Reply #28: Ending slavery wasn't entirely a Liberal thing... [View All]

[cgrindley]

not meaning to overly simplify it any more that it already has been, but the emancipation of the slaves was pretty much 50% the liberal notion of everyone being free and 50% let's fuck the south... people often forget the pragmatic course of thought that Lincoln (a Republican) followed to get to where he ended up.

And as for the rest of the list... coming up with the idea doesn't give us ownership of the idea. It's up to us not to rest on our laurels but find ways to come up with new ways to approach all of these issues before the other side steals them away from us.