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In reply to the discussion: Pope Francis says neglecting the environment is a sin. [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)the principles outlined in our Declaration of Independence that we all are created equal and entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I believe those cover all those issues.
But I emphatically do NOT admire ignoring the good in good people specifically to reduce them to something that intolerant people can then enjoy despising, even imagine themselves superior to.
The political purpose of those prone to this indulgence, of course, is to cast those one disagrees with as enemies who should be blocked and destroyed. This is exactly what conservatives have been doing to liberals, so successfully that most are so warped in their viewpoints that they cannot cross the ballot to vote against a candidate they know to (also) be evil.
We are all the sum of our parts and of our effects on our world, Trotsky. I have many conservative acquaintances who are good, kind, generous, conscientious mothers, friends, employees, etc., but who accept the idea that using nuclear weapons on Iran is inevitable.
How do you average out, Trotsky? How do you imagine your average compares to Francis's? Don't forget to compare the hours you and he devote to bettering the wellbeing of mankind in your own ways.
Just think, don't answer.