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Wise words

Submitted by petros (not verified) on Sat, 2008-05-24 01:03.

Wise words you wrote here:

"...we of all people need to work to bridge not just truthers and the left
but also people who consider themselves conservative, who 9/11 might
help see that they have more in common than they may have thought with
their "crazy lib'ral" brethren and, um, sistren..."

To accomplish this we need coherent understanding of the role of ideology
(those definitions of Left and Right are not accidental) and to find
the elements that exist within life experiences that unite people.
But the foundations of unity can not include any discrimation, hatred,
rejection or prejudice against people for their ethnic and cultural
identity, race, language, sexuality, gender, religion, physical
ability... Many of the people who identify as "right wingers",
conservatives, etc, are morally able and socially fit to rise above
that oppressive stuff if they find themselves within a context that
encourages diversity in comfortable, non-confronational ways.

Petros

 

 

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