It is Isnt The Same, You Know...

             Equality means this: Equal rights, equal opportunities. That is it. It doesn't mean that everyone has to live the same life. It doesn't mean that everyone has to dress the same way, think the same way, speak in the same tone of voice, or believe the same errors. It doesn't mean that nobody can be distinct, or special, or eccentric, or different from people around them. Equality means: Equal rights, equal opportunities. That is it.

             In its original intent, the idea of equality was meant to assist freedom by leveling the field for people who come from rougher backgrounds. But the misuses of the idea of equality have been used instead to sabotage freedom. If everyone is forced to be the same person and live the same way, then there is no freedom. And the misuse of the idea of equality to mean sameness has been used just to do this: Destroy freedom in the communities in which this misuse of the idea of equality is being practiced.

            Equality does not mean sameness; equality means equal rights. Equal rights benefit freedom, fairness and human advancement by creating a fair field for everyone.The error of confusing equality with sameness is saboteurial to America and undermines its best qualities. And if America is to regain the world leadership in innovation or to live up to its promise of freedom, then this error must be confronted and overcome in every place that it exists.