XXI — Much Better — I HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH — but Does She have The Right to Breathe?!

I HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, but DOES SHE HAVE the RIGHT to BREATHE?!

The laws give me a lot of rights, but

- The impacts of how I use those rights

Can vary greatly

I can speak out for someone else

“You know, I think you hurt her feelings,

Though

You might have meant well in what you said”

and/or

“I think you girls really did a great job tonite!”

Spoken by a woman among other women

Might be totally fine

But

If I, a Man said those same words,

One or more of my friends

Might say:

“You have some nerve,

Calling us ‘girls’!”

(whether to my face,

Or -

Once I left the room)

I have a perfect right

To put some of my feelings out,

Even my truths

“He showed how deep

His heart is,

His empathy,

His Caring

Was Very Clear to me”