ebonlock | (no subject)

My friends are damn geniuses,

kirbyk posted this which must be shared:

I like living in a country where I can have a minority religion or no religion, I like scientists being taken seriously, I like the tax burden being distributed according to people's means (and the mountains of data that say that Supply Side Economics doesn't work), I like gay people being treated like there's nothing wrong with them, I like non-white people being treated like there's nothing wrong with them, I like not spending all of our budget on wars that have dubious values for our country, I like equal pay for women, I like the government not making tough moral decisions that individuals could make on their own, I like regulation on industries that are critical to our economy, I like safety laws that keep things like lead out of our food, I value many things higher than corporate profits, I don't think that inheriting money isn't income and should be tax free, I think being an intellectual is a good thing, I think people that live in big cities are every bit the Real American that someone who lives on a farm is, I think treating people who aren't like you with respect is important, I think you can support a soldier as a heroic figure without thinking the war he's in was a good idea, I think our government has three branches with checks and balances and this is good, I think spying on our citizens without probable cause is unconstitutional, I think breaking the constitution is a bad thing for our government to do, I think holding people indefinitely without cause is bad, I think torture is unamerican and not particularly useful as an information gathering tool, I think appointing people because they're your buddies instead of because they're qualified for the job is bad government… I can clearly go on and on.

Wish I could add something to this beyond "Amen", but he really says it all eloquently.