The language of politics.

Griff · 01-09-2015, 06:24 AM

It is probably time to abandon the language of moderate and extreme. We all like to think our ideas are the central important ones. That conveniently makes our ideas the moderate ones. In this country moderates have supported slavery, kings, forced sterilizations, NA genocide, invasions, and thousands of insults large and small to minorities of race or belief.

Moderate, a wise man once said:

Label your ideas better. If you, like me, want all religion out of our government from the Congressional Chaplain to the pledge to the flag you are an extremist in this country. The language that places your idea central ends the conversation, it does not start it. This is coming from a guy who is also an extremist on freedom of speech.

Je Suis Charlie

01-09-2015, 06:24 AM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	The language of politics. It is probably time to abandon the language of moderate and extreme. We all like to think our ideas are the central important ones. That conveniently makes our ideas the moderate ones. In this country moderates have supported slavery, kings, forced sterilizations, NA genocide, invasions, and thousands of insults large and small to minorities of race or belief. Moderate, a wise man once said: Label your ideas better. If you, like me, want all religion out of our government from the Congressional Chaplain to the pledge to the flag you are an extremist in this country. The language that places your idea central ends the conversation, it does not start it. This is coming from a guy who is also an extremist on freedom of speech. Je Suis Charlie __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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