A Sense of Perspective on Liberty?
Part 2,
by Liviana (Giovanna L.)
TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
FROM GIOVANNA
We want a choice, not between two options which are both right of center and more authoritarian than libertarian, but between two distinct options. We want you to stand up straight and proud, and fight head on against the irrationality, the ignorance, the prejudice, the superstition, the Machiavellian false show of religiosity, the fear and hate mongering, the pimping of us out to corporate interests, the greed. We need Logic instead of rhetoric. We need people who will stand up for authentic American values instead of theocratic tyranny.
We need people with a conscience, people with intestinal fortitude, people with spines. We need you to fight for the people, and not for the wealthy. We need you to expose the crass hypocrisy, and not join in on it. We don't care what your religious beliefs are; the way to beat the nutjobs is not by going on the defensive with claims like "I'm a Christian, too," but rather with explanations of why the separation of church and state is a good thing, and why false piety is worthy of condemnation. We need you to face the impetus for a return to the dark ages and defeat it. We need you to stand up for the poor, the elderly, the disabled, women, people of color, the LGBTI community.
We need freedom, and not the promotion of ignorance. We need education, not indoctrination. We need you to stand up for veterans, and not for spending more on senseless imperialistic penis-waving militarism; take care of those who have served, rather than wasting money on $640 toilet seats, $7,600 coffee makers, $436 hammers and other overpriced spare parts used by the military.
We don't want to see another second wasted on futile feel-good legislative efforts like attempts to make the burning of flags illegal. We need more money for education, and less for law enforcement; address the causes of crime first, and deal with the symptoms secondarily. We need those who understand honor to serve as our police, not those whose first inclination is to pull out a pistol and empty it into a citizen.
We need you to tell Texas that Thomas Jefferson was a hero of the nation, and not someone who should be written out of our textbooks. We need you to tell Texas and other states that a woman's right to choose should not be subverted. We need you to tell Texas that truth is greater than fiction, that a scientific theory is not simply a baseless speculation.
We need you to fight for liberty, justice, and equality for all, including LGB and Trans and Intersex persons. Do not assume that the American people are too stupid or unsophisticated to distinguish between a good argument and fallacy. We need social liberalism and more left-leaning economic policies. We need you to stop running away from names like "liberal" and "leftist," and instead wear them proudly, educating the people as to why these are not "evil" words, why knee-jerk reactions based on propaganda from the 20s and 50s and 80s with its simplistic bifurcation fallacy are anything but beneficial.
We need Democrats to be Democrats, and not scared little children trying to fit in with a gang of bullies.
This is why I will vote for Bernie Sanders in the primary, and hope that Power to the People (instead of useless bloated leeches who are still getting fatter and fatter on our lifeblood) can be realized.
Stand for the people, for our liberty, for our equality, for our justice. Give us progress, not regress.
