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Chainfire

(17,536 posts)
8. The government tells us what we can and can't do every day of our lives
Mon May 11, 2020, 09:42 PM
May 2020

It is the cost of living in a civilization. If we find that the rules are out of line, we change the rules or change the politicians who make the rules. If a store owner, or even a home owners, say's "You can't come in my store/home without shoes or shirt" it is his privilege. The option for the shopper/visitor is to go somewhere else. It is the duty of the police to protect the private property rights of the owner.

If a person wants to live without rules, if they don't feel that they owe anything to those around them, they should find a deserted island and live "free." As soon as there is a second person on their island, both parties have to give up something, and they will be screaming about their rights.

Is it now the theory of the right wingers that we are to only enforce the laws that a minority of the population like? Do we give in because we fear the minority might get violent? Screw the hard right minority, the Constitutional Scholars with tenth grade educations. Lock 'em up, or if they demand it, shoot them down. The option is to accept the rule of the American Brown Shirts. This old man ain't ready to give in to the Fascist bastards.









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