Reply #47: "values" versus "issues"

[Justitia]

To me, our shared Dem values are like those Lakoff describes, just slightly more defined:

the individual's right of liberty unfettered, the community's responsibility to the furthering of society as a whole, social justice for the individual and in the collective subset of society, etc.

Once we define those democratic values (our mission stmt), then we can apply them to the issues (war, reproductive rights, civil liberties, etc).

The issues may evolve, but our Dem values will be the bedrock of our party. And yes, while there is room for dissent on our response to the issues, we will approach them through the same sense of purpose, what we VALUE as Democrats.