Amazing this article allegedly written by George Clooney....just might start a division between democrats and liberals (as if there's a difference..). Here's an excerpt....
Too many people run away from the label. They whisper it like you'd whisper "I'm a Nazi." Like it's a dirty word. But turn away from saying "I'm a liberal" and it's like you're turning away from saying that blacks should be allowed to sit in the front of the bus, that women should be able to vote and get paid the same as a man, that McCarthy was wrong, that Vietnam was a mistake. And that Saddam Hussein had no ties to Al-Qaeda and had nothing to do with 9/11.
This certainly is written by a liberal, making an imaginary mapping of apples to oranges. It's a minority political/social stance, there are huge differences between racial/gender lines and political ones(.....being a head-case, ultra-sensitive person crying and screaming for not getting their way, when their <insert some really ridiculous stance/race/situation here>). I wonder if liberals will figure out a way of proving that they were born a liberal, then their mapping would be even closer to a reality.I think we (the society in the U.S.) all need to strive towards being realistic, and not idealistic.Here lets try a simple exercise....Is it realistic or idealistic for politicians / public officials to use precious time and resources eliminating anything having to do with a "Church" or "God" from any state/county/federal buildings/seals/insignia?Sure someone may say it's strictly relative, some may pull the tried but true "separation of church and state," but really think about it. Our history of the U.S. fortunately/unfortunately had strong ties to "the church." Luckily we're smarter now, why waste the time/resources/energy? Don't we have people starving/unemployeed/naked/cold/unhoused.... or something?I'm sure there will be more exercises to come.... it's really not that hard people, just use that grey matter in your head. Hell....I have half of one.
