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Read The Platforms
RECEIVED Mon., Oct. 12, 2020
Dear Editor,
The two-party system is broken. Bernie got thrown out by the DNC, again. Corporations already own the government. Why even vote? Read the f----ing platforms.
Republicans will enforce fundamentalist Christianity for “the sanctity of innocent human life, created in the image of God … from fertilization to natural death.” Goodbye Roe v. Wade. Fundamentalists will control education, quash gay and trans rights, and install their version of “family values” at every turn. U.S. foreign policy will be dictated by interpretations of the Bible (and underlying corporate motivations). Their policy toward Israel “is inspired by God's Biblical promise.”
There is nothing more dangerous than a bunch of folks who think they know what God wants—especially when they gain power over everyone else.
Republicans say climate change is just “a political agenda promoted to control every aspect of our lives.” They pledge to support “the defunding of 'climate justice' initiatives, the abolition of the Environmental Protection Agency, and repeal of the Endangered Species Act.”
The Democrats' platform is vastly more compassionate and inclusive. They pledge to “overhaul the criminal justice system from top to bottom” and end the use of private prisons and private detention centers. Dems address the injustices creating the need for Black Lives Matter. They support sex education and reproductive rights, including safe, legal abortion. They want to end the costly, life-destroying War on Drugs and address immigration humanely rather than cruelly. Democrats pledge to protect natural resources and recognize climate change as a global emergency. I don't agree with them on everything and I detest Biden, but the Democratic platform gets my vote.
The two-party system is broken. Bernie got thrown out by the DNC, again. Corporations already own the government. Why even vote? Read the f----ing platforms.
Republicans will enforce fundamentalist Christianity for “the sanctity of innocent human life, created in the image of God … from fertilization to natural death.” Goodbye Roe v. Wade. Fundamentalists will control education, quash gay and trans rights, and install their version of “family values” at every turn. U.S. foreign policy will be dictated by interpretations of the Bible (and underlying corporate motivations). Their policy toward Israel “is inspired by God's Biblical promise.”
There is nothing more dangerous than a bunch of folks who think they know what God wants—especially when they gain power over everyone else.
Republicans say climate change is just “a political agenda promoted to control every aspect of our lives.” They pledge to support “the defunding of 'climate justice' initiatives, the abolition of the Environmental Protection Agency, and repeal of the Endangered Species Act.”
The Democrats' platform is vastly more compassionate and inclusive. They pledge to “overhaul the criminal justice system from top to bottom” and end the use of private prisons and private detention centers. Dems address the injustices creating the need for Black Lives Matter. They support sex education and reproductive rights, including safe, legal abortion. They want to end the costly, life-destroying War on Drugs and address immigration humanely rather than cruelly. Democrats pledge to protect natural resources and recognize climate change as a global emergency. I don't agree with them on everything and I detest Biden, but the Democratic platform gets my vote.
Fancy Fairchild