1. Egalitarism- Everyone should be equal
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/alexokrent/gGggJS
"I’m running for President to build an America that lives up to our founding
promise of equality for all – a promise that extends to our gay brothers
and sisters. It’s wrong to have millions of Americans living as second-class
citizens in this nation."
Barack Obama, being the first black president has opened a new era of equality of races. Back in Theodore Roosevelt's time the black community was not respected and had the "seperate but equal rights" dilemna. Back then they could barely vote and now a black man is president. You can see how racism has died down in the past years. Today, it isn't much of the black community, but the gay community. Only in a few states do people allow gay marriage, which is violating their right to get married and have marriage rights. Also, he believes that the poorer people have a disadvantage from wealthier families and should have equal rights to education and healthcare.
2. Patriotism- My country is the best!
http://www.politicususa.com/en/palin-obama-america
"I’m enormously proud of my country and its role and history in the world. If you think about the site of this summit and what it means, I don’t think America should be embarrassed to see evidence of the sacrifices of our troops, the enormous amount of resources that were put into Europe postwar, and our leadership in crafting an Alliance that ultimately led to the unification of Europe. We should take great pride in that.”
Many people have accused Obama of not being patriotic to America. Just because Obama is close with the muslim world and will not recite the "Pledge of Alligence," that makes him non-patriotic. But judging from this quote he thinks that it is incredibly honorable to sacrifice lives for your country and that he is proud of America's accomplishments. On the other side, he stated that he also recognizes other countries values and qualities as well. Theodore Roosevelt had a very simple answer for all of this when he said, "One must be an American and nothing less." He thought that self sacrifice (risk your life for your country), bravery (military servitude) was the highest heroic honor that one could have. "Credit belongs to the man who is in the arena."
3. Womans's Rights- Now and then
http://www.ontheissues.org/social/barack_obama_abortion.htm
"Protecting a Women’s Right to Choose: Obama will make safeguarding women’s rights under Roe v. Wade a priority. He opposes any constitutional amendment to overturn that decision."
Back in the time of Theodore Roosevelt men were the workers that brought in the income while the women tended to the house and children. Theodore Roosevelt himself said that "women should be a housewife," but at the same time he thought they should also have equal rights to men, which was understandable for his time (Social Darwinsim). Now it is popular for women to go out and work for their own income, along with the men. You can see how drastically times have changed. The modern concern about womans rights would be the fight over abortions. Obama does not neccisarily agree with the idea of getting an abortion, but he thinks that women should have the right to choose if thwey want one or not. It is technically violating their rights as citizens, just like the gay marriage dilemna.
No comments:
Post a Comment