“Replacing Americans’ civic identity with Christian nationalism destroys that vitally important understanding of the role of citizens in a democracy. Instead, it demands that Americans do as they are told, turning them into subjects.”
#Politics #USPolitics #CitizensNotSubjects #Citizenship #StopChristianNationalism #DeclarationOfIndependance #USConstitution #RuleOfLaw #CivicReligion #LettersFromAnAmerican
I guess we know whose side he’s on. 😕
“‘The century of progressivism,’ Thomas claims, ‘did not go well.’ For whom? By the mid-twentieth century, progressive reforms (and, later, the New Deal laws that built upon them) helped Americans reach higher standards of living than they could have imagined. …
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#Politics #USPolitics #DeclarationOfIndependance #Progressivism #ProgressivePolitics #History #ClarenceThomas #SCOTUS #CivilRights #NewDeal
https://newrepublic.com/article/209183/clarence-thomas-history-progressivism-speech
A Guy Named Brian (he/him)
