Uh, Soper, May Day goes back a LOT farther than communism. The day has a lot of meanings and simply focusing on the communist connections seems rather shortsighted.
May 1st has other meanings. None of them, however, make sense in this context. The marching immigrants are not celebrating any ancient customs about the beginning of summer and there was no indication the marches were tied to any of Catholic connections to May 1st
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Labor ties to the holiday I'll accept. That's what made the most sense to me. But just because concepts of labor and communism may be closely connected it doesn't mean they can't be separated. I really just think you're reaching with the whole communism nonsense.
Sometimes it's interesting to me how the tone of your posts can condemn Communism in one breath, and provide tacit support for the Nazi movement and Southern slavery and racism with another. :)
At the core of any of these civil rights or rights movements in general is the basic understanding that America sells itself on equal rights for people everywhere. That is the sign posted above our door, and the idiom by which the founders lived.
It seems the anti-rights movement towards immigrants, gay men and lesbians, and other traditionally under-represented groups is based on a "mine, not yours" sentiment. We want equal rights for Americans, and no one else. If you don't take the time and jump through the hoops to be what we deem "American," then you may as well pack your bags and go back to the hole that you call a country.
Sometimes it's easy to overlook the humanistic aspect woven between the lines of ink in our Constitution, and breathed into life by our politicians, our educators, our soldiers, and our national dream.
I don't provide tacit support for National Socialism or Segregation, I merely dispel some of victor's history. It is a good thing America ended de jure segregation. However, realize that we did it by sheer flexing of muscle and not through some abstract liberal principles. Principles of tolerance are broken when we choose to declare another viewpoint is unacceptable. Principles of freedom are compromised when we say that one person must live next to another. I believe a more accurate understanding of history serves everyone better. For example, I oppose the Nuremberg Trials for top 3rd Reich officials not because I don't want to see them punished but because of the damage it has to legal institutions. We would've been better off summarily executing Goering and others rather than giving them a forum to rant and twisting principles of law that are now being used to target America in the ICC for political reasons
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At the core of any of these civil rights or rights movements in general is the basic understanding that America sells itself on equal rights for people everywhere. That is the sign posted above our door, and the idiom by which the founders lived.
It seems the anti-rights movement towards immigrants, gay men and lesbians, and other traditionally under-represented groups is based on a "mine, not yours" sentiment. We want equal rights for Americans, and no one else. If you don't take the time and jump through the hoops to be what we deem "American," then you may as well pack your bags and go back to the hole that you call a country.
Sometimes it's easy to overlook the humanistic aspect woven between the lines of ink in our Constitution, and breathed into life by our politicians, our educators, our soldiers, and our national dream.
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