I really like Gary Johnson's positions on social issues...

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23. Yes they are just as important

Furthermore they're inextricably linked to issues of wealth. When abortion is illegal, rich people go get it done elsewhere. When rich people get caught with drugs, their lawyer gets them off with a slap on the wrist. It really doesn't help if you're black, either. When poor people get caught with drugs they go to prison for years and then are unemployable for the rest of their lives. Gay kids with rich parents can go to a private school where they actually deal with bullies. Gay kids with poor parents are fucked if the school system condones bullying (and it does, way too often).

So yes, fuck my fellow 99%ers who are anti-choice, homophobic, drug warriors. And I resent the notion that I'm being distracted from the real issues, because I think social issues are just as important as economic ones. Both have to do with issues of fairness and justice. If we only focus on issues of economic justice, then the world becomes a place where there's economic justice for everyone who's straight, white, male, and Christian. That's how things were in the 1950's. You can't achieve true economic justice for everyone, without focusing on social issues as well.