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I think the Bette Midler-Dr. Jen Gunter-Marianne Williamson kerfuffle highlights the problem we have right now with distinguishing fantasy from reality. We want there to be an ABSOLUTE right & an ABSOLUTE wrong, and we want the people we respect and admire in one of these boxes.
Marianne Williamson HAS helped some people spiritually. She also HAS said things that are problematic when it comes to things like antidepressants and vaccinations. Her entry into politics forced these things to the surface & created issues for her she was not able to cope with.
Bette Midler is as fine an entertainer has Hollywood and Broadway have produced. I have nothing but admiration for her singing, acting, and her engagement in civic life. If she has found use in a relationship with Marianne Williamson, that is her business.
Dr. Jennifer Gunter is a respected member of her profession who works tirelessly to debunk the myths & outright lies perpetrated by some to invalidate the right of women to control their bodies or to profit from influencing women into a belief there's something wrong with them.
How any of us want to perceive this argument is irrelevant to the fact that we have three women who've done their utmost to change the world in a POSITIVE FASHION in their own particular ways & that we can't easily pigeonhole any one of them based on how we feel about the others.
This is a disagreement they will have to work out amongst themselves, if they choose. We're only spectators, and we can take "sides," but that shouldn't be the function of social media. We should take from this a need for further information, a desire to learn more FOR OURSELVES.
At the end of the day, we can have our own opinions about their mutual disagreement. And we can fight among ourselves if that's truly all we want to do. At some point, we have to lay the weapons down. We have to stop seeing everything here as a fight or a challenge.
I didn't include the handles of any of the principals in this thread, because this is only my opinion, and no one is asking me to broker a truce or compromise. Maybe I - and a lot of others - need to start separating opinion from fact. Maybe THAT would help more than this fight.
