The Bible gave us the Ten Commandments. The Constitution gave us the first 10 amendments,
our Bill of Rights. Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave us the ‘Four Freedoms,’ chiseled in stone at the tip of Roosevelt Island as a monumental reminder of his legacy. Will the monument be all that’s left of his legacy?
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Now that we have averted a continuation of the Cheney Biden horror of neo con drift I think we are in for a renewal if the 4 freedoms in a bigly way.. put your fears away and hope for the best. It is a delight to see the nation pulling together again rather than pulling apart. Good for us and good for the world.
You must be kidding, but I know you’re not.
This is a useful reminder that progressives used to cherish freedom of speech and expression. One of the reasons to dread a Harris presidency was that the Biden-Harris administration has conducted a protracted assault on those liberties.
https://americanmind.org/features/if-kamala-harris-wins/the-censorship-industrial-presidency/
There are reasons to think that a Democrat with a strong commitment to individual rights, God, economic growth, and the rule of law would garner enormous political success. But good luck finding one.
Amen. The Cheney Harris War Party has wandered off deep into the weeds. Trump already telling Europe to back down on Europe and, god willing, will do the same with the lunatic state of Israel.
The “American” Caste System has repeatedly undermined the four freedoms for most of us based on superficial, yet unchangeable desired and undesired human differences. Perhaps it’s already gone the Way of the Dodo Bird and now the others will find out, in the words of Childish Gambino, “This is America”?