tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post1648670173033691489..comments2023-10-08T04:12:46.273-05:00Comments on The Political Environment: July 4th, DiminishedJames Rowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-225274785748657302013-07-05T09:10:17.758-05:002013-07-05T09:10:17.758-05:00It's a day late now, but Frederick Douglass...It's a day late now, but Frederick Douglass' Fourth of July speech is just as relevant today, even 148 years after the abolition of slavery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-88085482556432925182013-07-04T20:38:31.452-05:002013-07-04T20:38:31.452-05:00@anon- ? @anon- ? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-42371015641422772702013-07-04T13:31:52.504-05:002013-07-04T13:31:52.504-05:00Certain governmental abuses by certain very powerf...Certain governmental abuses by certain very powerful persons in your party are conspicuous by their absence.<br />Do they not also "diminish the fourth"? Do you know what diminishes the fourth MOST? People who choose partisan loyalty and social conformity over the principles that the Fourth is about. Selling out, turning a blind eye, pretending not to notice, white-washing, excuse-making for wrong-doing. All that actively diminishes the Fourth. <br />Congrats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com