EQUALITY IS THE LAW BUT OFTEN NOT THE GOAL FOR LIBERALS

 

We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…. But equal is a prickly concept and one that is at complete odds with the progressive agenda of social justice. I was just reading about a dispute between Muslim barbers and some lesbians who wished to have their hair cut. It seems that the barbers did not wish to cut the hair and refused to do so. My first thought when I read this was of how well it defined the old “caught between a rock and a hard place” conundrum for our liberal progressive friends. The left have undermined the concept of equal rights for all citizens continuously for years. Groups seek to have themselves branded as disadvantaged minorities in hopes of receiving special (unequal) treatment and the left willingly promote the practice. The whole concept of affirmative action runs counter to personal advancement through hard work and the merits of your work product. Quotas placed on hiring and job placement required opportunities to be given to less qualified individuals over others to redress a perceived injustice suffered by some group. If we allow ourselves to be pulled into this political swamp, some groups will inevitably become more influential and important than other groups or individuals. Take my earlier example; If we see only the minority rights of the lesbians and do not see them as individual citizens with civil rights then we must also see the Muslims as a minority with special rights. Here in lies the conundrum, the right’s of which group should outweigh the other. The law should be blind and we should all fiercely defend the rights of all individuals independent of their ethnicity or skin pigment. Groups should never be granted rights or special treatment denied to other citizens. If we do this one thing America, just demand of our justice system equal treatment for all citizens we could eliminate all of the social engineering crap dividing us. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton along with every other race hustler should be shunned by their own race as the parasites they are.  

America used to be the “great melting pot” where immigrants came to simply be Americans. Speaking English and becoming a citizen was more important to them than the culture they had left behind. Italian Americans or Japanese Americans retained their cultural pride without trying to set themselves off as separate from other citizens. It was more important than anything else to these people who left foreign lands for our shores to become American citizens. My family arrived in this country as indentured servants. It was the price of coming to this country and sharing in the opportunity for a new life where the product of their labor belonged to them. Our family members have fought in every war since the Spanish American including both sides of the civil war. My grandfather turned hard work and an eighth grade education in a successful business and university teaching career that saw him rise to become the assistant secretary of agriculture and president of the American cattlemen’s association. The family history all the way up to the current generation is filled with farmers, doctors, attorneys, and engineers. The point is we earned our success without any of the special privileges young Mr. Obama received. Yet he claims disadvantaged minority status.

The progressive tactic of pitting one group against another in an effort to secure blocks of loyal liberal voters is destructive to our nation. The progressive income tax code penalizes success and steals the hard work and earnings of some citizens to subsidize, all too often, those who refuse to work. Americans of all shades and ethnicity need to reject any adjective placed in front of the word American when they are described. I supported Herman Cain from the minute I heard him interrupt a commentator who called him an African American candidate and stated clearly that he was not African, black or any other than just plain American. You see he did not want people to vote for him because of the pigment of his skin, just the correctness of his ideas and his history of successful management.