help but be confused and befuddled. As I had friend after friend tell that just because they do not support gay marriage they were not a bigot, I found myself asking for the reasons why. Which lead to very long discussions regarding their beliefs.

I"m not sure I'm comfortable with any of their answers, to be honest. But I do respect that they know their beliefs better than I.

It doesn't help, as an opponent of the measure, to watch over 10 million dollars from Utah come into my state to fund something I wholeheartedly disagree with. I get angry, and I get upset and ...well..rants occur. lol.

I do think it's an important topic for this community and others and I'm glad to see you talking about it.

I swear I'm the only one NOT freaking out. Why? Well first and foremost as much as I love money, I know I can live without it. It's not fun, but it's been done and we can all do it again. Second, people survive. They are survivors by nature. We survived the Great Depression and once people can't get their $4 lattes, they will freak out enough to actually make changes. I also think you do need to rely (with a health dose of cynicism) on economists and people who actually do know their shit. But that means trusting them at some point, which I am not sure any of you are willing to do.

....runs to make sure she's talked to her accountant.....

The good news is Micah is smart and will totally recover. And then buy me dinner.

Dick

Finally catching up with my reading...thanks Robert. See you again soon, I'm sure! I wonder if Austin has an ice room? ;)

I've been writing a post today (all day, between taking kids to preschool, dentist, and doing laundry) and my goal is to not mention the 'P' word once.

It's hard. But dammit, I'm doing it. And if I HAVE to say it, it will only be in the Mc*ain/Pword ticket form.

omg. awesome.

Meh. You don't need the feed when you have me yammering on twitter all the time ;)

:O Happy Blog Day right back at ya' Chris!

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