What Does Obama Think They Were Doing at Stonewall?

Obama has a peculiar view of class struggle and progress.


Barack Obama, Second Inaugural Address:

We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths — that all of us are created equal — is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall. . . . 

Barack Obama on the Republicans and the shutdown at yesterday’s press conference:

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