Comments on The Declassified Adoptee: Huntsman's Failure to Defend his Daughters is Asto...

I am sickened by his response. It panders to the ...

2012-01-20T12:13:04.392-05:00

I am sickened by his response. It panders to the concept that adoptive parents are "rescuers" of poor, downtrodden orphans when, in reality, they paid big bucks to buy babies. I'm sure they didn't really care where they came from, as long as they could own them.

As an aside, his comment, "who face a very very uncertain future that lacks health care, that lacks the ability to dream and plan, and any sense of upward mobility," could also apply to any one of us here in these United States in this dismal economic era.

With Chinese adoptees, I feel very sorry for them ...

2012-01-14T08:58:44.585-05:00

With Chinese adoptees, I feel very sorry for them because all the ones I have read about have been sold so that the Chinese can make money! They had been kidnapped and sold to foreign parents. We need to stop that practice!! So many Chinese families NEVER EVER wanted to give their children up for adoption in the first place!! When I hear about Chinese adoptees, I feel sorry for them that they might have been kidnapped and sold like they were property!! That form of adoption MUST and NEEDS to stop!!

I am also a First Generation Vietnamese adoptee an...

2012-01-14T08:54:47.345-05:00

I am also a First Generation Vietnamese adoptee and I understand how adoptees feel about their parents telling their adoptees' stories. I agree with the adoptees that Huntsman should have said to leave his adopted kids alone because their lives have NOTHING to do with running this country!! Adoptees are the ones who should tell their stories, not anyone else. Parents are supposed to be very supportive of them. If a Democrat candidate ran for president and he had adopted kids, he/she would say "It's NONE of your business about my adopted kids." Republican candidates are just too ignorant of the feelings of other people!! Look at how the country is now!! The condition of this country reflects on how they treat other people! They do not care about anyone, but themselves!! I cannot understand why minorities, especially gays, blacks, and women even support Republicans when they are anti-gay, anti-minority, AND anti-women!!

I'm an adoptee and I happen to be facing uncer...

2012-01-13T15:16:28.043-05:00

I'm an adoptee and I happen to be facing uncertainty, in need of health insurance/care, I've lost faith in the American dream and I have a feeling I'll be stuck in poverty forever and lost unless I move back to Korea to be with my real family, who have been more loving to me in the short time I've known them than my adoptive family ever was over the course of my WHOLE LIFE.

Not only did he disrespect his young daughters, but he just took a giant shit on the ENTIRE rest of the adoptee community and the countries that are allowing their orphans to be sent abroad. It's like we're just some accessory to these peoples' lives. It's unfair and demeaning.

JUST ANOTHER narcissist politician playing to the ...

2012-01-12T14:02:49.104-05:00

JUST ANOTHER narcissist politician playing to the right wing jingos, hope his kids have thick skin or learn to forgive. my daughter would b pissed.

Not to mention, we are taking the agency narrative...

2012-01-11T08:45:47.751-05:00

Not to mention, we are taking the agency narrative as God-spoken truth when we are finding out every day new stories of supposedly "abandoned" babies who were actually kidnapped or, worse, sold by their families. Just a few months ago, some 600 people were arrested in China and charged with baby trafficking.

ZingR123, you are entitled to your opinion but I&...

2012-01-11T06:58:08.911-05:00

ZingR123, you are entitled to your opinion but I'll tell you that it's not campaign nerves. He has talked about his daughters like this even when he wasn't running for president. In a 2006 article when Asha was first adopted. The Huntsmans also painted themselves as saviors and disclosed her agency narrative to the world. It is not appropriate, it is not their story to tell. I would have been mortified as an adoptee. You can't be a parent and a savior at the same time. Either your kid is your kid and worthy of privacy and respect or they are your public charity project whose story you own. You can't have both .

I dislike his response, but judging from his other...

2012-01-10T23:59:19.449-05:00

I dislike his response, but judging from his other statements, I'm guessing it was more from campaign nerves and a lack of foresight and empathy. I think it was wrong to broadcast his daughter's stories in his response. However, as unconventional daughters of a relatively prominent politician, they'll likely be in the spotlight a good deal. I think Huntsman's response was acceptable; not good, but acceptable. Best of luck to the family.

Thanks for putting this out into the world. Mar...

2012-01-10T23:44:50.546-05:00

Thanks for putting this out into the world.

Martha

Thank you for sharing your insights and the other ...

2012-01-10T19:52:00.181-05:00

Thank you for sharing your insights and the other quotes. Very helpful in helping me understand why it all makes me feel so sick.

It's the old "adoption as rescue" rh...

2012-01-10T18:19:14.510-05:00

It's the old "adoption as rescue" rhetoric. Bad. Very bad. In addition, what does his language say about how Huntsman views his daughters' birth parents? Doubly bad.

Amanda you were so right to post this.Viewed from ...

2012-01-10T17:40:01.775-05:00

Amanda you were so right to post this.Viewed from afar, it is disgusting, scarcely believable and so, so sad, but it seems typical of the way some will stop at nothing in their use of adoptees.

The only good thing I can say is that I don't ...

2012-01-10T16:36:51.651-05:00

The only good thing I can say is that I don't think he ever had a strong chance of becoming the next POTUS anyway.

I totally agree. I thought of course the "ad...

2012-01-10T16:22:13.882-05:00

I totally agree. I thought of course the "ad" itself was disgusting, but Huntsman's response was just as bad. Wrong on so many levels. It's like he wants Sainthood for "rescuing" these two girls. And using his daughters' PERSONAL stories for political gain??? Absolutely revolting.

As an adoptee myself, I had a few weird feelings c...

2012-01-10T15:39:49.041-05:00

As an adoptee myself, I had a few weird feelings come up when I read his quotes regarding his daughters adoption stories. I wasn't sure what it was at that second, but Kevin explained exactly how I felt. Huntsman has absolutely no right to tell his children's story. Our stories belong to us and it is up to us when and how to share them.
I am currently searching for my birth mother and as I found out information as to why and how I was adopted, I kept it a secret for awhile. I didn't feel like it was anybody else's business at that time. I wanted to keep it close to me while I work through feelings. I wanted to develop an opinion before I began to hear opinions of others. Even today, I am still pretty private and selective on who I tell my story to.
I hope that Huntsman soon learns what those words really mean to an adoptee. "abandoned," "No future, no hope, nothing to look forward to," "and left for dead."
Those words are so easy to say, but can hold a huge weight on an adoptee's shoulders that he/she may carry for life. It may be one thing to hear it from a stranger, but it is a different story when those words are said by our parents who "love" us so much.
They are hurtful words and I personally are hurt by them as well.

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2012-01-10T13:38:07.689-05:00

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