Kuttner is willfully ignorant. Today’s divide is not about statues or even history; it is not about Steve Bannon’s “race-baiting. It is about the present state of African-Americans. To him, my issues with the African-American community are founded in nothing but racism. But you can't deny America credit for ending slavery. We tore ourselves apart over slavery, and we won a complete, global victory. The Civil War is still America's bloodiest conflict. Go ahead and glorify the dead European liberators (killers of ACTUAL Nazis) from World War II. They deserve it. But don't forget to glorify the larger group of northern (and some southern) whites who laid down their lives to liberate black slaves. They knew and fought for humanity. That was America's judgement. That was America's reparation. Were blacks mistreated in reconstruction and through Jim Crow? Yes. The Civil Rights era, and
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He voiced my outrage.
Right now in America, conservatives have power, and liberals are fighting not only our policies but the very legitimacy of our right to govern. It's almost as if they cannot believe that any fair or wise electoral system could ever allow for conservatism to hold power. Why is that? Because in their eyes conservatism is inherently wrong. This stems from an arrogance in their beliefs, a supreme arrogance that was founded in having unlimited, monarchical power for 8 years without ever having to experience a dissenting voice.
Now that conservatives are in power, all human civil rights are in danger! Or at least, the ones that liberals manufactured for themselves in the last 8 years. And that's what bothers me more than anything; it's the arrogance in their beliefs and moral superiority. They think their wisdom is far superior to ours, but their “tolerance” extends only to the next available voting bloc. This liberal dogmatism is so prevalent that it disgusts me to the point that I can't tell if I want to throw up, sulk, or take up
He voiced my outrage.
Right now in America, conservatives have power, and liberals are fighting not only our policies but the very legitimacy of our right to govern. It's almost as if they cannot believe that any fair or wise electoral system could ever allow for conservatism to hold power. Why is that? Because in their eyes conservatism is inherently wrong. This stems from an arrogance in their beliefs, a supreme arrogance that was founded in having unlimited, monarchical power for 8 years without ever having to experience a dissenting voice.
Now that conservatives are in power, all human civil rights are in danger! Or at least, the ones that liberals manufactured for themselves in the last 8 years. And that's what bothers me more than anything; it's the arrogance in their beliefs and moral superiority. They think their wisdom is far superior to ours, but their “tolerance” extends only to the next available voting bloc. This liberal dogmatism is so prevalent that it disgusts me to the point that I can't tell if I want to throw up, sulk, or take up