Baraka_Guru

I thought the only values that could be considered "American" are liberty and justice within the context of a democratic society.

All other values are across the board and should be defended because of the values mentioned above.

I find discussions of values often occur as though the 20th century never happened, but that's just me, maybe I'm hallucinating.

Correction: I find that discussions of values often occur as though people want to undo what happened in the 20th century. The call to "return to core American values" to me sound like "let's get rid of the social progressivism of the 20th century."

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot