[The Urban Sombrero]

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Harriet Tubman did not walk on water or desire mythological status. What she did was walk in courage against evil, against inequality, and work for dignity and freedom for all. If that isn't fundamentally American in spirit, then shut the whole thing down. There isn't much left.

But let's be clear: none of this is personal to me: it's political rancor, a time-honored American tradition. Bob, TRT, Granny, anybody: if a big ol' BGR Political Forum get together was thrown, I'd buy dinner for any of you, eat with you, bicker around, and consider us all Americans doing the kinds of things the Founding Fathers and our Constitution envisioned: free and vigorous discussion and debate and disagreement. We none know each other. It's screennames. It can't be personal. Bob worked hard and sent kids through school. TRT is eloquent and committed. It just isn't personal. It's political rabble rousing, Oxford-style debate, good old American political hash.