The Partisan Divide on Issues

[Bob Butler 54]

(07-20-2020, 04:18 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: I gave you a long  list of wars that were fought against old world values that America won and you come back at me with this nonsense.

Which is why I deleted the post just before you responded. A clearer version seemed possible.

The non crisis war qualification still stands. They say little about how 4Ts work.

The American Civil War doesn’t really count either. While Britain almost became involved, it never did. The American Civil War was not a war fought against an old world power.

But the Revolution and World War II do count as wars fought against the old world for reasons we believe in, though you have to admit there were economic reasons too. In the Revolution we were trying to free ourselves from colonial imperialism. In World War II, we were trying to keep the trade lanes open, to become the superpower we became.

But in fighting against kings, slaves and dictators, we were fighting with the arrow of progress, for an advance in equality, democracy and human rights. The old values lost, became abandoned following the wars fought.

How that makes you optimistic that the old values will stand this time around escapes me. In the crisis heart, equality, democracy and human rights come to the fore. Keeping minorities unequal and not valuing the preservation of life puts you one the wrong end of things.