So on a more personal note, this just happened to come spilling out of my keyboard and into my Facebook profile early this morning. Perhaps it was the hangover, perhaps it was me reading a headline saying that Drumpf was considering rewriting his stupid immigration ban EO, perhaps I just ran completely out of fucks to give sometime this week; judge for yourselves.

This is a post I’ve been trying to avoid making; it’s obvious to most of my friends that I don’t talk politics much. The interesting thing about the Declaration of Independence is that it doesn’t say “all American citizens are created equal”, it says “all men”. It says that these same “all men” are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Furthermore, when we look to the Constitution of the United States, you will note that it refers to People and not Citizens, except in a few cases, such as the right to vote and the right to bear arms. The Preamble to the Constitution begins, “We, the People of the United States.” That includes anyone living in, or visiting this country - however temporarily, however illegally. The point I’m driving at is this: Our country has been designed from the beginning to be a place of special greatness; a place of welcoming, a safe harbor among the tyrannies of Europe and Asia and South America. I get the need to feel secure from our enemies, but I cannot and will not support policies that throw the baby out with the bathwater. I oppose President Trump in his crusade to bar Muslim immigrants (and in a number of other policies, too, but that may be a post for a later time). However much a liberal that makes me, I’m sorry to disappoint, but I apologize for nothing.

I guess I’m out of the closet now. Woopsy.