Making Progress

I was in a disaster preparedness workshop last week.

One of the blocks of instruction during that workshop was how to deal with the media, and in that block we all had the "opportunity" to go on camera and do a mock interview.

So, during one of these "interviews by a "reporter"*, one of the questions was:

"So how do you feel about all those women and children killed and injured when that aircraft crashed into that day care center?"

Of course I was appropriately offended by that remark. But what caught me a bit by surprise was when I heard a voice from behind me murmur "aren't men people too?".

I turn around and look, and lo and behold, the utterer was a young black female from a local EMS unit.

Folks, I'll be the first to admit to getting discouraged because the view from the trenches tends to make us all think that we're not having any effect on the culture.

But I must say indicators like this suggest that the grip of the left-lib and socon narrative is starting to slip a bit. And that is cause for hope, for we men need to ally with women if we are to be victorious.

* The "reporter" was a veteran PIO for FEMA; I suspect that she has had more than her fair share of hostile interviews.