The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

The language of politics

Netroots Nation

EW quotes Rev. Barber's speech.

"It is extreme and immoral to suppress the right to vote,” Reverend Barber said. 

“It is extreme and immoral to deny Medicaid for millions of poor people especially people who have been elected to office and then insurance simply because they’ve been elected. 

It is extreme and immoral to raise taxes on the working poor and cutting earned income taxes, and to raise taxes on the poor and the middle class in order to cut taxes for the wealthy. 

It is extreme and immoral to use power to cut off people’s water in Detroit.  … 

It is extreme and immoral to end unemployment for those who have lost jobs for no fault of their own. 

It is extreme and immoral to re-segregate our schools and underfund our public schools. 

It is extreme and immoral for people who came from immigrants to now to have a mean amnesia and cry out against immigrants and the rights of children. 

It is mean, it is immoral, it is extreme to kick hardworking people when they are down. 

That’s not just bad policy. It’s against the common good and a disregard for human rights. … 

In fact, this kind of philosophy rooted in the policies of immoral deconstruction, if you look at them carefully, they are historically inaccurate, they are constitutionally inconsistent, they are morally indefensible, and they are economically insane.”

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