(06-28-2018 09:21 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 09:10 AM)BadgerMJ Wrote:  

(06-28-2018 08:56 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(06-27-2018 11:50 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  There Can Be No Unity In America

"The fact is this: a large percentage of people in this the country, and an even larger percentage of my own generation, do not believe in objective truth; they do not believe in objective morality; they do not believe, really, in God — or at least a God that I recognize. They do not believe in scientific realities like the definition of "man" and "woman." They do not believe in the family as the foundation for human civilization. They may even hate the family and consider it a tool of patriarchal oppression. They would look at me, and the way I live my life, and find it all quite weird and foreign. I look at them, and the way they live their lives, and think the same. We have not a single substantial thing in common. That is simply the reality of the situation."

"If a people will not be united by their beliefs or ideas then they must at least have a common heritage, a common tradition, a common language. We have none of those things. In fact, even worse, those things are themselves causes for further division and contention. A Thanksgiving cannot go by without arguments over the alleged atrocities of the pilgrims. A statue of a national hero cannot be erected without a mob clamoring to tear it down.

So I ask all you "unifiers" yet again: where can I find this unity? On what basis can I find it? Even the most superficial sources of unity — sports, movies, literature — have now become sounding boards for political quarrels. What is left? Can we unify around our shared affection for the idea of unifying? I suppose we will try.

I'm not optimistic about the results."

That common heritage that the Trumpers believe in is white, Chrisitan, supremacy.

The common heritage that the non-Trumpers believe in is 'equal rights for all'.

"Equal rights for all".....

Unless you happen to be....

White
Male
Straight
Christian
A gun owner


The common heritage you speak of for Republicans can be boiled down to a belief that while we're a melting pot, anyone who comes here should accept America as their home and embrace what it is to be American. It's fine to remember and celebrate your history, but not LIVE IT. Coming here and refusing to assimilate to our way of life, our laws, our language, etc IS UnAmerican.

There in lies the difference. If being from "there" was so great, you'd still be there. If you come here, it's because you recognize that here is better. Accept it and live it. That's what it is to be American.

I was born here. Our history is not just white and Christian and straight and English speaking.

What rights are denied to straight people? LOL.

We will never accept third class citizenship.

Oh, and by the way, were it not for LOUD and obnoxious non-white/straight activists, we'd still have more rigid segregation (if not slavery), more state supported fundamentalist religion, criminalization and torture (castration, conversion therapy) of LGBT persons, and even more abuse of women.