Subject: Generally speaking
From: Matt Kozusko (mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu)
Date: Wed Mar 08 2000 - 12:27:28 EST
AntiUtopia@aol.com wrote:
> Regarding the origins of the Republican Party, that's just history, Matt. If
> you want I can dig up college history textbooks and give you quotes.
You're implying that there's some sort of profound link between the
abolition of slavery and today's Republican party. That's just silly.
Of course you can support the idea with quotations from history
textbooks. My point is that under the "Republican vs Democrat"
classification system (a nasty can of worms itself), issues are
generally polarized, and Republicans are generally on the embarrassing
side of those issues. Which party is more likely to support gay
rights? Which party is more likely to support minority rights?
If you want to make a connection between slavery and contemporary
politics, you'll have to admit that "Republicans" come down on the
uglier side. "The government has no right to regulate personal
property!" How eerily similar this sounds to anti-abolitionist
sloganeering. Most avowed racists are "Republicans"--at least, that's
how they vote. Yes, I'm talking generalizations here. We all are.
Generally speaking, the Republican party contains people whose social
politics are proscriptive and exclusive.
-- Matt Kozusko mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu - * Unsubscribing? Mail majordomo@roughdraft.org with the message * UNSUBSCRIBE BANANAFISH
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