Can women expect justice for themselves,
if they ignore justice for all working people?
Can working people expect justice for themselves,
if they ignore justice for black people?
Can black people expect justice for themselves,
if they ignore justice for Hispanic people?
Can Hispanic people expect justice for themselves,
if they ignore justice for gay people?
Can gay people expect justice for themselves,
if they ignore justice for poor people?
Can poor people expect justice for themselves,
if they ignore justice for the handicapped?
Can handicapped people expect justice for themselves,
if they ignore justice for Native Americans?
Can Native Americans expect justice for themselves,
if they ignore justice for immigrant people?
Can "law-abiding" citizens expect justice for themselves
if they allow their law enforcement agents
to perpetrate crimes on "law-breakers"
in the name of "law-enforcement"?
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Are people Liberal just because they belong to a minority and fight for that minority? Or is fighting for one's own class the essence of Conservatism. If we are concerned about liberating only the particular oppressed class that we happen to have been born into, then we are not really Liberal. We are just Conservatives not lucky enough to have been born into a privileged class. True Liberals are concerned about justice and freedom for ALL mankind, whatever it may cost them to fight for equality for all. They will not allow others to be thrown overboard in their pursuit of liberation for themselves.