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I\u00a0wasn’t\u00a0too surprised to hear that TIME Magazine<\/em> had nominated<\/a> Sandra Fluke for their 2012 Person of the Year pick. After all, this\u00a0isn’t\u00a0the first time\u00a0they’ve\u00a0done something that\u2019s led me to shake my head in bewilderment. Remember Jamie Lynne Grumett and her controversial breastfeeding cover<\/a>? I don\u2019t have a problem with attachment-parenting practices like co-sleeping or adoptive breastfeeding. What did bother me, however, was the way TIME<\/em> used a divisive and provoking title along with an\u00a0outtake\u00a0pic to garner magazine sales.<\/p>\n

As for TIME<\/em>‘s Person of the Year pick, I\u2019d hope they\u2019d lean towards someone who captivates, inspires, and makes positive changes in our world. “Gangnam Style” is a catchy song, but I don\u2019t think PSY deserves a nomination for it. Let’s not even get into how absurd nominating E.L. James, author of 50 Shades of Grey<\/em>, is. Why does our society think it’s cool to honor people who write books that favorably portray abusive relationships? (For the record, I’ve\u00a0never read the book and never will. The plot summary alone is enough to turn my stomach.)<\/p>\n

When it comes to nominating Sandra Fluke (who in the same tweet thanks TIME<\/em> and then accuses<\/a> them of being sexist for their limited female nominees), TIME<\/em> is supporting a woman whose views are steeped in radical feminism, mixed with an entitlement mentality and misinformation about a birth control agenda birthed out of a philosophy of eugenics. While I don\u2019t have anything against Sandra as a person, I am opposed to the rhetoric she spews – for example, her anger-laced speech at the Democratic National Convention. I don’t know about you, but I thought she just came off as pissed.<\/p>\n

Her talk before Congress left me confused. How can a former Georgetown student go before Congress to plead that her fellow students get coverage to pay for their birth control, when those same students are figuring out a way to pay for tuition, books, and all other costs involved with going to college? Not to mention parties,\u00a0alcohol, and all the other crazy things college kids pay for. Even with\u00a0scholarships, tuition\u00a0for a school like Georgetown will have women shelling out thousands more than the amount they’re paying for birth control. Birth control isn’t a necessity\u00a0for college students. I got my degree without needing it, and so did my friends.<\/p>\n

While I\u00a0sincerely\u00a0sympathize with Sandra’s friend who lost her ovary, It’s wrong to place blame on a university’s health plan. Especially when Georgetown’s Policy on contraceptives states birth control can be covered for students with medical reasons. The Blaze, shares<\/a> Sandra’s exact words before Congress:<\/p>\n

“A friend of mine, for example, has polycystic ovarian syndrome\u00a0and has to take prescription birth control to stop cysts from growing on her ovaries.\u00a0Her prescription is technically covered by Georgetown insurance because it\u2019s not\u00a0intended to prevent pregnancy.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Research<\/a> shows Sandra was a women’s right’s activist before enrolling in Georgetown. In one of her first interviews she admits \u00a0reviewing Georgetown’s insurance policy prior to\u00a0committing\u00a0to attend. \u00a0Many<\/a> believe she decided to attend the school to battle against\u00a0the school’s policy on contraceptives.\u00a0To pick a Jesuit or Catholic school and then demand that the school violate the principles and convictions it’s based upon is\u00a0ludicrous\u00a0to me. Sandra came off as a concerned college student,\u00a0innocently\u00a0fighting for her fellow students to get birth control. Her life work and history suggests<\/a> she was an experienced and radical activist, looking to pick a fight for so called “woman’s rights.”<\/p>\n

Birth control is the popular thing to support these days. I won\u2019t be jumping on that bandwagon anytime. Birth control is not the answer to poor minority women\u2019s woes, or the liberator for millions of women. \u00a0Birth-control is a not right for women. The Pill was Margaret Sanger\u2019s dream – a dream that involved diminishing the population of the poor minorities she claimed to want to help. In less than a century, our nation has gone from contraception being illegal to upbeat commercials that tell women to take shots that’ll limit their menstrual cycles to three times a year. The many side-effects of birth control are disclosed in the ads as women jump in swimming pools, dance with attractive men, and enjoy a life of fantasized \u201c freedom.\u201d I’m not buying into the lie.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>If I were in charge of picking TIME<\/em>\u2019s person of 2012, I\u2019d recommend a person with courage, perseverance and heart. My pick is activist Chen Guangcheng. Chen is a hero in my book. The man is a blind lawyer and activist who put his life on the line to stand up against forced abortions in China. He\u2019s endured beatings, imprisonment, harassment, and all sorts of suffering for standing up for what is right. He\u2019s not known for giving witty speeches in comfy halls. His work\u2019s been done in the night, listening to the whispers and tears of women pleading\u00a0 for help. He\u2019s labored in the face of unjust laws; he had to flee the country he loves, yet he has not ceased to be a voice for truth in the nations.<\/p>\n

I was pleased to see GQ<\/em>\u2019s men\u2019s magazine name<\/a>\u00a0him Rebel of the Year for 2012. In the article written by GQ<\/em>\u2019s John G. Thompson, a meeting is described between Chen and members the House of Representatives on August 1. It was Chen\u2019s last major public appearance. He was introduced by Speaker John Boehner. In the article, we get a window into Chen\u2019s thoughts:<\/p>\n

When they sat me in John Boehner’s office, they gave me this massive leather chair. I don’t really remember anything other than how comfortable it was. As soon as I sat in that chair, I thought, “This really is a different kind of place!” John Boehner didn’t say much. Nancy Pelosi visited me at my apartment earlier in the summer. I’ve had a good impression of Nancy Pelosi for years from the degree of her devotion to human rights causes in China[.] …<\/p>\n

I know Boehner and Pelosi might not agree [about which rights I represent]. I think I protect the rights of unborn children, the rights of women, and the rights of any citizen. Human rights are not just children’s rights or women’s rights. Men have rights. The elderly have rights. This is a human problem, a fundamental concept. I don’t think Mr. Boehner and Ms. Pelosi differ on this idea. They may promote rights from different angles, but I don’t think one-hundred-percent agreement is necessary.<\/p>\n

Am I happy here? I think this is a difficult question to answer. It’s not that I’m unhappy in America, it’s just that I could have been happy wherever I had the freedom to do the work I want to do. This was the main reason I had to leave China: I couldn’t do what I wanted there. I don’t think that being in the United States diminishes my influence. Even in prison, I was able to do some second-order stuff that I never made public. I think influence is based on ability and a little luck, not where you are.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019m may not know all the elements that make up an influential person, but I do know when I see one. Chen Guangcheng\u2019s\u00a0sacrificial\u00a0fight to protect the rights of the unborn, women, and all citizens makes him my pick for Person of the Year 2012. I hope to be half as brave as he is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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