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gollygee

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23. That's true as far as as LGBT rights go

Reply to cali (Reply #21)

Sat May 30, 2015, 05:07 PM

May 2015

I don't know if I agree about rights for people of color, over the past 20 years. I think things were better 20 years ago. Our school district here is completlely re-segregated, the prison system has a huge percentage of people of color in it, voting rights have been cut away at.

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Poll on economic justice and social justice [View all] gollygee May 2015 OP

Glad you posted this. bravenak May 2015 #1

I'm trying to get a feel for where people are gollygee May 2015 #2

Refining what we're about and who is aligned with who orpupilofnature57 May 2015 #6

I keep seeing people arguing who want exactly the same thing. bravenak May 2015 #7

It does and your right . orpupilofnature57 May 2015 #11

One is hinged on the other . orpupilofnature57 May 2015 #3

I agree bravenak May 2015 #8

What he said ^^ Wounded Bear May 2015 #15

Right there with ya. PETRUS May 2015 #4

Yep bravenak May 2015 #9

i think the talking past is purposeful because of agenda. and privilege. and entitlement. seabeyond May 2015 #5

and i am not thrilled with the choices. that i can necessarily make a choice. the thing. we are seabeyond May 2015 #12

I don't know the difference between social vs. economic justice Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #10

they do overlap. this definition really helped me and i go back and check it out. seabeyond May 2015 #13

I'll try to give an example gollygee May 2015 #14

And if you are poor and a person of color odds cali May 2015 #18

yeah but there's social justice involved there too gollygee May 2015 #19

absolutely. they are deeply entwined. one is no more important cali May 2015 #21

That's true as far as as LGBT rights go gollygee May 2015 #23

Very true, but you can't look at somebody and necessarilly see if someone is gay, but you can't Exilednight May 2015 #28

Neither is functional without the other. Money doesn't solve everything but always beats having none TheKentuckian May 2015 #20

exactly cali May 2015 #24

You can't have one without the other which is why we haven't seen an economically liberal but TheKentuckian May 2015 #16

I know someone who calls himself that gollygee May 2015 #17

and he is lying even to himself unless he is using the global "liberal" which means lazzie fare TheKentuckian May 2015 #22

kick to see gollygee May 2015 #25

i wish there could be more of an understanding without the hostility and animosity. nt seabeyond May 2015 #26

I think most people here are saying the same thing gollygee May 2015 #27

i do not think i agree with you. but it does not mean that i need to have a problem with anyone seabeyond May 2015 #29

There might very well be some gollygee May 2015 #30

Kind of baffled why this is even an issue deutsey May 2015 #31

I am too gollygee May 2015 #32

Yeah, I know deutsey May 2015 #33

They don't though which is why the party has embraced "socially liberal but fiscally conservative" TheKentuckian May 2015 #36

Now you're making assumptions gollygee May 2015 #37

Here is not the party at large and where do you get off implying I don't argue for social justice? TheKentuckian May 2015 #38

I'm not trying to imply that gollygee May 2015 #39

Those that are Of Third Way persuasion believe that Bernie is Exilednight May 2015 #34

They are not different things Man from Pickens May 2015 #35