{"id":547720,"date":"2021-06-01T07:36:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T11:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=547720"},"modified":"2021-06-01T07:36:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T11:36:33","slug":"biden-uses-memorial-day-speech-to-push-diversity-argues-that-democracy-is-under-attack-should-be-fueled-by-empathy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-uses-memorial-day-speech-to-push-diversity-argues-that-democracy-is-under-attack-should-be-fueled-by-empathy\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Uses Memorial Day Speech To Push Diversity; Argues That Democracy Is Under Attack, Should Be Fueled By \u2018Empathy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-uses-memorial-day-speech-to-push-diversity-argues-that-democracy-is-under-attack-should-be-fueled-by-empathy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=547720&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233204403-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Speaking at the 153rd National Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, President Joe Biden used the event to claim that democracy is under attack, that \u201cdemocracy\u201d is the \u201csoul of America,\u201d and that diversity has always been an \u201cincredible strength\u201d when it comes to the armed forces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou know, America has been forged in the battle and the fires of war. Our freedom and the freedom of innumerable others has been secured by young men and women who answered the call of history and gave everything in the service of an idea: the idea of America,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/05\/31\/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-153rd-national-memorial-day-observance\/\">said<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s the greatest idea in the long history of humankind. An idea that we\u2019re all created equal in the image of Almighty God. That we\u2019re all entitled to dignity, as my father would say, and respect, decency, and honor. Love of neighbor. They\u2019re not empty words, but the vital, beating heart of our nation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd that democracy must be defended at all costs, for democracy makes all this possible. Democracy \u2014 that\u2019s the soul of America, and I believe it\u2019s a soul worth fighting for, and so do you; a soul worth dying for. Heroes who lie in eternal peace in this beautiful place, this sacred place, they believed that too,\u201d Biden claimed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The president then continued to argue that America has experienced a \u201cperennial battle\u201d between \u201cour worst instincts\u201d which \u201cwe\u2019ve seen of late,\u201d and that such a battle is characterized as \u201cgreed\u201d against \u201cgenerosity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biden then claimed that \u201cThe Americans of Lexington and Concord, of New Orleans, Gettysburg, the Argonne, Iwo Jima and Normandy, Korea and Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq, and thousands of places in between weren\u2019t fighting for dictators,\u201d but were \u201cfighting for democracy.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThey weren\u2019t fighting to exclude or to enslave; they were fighting to build and broaden and liberate. They weren\u2019t fighting for self; they were fighting for the soul of the nation, for liberty and simple fair play \u2014 simple fair play and decency,\u201d the president said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biden then shifted to use the sacrifice of American service men and women as a political platform, and presented democracy as \u201cmore than a form of government.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c[Democracy is] a way of being; it\u2019s a way of seeing the world,\u201d Biden said, before describing democracy in an arguably collectivist context.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe lives of billions, from antiquity to our own hour, have been shaped by the battle between aspirations of the many and the greed of the few. Between people\u2019s right to self-determination and the self-seeking of the dictator. Between dreams of democracy and appetites for autocracy, which we\u2019re seeing around the world,\u201d Biden said. \u201cOur troops have fought this battle on fields around the world, but also the battle of our time. And the mission falls to each of us, each and every day. Democracy itself is in peril, here at home and around the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhat we do now \u2014 what we do now, how we honor the memory of the fallen, will determine whether or not democracy will long endure. We all take it for granted. We think we learned in school. You have to \u2014 every generation has to fight for it,\u201d Biden continued. \u201cBut, look, it\u2019s the biggest question: Whether a system that prizes the individual, that bends towards liberty, that gives everybody a chance at prosperity \u2014 whether that system can and will prevail against powerful forces that wish it harm.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After again claiming that \u201cthe struggle for the soul of America itself\u201d is part of the fight for democracy, Biden then made claims about both the electoral system and the media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFolks, you all know it: Democracy thrives when the infrastructure of democracy is strong; when people have the right to vote freely and fairly and conveniently; when a free and independent press pursues the truth, founded on facts, not propaganda; when the rule of law applies equally and fairly to every citizen, regardless of where they come from or what they look like,\u201d Biden said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biden then concluded by claiming that \u201cempathy is the fuel of democracy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLet me say that again: Empathy \u2014 empathy is the fuel of democracy, a willingness to see each other \u2014 not as enemies, neighbors. Even when we disagree, to understand what the other is going through,\u201d Biden argued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biden also made a comment regarding the diversity of the armed forces, saying \u201cAmericans of all backgrounds, races, creeds, gender identities, sexual orientations, have long spilled their blood to defend our democracy,\u201d and that \u201cThe diversity of our country and our armed services is and always has been an incredible strength.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking at the 153rd National Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, President Joe Biden used the event to claim that democracy is under attack, that \u201cdemocracy\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278732,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233204403-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Uses Memorial Day Speech To Push Diversity; Argues That Democracy Is Under Attack, Should Be Fueled By \u2018Empathy\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-547720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233204403-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Uses Memorial Day Speech To Push Diversity; Argues That Democracy Is Under Attack, Should Be Fueled By \u2018Empathy\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}