"The Ethically Correct Position Isn't Politically Feasible" [View all]

[Fearless]

This is what I'm hearing a lot of in regards to our defense of politicians and their actions. Guess what? That's bullshit and I'm sick and tired of it. If we as a nation don't stand up for the ethically correct positions on a host of issues then we are no better than the ethically-devoid maleficent and corrupt critters staining the name of this nation.

If we don't fight it, we enable it.

If we don't fight the TPP and those that support it, we enable it and those that support it (ALL of those that support it). If we do not fight for immigration reform, equal rights for all Americans (including based on race, orientation, economic position, gender, and sex) we fight directly for those who are against them. If we don't fight FOR a middle class and REAL middle class economic reforms, then we fight FOR those who are against the middle class and working poor.

We are not politicians trying to strike corrupt deals behind closed doors. We are the American people. We must be activists not politicians. And I look for a time when both are again considered honorable and proud positions to hold. It won't happen though if all we do is fight for "politically feasible" results. Fight for what's right, not what's necessarily popular. In doing so, we push the discussion toward the ethically correct decision. Is it more important to fight the battle for what's right or to be on the winning side of every battle? If we don't fight for what's right, we acquiesce to the will of those who fight for what is wrong.

Just my two cents.

-Fearless