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The right wing push to appoint conservative judges is part of an attempt to turn back the clock. You are not wrong Joe. They are doing whatever they can to undo the basic human rights that have been gained in the past 60 years or so. I don't care if reactionaries are having a hard time adjusting. You and I and the real moral majority can not and will not let them succeed. Either in Canada or in the USA.

Maybe it's a liberal thing or an Oregon thing or maybe I'm just a whack job but I get seriously bothered knowing my Gay friends are getting hammered and now fear for their marriages. It's also plain as can be that giving women more rights, and not just over their own bodies which should be obvious to all, but in every area is the worlds best shot at peace and economic prosperity. Further, that the color of one Americans skin can cause him or her to have fewer rights and opportunities than another American is simply anathema to my world view. Sure it will piss people off hearing it said out loud but there is a strong religious component to our current march into the past. And, no, I don't like it, and no, I won't be silent. Like the Men in Black look to the tabloids for news about aliens, I look to Ron for news about our coming demise. He may not know his P's from his Q's but he can smell a coming theocracy like a hound dog. He say's "Patriots" but he means "Christians". He get's the import of Vice President Pence to the cause. He gets how important committed Christian crusaders like Secretary of State Pompeo and Attorney General Barr are to the end he desires: Patriots in Control. And what that portends I am definitely not jazzed about.

And it's always been fucked up by people taking irrational approaches. And why is he an official in a government that allows him to take those actions? Because we once overthrew a democratic government for corporate profit. There is a direct lineage of cause and effect from what we did then to what's hapening now. This is where irrational aggression gets you. We could have been, if we hadn't fucked it all up on numerous occasions.

Speakers Corner sucks. I missed the dz.com boogies, but I met a number of posters when I was spending a lot of time in the USA and in fact Keith was the first person who showed me hospitality and took me out to dinner and showed me around town. I really wish that S.C. had more civilised discussion. It’s fine having different opinions, but shit sometimes this place feels like a fight to see who can be the biggest arse. The St Patrick’s boogie was amazing and I hope to go back sometime. Just reminiscing and thinking how different people can be in real life.

Pushing people into a corner doesn't generally make one's point. It shows a lack of respect for where the person is, and the fact that they probably actually have reasons for feeling the way they do about issues. Me, I'd rather just explain my point, rather than tell someone how wrong they are. Or just ignore them mostly (as happens with some here). If you divide the world into "with me" and "against right," and do it on a person-by-person basis, then you lose cooperation that could easily be achieved when you see that there are common goals on other issues. Bigun and I are not aligned on abortion; that doesn't mean that I don't respect his right to think that way, and it doesn't mean I will change my opinion (or quit contributing to birth-control-aligned causes). But he thinks, and reacts to the content of posts, rather than to the person -- that, to me, is a good way to be. Wendy P.