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September 20, 2006
Tuesday on C-Span: Rousing Rhetoric
Today’s topic: Voter ID requirements.
To recap the Republican argument:
When they sneak over here to work, that’s bad
Then they try to have kids here: that’s bad
Wanting to send those kids to American schools? No way, Jose
Finally, they want to vote here: that’s just awful...
I dunno; to me it sounds like people want to come here, put down roots and become part of our civic society. Indeed, it’s these very things which define citizenship. Perhaps not legally, but certainly morally. When someone stands up and says “I am here, I have roots here, I wish to take part in the process of deciding how we behave as a society”—that’s what it means to be a citizen
Maybe it’s the idea of anyone feeling like a responsible member of American society which scares the hell out of the Republican Party. After all, if no one feels responsible, no one will care what they do...
Posted by Andrew at September 20, 2006 12:04 PM