Delighted to see this post, and to learn about Emily Rainey. Emily, if you're reading this, THANK YOU for standing for freedom!
I'll add just a few of many more names. One of my personal heroes is Leslie Manookian, founder of Health Freedom Defense Fund. Thanks to her and her lawyer, and their successful lawsuit, we no longer have to wear those idiotic masks when we fly.
There are so many women out there whom I salute for their stand for freedom: Naomi Wolf, Dr. Pam Popper, Bobbie Anne Cox, Dr. Janci Lindsay, Dr. Patricia Lee, Dr. Mary Bowden, Debi Evans, Teryn Gregson, oh, a long list of doctors and nurses and other healthcare workers, and many other experts of various stripes, and citizens. I could sit here all day making a list— I really could— I have transcribed videos by so many of them.
Just today I spent some time transcribing a brief public speech by Megan Mansell,. who is a fierce and untiring warrior for for justice, for science (and I mean real science), and children. Mansell writes for Brownstone, by the way, and you can check out her essays here: https://brownstone.org/search-results/?_keywords=mansell
Dr. Tess Lawrie, Julie Booras... Bill, I could add names of women for hours. Literally. But honestly, I don't have the impression that standing up for freedom is anything special to one sex or the other. It's a response from the level of the soul.
I think this article was prompted by all the disparaging remarks about the "Karens" in our society. There's plenty of those, but I've been struck by the fact that many of our movement's most effective leaders are women.
In the Revolutionary War, except for maybe Betsy Ross, all the great patriots we learned about in history class were men. This won't be the case when the history of our Covid times is told.
Paul Revere wasn't the only rider, there was a sixteen year old girl who rode farther and alerted more patriots. Most women go along just like most men. Some don't and those are the ones who are worth everything.
I don’t know for certain that’s true. It is reasonable that there were more people involved than Paul Revere and one or more were women. But the midnight ride of Paul Revere is like the movie line when the legend becomes fact, print the legend.
Facebook could have been used to save millions of lives. Instead, its CEO made the DECISION the company would do what it could to end millions of lives.
Good point, Howard. She "led" but I don't think many people followed.
Then again, Johnny Law later dropped the charges. I think they were getting some extreme push-back. Emily might have secretly been pulling for a court trial.
Perhaps you could still log into your FB accounts and download the history (it will have the names of many you had as friends. You could also make a post indicating where you ave gone (without a link).
Great suggestion, Kalle. Thanks. I need to try to do that. Just logging onto Facebook is a challenge now. If I COULD reach most of my old Facebook followers from my personal account - plus all the followers of those two "Save our College" groups - that would be my ideal target market.
I'm still chagrined that 99 percent of the people who know me best don't even know I have a Substack newsletter. Most people still don't know what Substack is.
My "market" ended up being .... "complete strangers."
Reignite Democracy Australia's Monica Smit is also up there, as is Zoe Buhler who was arrested (pregnant) for a Facebook post during lockdowns.
The Australian protests were absolutely full of women warriors who walked away from lucrative careers, shunned by their families, made homeless and were literally spit on in the process and beat up by police. One Australian woman, a nurse, was sexually assaulted by a police officer when she was out walking during lockdown and spoke up. So many unsung heroes who spoke out.
Emily seems to be proof that some ladies are made for military action if need be and her courage is laudable.
Seems a shame she decided to depart and a loss in capability, cause can you not hear "Patton" saying in the back of your head - "Give me a platoon of Emily's and we will take you down"!
Bless her for her courage and I know there are others out there as well - my father retired a Navy Commander and my father-in-law full bird Colonel after action in Vietnam, and the military today ought be ashamed.
Oops. She's definitely not Scott's son! I fixed it. Thanks for the typo help.
Scott and his wife, Elaine, have seven children - including six girls!
Elaine also graduated from West Point. That's where Scott and Elaine met.
Scott retired after 20 or so years as a lieutenant colonel. One of his last assignments was in Baghdad where he was in charge of the USO program and was the host to all the celebreties who came over to support the troops.
He got to know a lot of stars like the actor Gary Sinese and the actor who was in all the All-State commercials and was the president in the first season of "24."
I think Scott is the last person from our town who got a commission to West Point. In high school, he was an All-State safety on the football team and played basketball.
