01-19-2017, 12:15 PM
(01-19-2017, 11:30 AM)Anthony Wrote: What the hell is wrong with simply declaring victory in the culture wars? Even the ANC government in South Africa lets the Afrikaners have their little Oranias - so why not let the fundies have their isolated little hollows - like the State of Jefferson? - where they can refuse to bake cakes for non-existent gay couples who will never set foot in their bakeries anyway, and let George Soros fund Planned Parenthood, which he would be perfectly happy to do?
Then the Democrats can re-unite the Johnstown poor and the Harlem poor.
Rights aren't fungible. If they can be traded for some other benefit, privilege or, in this case, forbearance, they aren't rights.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.