Excellent essay and I liked the way you discussed freedom and "not going back" as being connected and important. Being 72 years old I have never seen this level of excitement coupled with action in any Presidential election. I'll also say that I'm tired of having to fight the same social and/or political battles over and over again, but that's the way the process works. We have to be certain to keep this momentum going.
100%. I like the formulation of "freedom from, freedom to, freedom of" because as Professor Herd alludes to, we are not all at the same place with regard to freedom.
As charismatic and eloquent as President Obama is, his vision was and remains conservative. Vice-President Harris has a large, expansive vision and is inviting us to join as we are and work together for change and making things better. That vision is being shared fully, simply, and persuasively now in ways it wasn't previously. The Zoom calls, the fundraising, and the number of volunteers suggest it's working.
I've often remarked that Joe Biden's social vision -- using government to make a more equitable economy work -- seems to derive from an bygone era, a before-Reagan time. And he does come from that time. And this has been good for us, broadly.
Kamala's freedom agenda echoes a different bygone era which seems to have been her parents' milieu -- the liberation movents of the '50s, '60s, and early '70s. For African Americans, there was the Freedom Struggle; for LGBT+ folks, we sought Liberation long before we settled for Pride.
I can still hope that freedom trumps fear. I suspect Kamala will be a distressingly cautious president, but I'll work to make this happen.
Excellent essay and I liked the way you discussed freedom and "not going back" as being connected and important. Being 72 years old I have never seen this level of excitement coupled with action in any Presidential election. I'll also say that I'm tired of having to fight the same social and/or political battles over and over again, but that's the way the process works. We have to be certain to keep this momentum going.
100%. I like the formulation of "freedom from, freedom to, freedom of" because as Professor Herd alludes to, we are not all at the same place with regard to freedom.
As charismatic and eloquent as President Obama is, his vision was and remains conservative. Vice-President Harris has a large, expansive vision and is inviting us to join as we are and work together for change and making things better. That vision is being shared fully, simply, and persuasively now in ways it wasn't previously. The Zoom calls, the fundraising, and the number of volunteers suggest it's working.
This is right on.
I've often remarked that Joe Biden's social vision -- using government to make a more equitable economy work -- seems to derive from an bygone era, a before-Reagan time. And he does come from that time. And this has been good for us, broadly.
Kamala's freedom agenda echoes a different bygone era which seems to have been her parents' milieu -- the liberation movents of the '50s, '60s, and early '70s. For African Americans, there was the Freedom Struggle; for LGBT+ folks, we sought Liberation long before we settled for Pride.
I can still hope that freedom trumps fear. I suspect Kamala will be a distressingly cautious president, but I'll work to make this happen.