@jaynordlinger There were eight years of Reconstruction as Andrew Johnson did all he could to foil Lincoln’s hopes for the South. Only when Grant became President did Reconstruction really take hold, but the chance for early momentum was lost.
@JoeLoganTalley If you disparage someone based on an intrinsic characteristic, e.g. skin color, you are a racist.
Your ability to express it without censure is your power.
@charlesmurray ’tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church-door; but ’tis enough, ’twill serve: ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man.
@wil_da_beast630 Arguement breaks down at "forces." Were men so incapable of self-restraint the burqa could be necessary. Yet the fact that so many men over so much history have managed to avoid such acts with young women closer to sexual maturity shows the trouble is in the man not the clothing.
@SeligerGrants@spencerpratt IIRC the "Ben & Jerry rule," which is often used, is no one makes less than 1/6 of the top wage.
Of course that didnt include stock options the owners received.
Fealty to ideals is always easiest when the ideal is sufficiently circumscribed.