He's a great guy and quite an interesting character. He's also very proud and supportive of his daughter!
BRAVO to Emily and BRAVO to you Bill for talking about her stories and other female warrior stories in this very real fight to keep our freedoms in this constitutional republic.
Thank you for posting that story, because it's true. Females are on the front lines, too. But just an FYI, I'm concerned about SubStack, which uses ONLY Stripe for subscription payment processing. I tried to open a Stripe account, and after dealing with too many people who speak English as a second language, they now they want major verification of who you are through the use of QR codes and "bio metric" facial recognition from your drivers license. Not good. I couldn't even upload the DL file from my computer -- they won't take it that way anymore.
And I'm using Linux Mint on my computer with Brave. SubStack wanted me to download CHROME, so I had no way to complete the process anyway. No way, Jose.
I love hearing about people like Emily Rainey! I only wish there had been more parents who tore down the caution tape and took their kids to the park. There were stories of arrests for similar actions in other states. Thank you, Emily, and thanks to everyone who is fighting the good fight!
I have to admit our upside down and backwards media and culture have me despairing for how men are treated vs how women are treated in many situations.
But it IS nice to see a good article about a woman taking a stand. My mom probably would have!
Are more people unsure about their gender than normal? Are more people who aren't in the early stages of adolescence confused about their gender than before?
Delighted to see this post, and to learn about Emily Rainey. Emily, if you're reading this, THANK YOU for standing for freedom!
I'll add just a few of many more names. One of my personal heroes is Leslie Manookian, founder of Health Freedom Defense Fund. Thanks to her and her lawyer, and their successful lawsuit, we no longer have to wear those idiotic masks when we fly.
There are so many women out there whom I salute for their stand for freedom: Naomi Wolf, Dr. Pam Popper, Bobbie Anne Cox, Dr. Janci Lindsay, Dr. Patricia Lee, Dr. Mary Bowden, Debi Evans, Teryn Gregson, oh, a long list of doctors and nurses and other healthcare workers, and many other experts of various stripes, and citizens. I could sit here all day making a list— I really could— I have transcribed videos by so many of them.
Just today I spent some time transcribing a brief public speech by Megan Mansell,. who is a fierce and untiring warrior for for justice, for science (and I mean real science), and children. Mansell writes for Brownstone, by the way, and you can check out her essays here: https://brownstone.org/search-results/?_keywords=mansell
And Transcriber B and Dr. Meryl Mass and Laura Kasner and on and on.
Dr. Tess Lawrie, Julie Booras... Bill, I could add names of women for hours. Literally. But honestly, I don't have the impression that standing up for freedom is anything special to one sex or the other. It's a response from the level of the soul.
I think this article was prompted by all the disparaging remarks about the "Karens" in our society. There's plenty of those, but I've been struck by the fact that many of our movement's most effective leaders are women.
In the Revolutionary War, except for maybe Betsy Ross, all the great patriots we learned about in history class were men. This won't be the case when the history of our Covid times is told.
Paul Revere wasn't the only rider, there was a sixteen year old girl who rode farther and alerted more patriots. Most women go along just like most men. Some don't and those are the ones who are worth everything.
I learned something! Thanks for sharing the "rest of the (untold) story.
I don’t know for certain that’s true. It is reasonable that there were more people involved than Paul Revere and one or more were women. But the midnight ride of Paul Revere is like the movie line when the legend becomes fact, print the legend.
Indeed!
The first "Karen", Karen Shepherd was indeed a nasty piece of work.
I didn't know there was a first Karen. Now I want to research her story. She went down in history. Aagh.
Amen. I definitely feel this need to speak/seek the truth on a soul level.
Bill - speaking of losing your FB followers. Do you regularly export your list of subscribers from Substack in case they ever boot us off?
Not enough, Laura.
Facebook could have been used to save millions of lives. Instead, its CEO made the DECISION the company would do what it could to end millions of lives.
And that CEO will most certainly stand before God on judgement day.
Yes, I do.
This a great story Bill! Thanks for posting.
In a world of unfounded fear and sheeplike compliance, Emily is truly heroic for taking a stand.
Too bad she was alone and not surrounded by an “army” of families is that park.
Good point, Howard. She "led" but I don't think many people followed.
Then again, Johnny Law later dropped the charges. I think they were getting some extreme push-back. Emily might have secretly been pulling for a court trial.
Let us call the freedom fighting females ‘Emily’.
Perhaps you could still log into your FB accounts and download the history (it will have the names of many you had as friends. You could also make a post indicating where you ave gone (without a link).
Great suggestion, Kalle. Thanks. I need to try to do that. Just logging onto Facebook is a challenge now. If I COULD reach most of my old Facebook followers from my personal account - plus all the followers of those two "Save our College" groups - that would be my ideal target market.
I'm still chagrined that 99 percent of the people who know me best don't even know I have a Substack newsletter. Most people still don't know what Substack is.
My "market" ended up being .... "complete strangers."
Thank you Bill.
Reignite Democracy Australia's Monica Smit is also up there, as is Zoe Buhler who was arrested (pregnant) for a Facebook post during lockdowns.
The Australian protests were absolutely full of women warriors who walked away from lucrative careers, shunned by their families, made homeless and were literally spit on in the process and beat up by police. One Australian woman, a nurse, was sexually assaulted by a police officer when she was out walking during lockdown and spoke up. So many unsung heroes who spoke out.
Bill- Forwarded it to Jennifer Sey.
Emily seems to be proof that some ladies are made for military action if need be and her courage is laudable.
Seems a shame she decided to depart and a loss in capability, cause can you not hear "Patton" saying in the back of your head - "Give me a platoon of Emily's and we will take you down"!
Bless her for her courage and I know there are others out there as well - my father retired a Navy Commander and my father-in-law full bird Colonel after action in Vietnam, and the military today ought be ashamed.
Was she in heavy or extended combat?
Picture says "son"
Oops. She's definitely not Scott's son! I fixed it. Thanks for the typo help.
Scott and his wife, Elaine, have seven children - including six girls!
Elaine also graduated from West Point. That's where Scott and Elaine met.
Scott retired after 20 or so years as a lieutenant colonel. One of his last assignments was in Baghdad where he was in charge of the USO program and was the host to all the celebreties who came over to support the troops.
He got to know a lot of stars like the actor Gary Sinese and the actor who was in all the All-State commercials and was the president in the first season of "24."
I think Scott is the last person from our town who got a commission to West Point. In high school, he was an All-State safety on the football team and played basketball.
He's a great guy and quite an interesting character. He's also very proud and supportive of his daughter!
Bill, it still says "son" underneath the picture, I just saw it. Just so you know. Great article, Bill, thanks!
I was going to point out same about daughter/son switch, Bill . Hooray for Emily and the other female freedom fighters you cite!
Thanks for making this post Bill! This is the kind of "news" that needs to be reported.
BRAVO to Emily and BRAVO to you Bill for talking about her stories and other female warrior stories in this very real fight to keep our freedoms in this constitutional republic.
Thank you for posting that story, because it's true. Females are on the front lines, too. But just an FYI, I'm concerned about SubStack, which uses ONLY Stripe for subscription payment processing. I tried to open a Stripe account, and after dealing with too many people who speak English as a second language, they now they want major verification of who you are through the use of QR codes and "bio metric" facial recognition from your drivers license. Not good. I couldn't even upload the DL file from my computer -- they won't take it that way anymore.
That's absolutely crazy.
I would suggest never giving your driver's license info. Yikes.
And I'm using Linux Mint on my computer with Brave. SubStack wanted me to download CHROME, so I had no way to complete the process anyway. No way, Jose.
I love hearing about people like Emily Rainey! I only wish there had been more parents who tore down the caution tape and took their kids to the park. There were stories of arrests for similar actions in other states. Thank you, Emily, and thanks to everyone who is fighting the good fight!
How about a “Go Fund ME” page for Emily. People that work and contribute to our economy love people like Emily.
I have to admit our upside down and backwards media and culture have me despairing for how men are treated vs how women are treated in many situations.
But it IS nice to see a good article about a woman taking a stand. My mom probably would have!
Are more people unsure about their gender than normal? Are more people who aren't in the early stages of adolescence confused about their gender than before?
I don't understand why this is a thing?