Reply #75: the issue

[RainDog]

for me, the issue comes down to this:

other western nations have recognized that democracy entails evolving human rights for its citizens. (this includes the right to vote for women...child labor issues....all those liberal topics.)

for this reason, every other western democracy has moved toward a mixed economy and more, rather than less, unionization and enfranchisement over the decades since WW2...a social safety net.

...an educational system that is not hounded by religion, that doesn't have to "defend" evolution, for instance.

why does America still have to do this? because of the textbook controversies that are propelled by Texas and California, because of the pandering to this same fundamentalism by the republicans.

yes, I focus on the south. because that's where I'm from, and I know the people and the region.

if people vote their "morals" rather than their pocketbook, what choice do the dems have? embrace racism and homophobia in order to win? the fundamentalist position on these issues is, to me, an extension of the issue of slavery.

I don't want to be part of any party that does this.

If that's what it takes to win, I've also come to the conclusion that I don't want to be part of any nation that has such a core of voters at its base.

so excuse me for venting my frustration that I feel like my nation has betrayed its ideals.