we have a contradiction today…
we start from the first premise which is the idea that
the “principles” we have, are really nothing more then a
listing of our biases, myths, habits, ism’s, prejudices and
superstitions of ours…
so a man who proclaims he is a “man of principle”
is really a man who proclaims his biases and prejudices to the world…
why is this so? because the biases and prejudices and myths the man
proclaims has not been challenged or in my words, overcome…
to put this into practical terms, a man who proclaims the bias
that “America is the greatest country on earth” hasn’t really thought it out,
or said another way, “it is not enough to have the courage of our beliefs,
we must have the courage for an attack upon our beliefs”
and the contradiction comes from the fact, that based on actions, not
words, but actions, what is the bottom line of conservatives?
what principles do they put into effect? well, look at their actions…
they separate immigrant children from their parents and then lose track of
over 1500 children in their custody… what principle can you follow that
advocates the separation of children from their parents?
they claim to be pro-family but what actions do they do to support that
claim? at every step, the GOP practices anti-family practices…
do they put families first? no, the GOP puts money first…
there is no principle that can’t be bought…
the GOP practices hate, bigotry, violence by defending intolerance,
attacking people on the basis of race, creed, color and ethnicity and
sexual orientation… what principles do these attacks promote?
the promotion of “white values” over other values… (without defining these values)
leads us to the GOP principles that “whites” are somehow superior to other races and
that Christians are somehow superior to other religions and that inequality is superior
to equality which is another way of saying, justice must not be blind, justice must
account for race, color, creed, sexual orientation… and yet, justice must be blind…
for justice to be truly given…if being white gives someone a lesser sentence in a case
over being black in the same instance, then we are promoting intolerance and injustice
and inequality……. what are the principles given here?
in other words, the GOP has no values, no principle to follow other then
“we are white and thus better then you” without actually showing us this is true…
in other words, the GOP values are emotional, feeling driven values…
based on faith and not on reason… another example of the GOP
pushing faith over reason and belief over rational thought…
the feelings are more important then any principles one might have…
the emotions of superiority, regardless if it is true or not, drives
the “white agenda”… emotions and faith and feelings are the basis
of the “white agenda”… because they cannot justify their "principles’
on logical, rational grounds… only on emotional grounds… it feels right,
rather then “I can reason it out” for reason, rational, logical thought
denies the “white agenda” real principles are based on logic, rational thought,
not on emotional feelings for emotions, because feelings/emotions are very, very subjective…
meaning they are subject to the whims of desire and the winds of change…
principles based on logic, rational thought are not subject to such winds of change
and whims of desire… they exist because they are based on reason, logic……
so to follow that through… the emotions/feelings of people to discriminate,
to have intolerance for others, to violate civil rights in the name of some vague
and dubious feelings………. whereas to benefit society, liberals see the inclusion
of people, the tolerance of people, not allowing discrimination of people as being
better for society…….as being better for society… it is rational, logical that
to improve society, we must improve ALL aspects of society, and we must include
all members of society, not just the white ones…
so the conservative contradiction is between their belief in the greatness
of America and the violation of the reason that America is great…
which is the tolerance and inclusion of everyone in society… not just
certain ones that we feel is better then others…….if you believe in the
greatness of America then you must acknowledge the reason for that greatness
which is we are for the improvement of ALL Americans, not just the certain
groups that we belong to… either being white or being male or being Christian…
one reason we must advocate for one America is the basic fact that anytime
a society is split into two groups, an overclass and an underclass, that society
is heading for trouble…we saw this in the French revolution and the Russian
revolution… whereas the division within society between the haves and the have’s not,
and the division of the “superior” against the “inferior” leads to class warfare
and other equally divisive actions within the society…….
the only way to maintain a safe and secure society is to have an equal
and tolerant society… the rational, logical principle of creating an
safe and secure society is by the equal administration of equality and
justice and tolerance… to do anything else, to follow emotions and feelings
is to threaten the safety and security of society because following
emotions and feelings leads one to such dangerous propositions that
only certain people, white or male or Christian people are created
equal, everyone else is not created equal and inferior to the white,
male or Christian people…
thus conservatives are advocating a danger to society by
threating to lead America into intolerance and bigotry
and hate which means people are not treated with justice and equality
and the only way a society can succeed is with justice and equality and tolerance…
that is the only way a society can successfully exist and continue to exists…
Kropotkin