Political Craziness in the USA
Nov. 16th, 2015 05:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogJim Wright, a political blogger whose writing I follow on Facebook (it's also over here at Stonekettle Station), writing about Donald Trump saying that he'd start closing mosques, writes, "And what if Muslims stand on their First Amendment rights as Americans and refuse?"
Which reminded me of a quotation that's come up in my class on urban social justice.
"Between equal rights, force decides." -Karl Marx
I think this batch of Republic candidates is the worse there has been since I was old enough to start paying attention to politics. They just keep getting worse. And the support they get is frightening.
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I note that this particular essay isn't on the website yet. You can find it in full here.
Which reminded me of a quotation that's come up in my class on urban social justice.
"Between equal rights, force decides." -Karl Marx
I think this batch of Republic candidates is the worse there has been since I was old enough to start paying attention to politics. They just keep getting worse. And the support they get is frightening.
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I note that this particular essay isn't on the website yet. You can find it in full here.
