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alcibiades_mystery

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17. The larger point is well-taken: what SEEMS politically "impossible" is actually possible

Reply to fadedrose (Original post)

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 03:09 PM

Dec 2012

Indeed, the CLAIM that X or Y policy is "impossible" is nothing more than a desperate rhetorical gambit to prevent it from coming to pass. We believe in progressive government: all change is possible, because humans make their own history - and laws.

Imagine the person opposing women's suffrage in 1848. What did that person say? Impossible!
Imagine the person opposing school integration in 1948. What did that person say? Impossible!
Imagine the person opposing same sex marriage in 1988. What did that person say? Impossible!

Impossible is always the cry of the reactionaries. It is not ours:

"Yes we can heal this nation. Yes we can repair this world."

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I don't know how in the hell the anti-smokers people [View all] fadedrose Dec 2012 OP

guns are, apparently, more addictive than cigarettes. - n/t lapfog_1 Dec 2012 #1

We had a National conversation about Four Loko alcohol and it was banned in like what, 3 weeks? JaneyVee Dec 2012 #2

Trivia: The first anti-smoking campaign was started by the Nazis. Jamastiene Dec 2012 #3

Perfect! NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #4

No wonder I felt an evil influence....it is interesting! nt fadedrose Dec 2012 #5

What's truly evil is exposing people liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #10

I don't think King James could have been a Nazi... JHB Dec 2012 #11

You want to pay $200 a month for my asthma meds? XemaSab Dec 2012 #6

I never smoked in the same room as kids or sick people fadedrose Dec 2012 #7

"it's good that there's not cigarette smoke everywhere you go. That's how it should be with guns." leeroysphitz Dec 2012 #14

There are fundamental differences between the two ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #8

Bit of correction needed, but a germ of a maybe. dmallind Dec 2012 #9

They changed the collective conscience, which arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #12

why would you want a gun ban as toothless as most smoking bans? uncle ray Dec 2012 #13

If enough people got angry enough we could put cost prohibitive taxes on non-hunting weapons leeroysphitz Dec 2012 #15

the non-stop harping of non-smokers helped me quit Skittles Dec 2012 #16

The larger point is well-taken: what SEEMS politically "impossible" is actually possible alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #17