(August 30, 2018 at 11:22 pm)Khemikal Wrote: You understand that I'm an american, I assume? Justice and liberty for all? Equal protection under law? Nation of immigrants....that sort of thing? I mean..sure, I would hope that anyone I'm talking to could agree to some moral framework or foundation for why racism, discrimination, and oppression are wrong (if there is no agreement, then there can be no discussion on moral grounds) - but I don't need it.
It wasn't up to me to determine the contents of our national contract.
Okay, so this is your basis? That the American constitution allows for equal protection under law, and that as an American citizen, it is in your interest to make sure that all other citizens are extended this protection? It's your expression of the idea of being American, right?
