Consider: Before it fell? All one ever needed to do should a question of who was being lied to arise, was to look across that wall & into the "Worker's Paradise."
Made ideological arguments quite short, sweet & very moot to all, including "Democrats."
A *little* harder to do these days, now that the wall's gone, huh?
How much longer before the mere mention of that wall & all it meant will be met by blank stares & suspicious glances? :o)
Back on point, talking about LL's assertions concerning civil rights, and, who should & shouldn't recieve credit?
I'd bet LL realizes the mindset responsible for the long gone wall & the mindset now running the nation's universities, teaching our kids, writing today's headlines, and in charge of recording what'll be our official history?
They are one & the same.
To a large degree this has been made possible thanks to that wall's demise so I guess it could be said when their wall fell, our wall went up.
~eh?
But aside from all that, never forget there's something else governing above all else here, too. Something we've all heard many times uttered in matters of righteousness et al.
..."Let no good deed go unpunished."
That is something I have said for yrs.
When the Soviet Union existed we knew who had their finger on the nuclear button. When the USSR broke up several lesser countries found a nuclear arsenal at their disposal. Very dangerous.
Securitywise we were better off with one possible adversary than several.
That doesn't even address the lack of security surrounding the nuclear material.
We live in an even more dangerous world as a result of the USSR breakup.