Speyside wrote:Gummy, I agree it is to broad a stroke, but it is far better than nothing at all. I vehemently feel we should have signed it, even with flaws. We are implicitly supporting human rights violations by not signing.
to you and i, this stuff is simple
to these lifelong weasels it is round and round she goes
a mix of wanting to look like you are doing something to your constituents and donors but not pissing off your allies or whatever the protected class/social cause of the day is
i am not against the death penalty and feel it should be used more often. some people, despite every opportunity in the world, show that they just cant play nice in the sandbox. with the recidivism rate being what it is for crimes against children, women, etc, i have no problem with permanent removal of certain people from society. i would venture almost no americans put homosexuals or poor or apostates in that group (although the super staunch pro abortion proponents who want further death of babies to "help" the poor may sway the numbers away from "almost no" in that regard).
once again, i am not a fan of pushing forward a bad bill/law/resolution so we can pat ourselves on the back that we "did something."
we, or at least i, are/am not complicit in the human rights crimes of other countries.
it is really hard to be a big fan of multiculturalism when it fits a prescribed narrative but not when it doesnt fit another. the first step is to thank the good Lord that you live in america - the greatest nation the world has ever seen. the second is to realize that our culture is better than others, especially those that persecute gays, women, Christians/other religions, etc and work to improve those cultures so the citizens can enjoy the freedoms we do.