Civil Liberties

discntnt_irny_srcsm

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2. Rights, IMHO, should be used in the formulation of laws and...

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 10:32 AM

Mar 2015

...laws should reflect and protect the rights of the people. Was slavery wrong? Of course it was/is. Does Jefferson's apparent inability to recognize the fundamental contradiction is his actions negate the truth of that? Of course it doesn't.

Recognizing the existence of "certain inalienable rights" and that they are innate in all of the people does not qualify you to also recognize and adequately define who is "one of the people". Clearly, many were denied various rights based upon physical attributes. African Americans, Native Americans, Asians, females of all nationalities and races have all been victims of a systematic failure in recognition of and respect for some of their rights.

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A question and why I avoid using terms like... [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2015 OP

I do not understand the benefit of a right that one cannot enforce. merrily Mar 2015 #1

Rights, IMHO, should be used in the formulation of laws and... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2015 #2

Using what rights one thinks people should have to pass laws is about what I said, isn't it? merrily Mar 2015 #3

Thanks for highlighting the edit discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2015 #4

LOL, the highlight was an edit, too! merrily Mar 2015 #5

Yes :) discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2015 #7

IMHO, we differ on the sense of "have" discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2015 #6

I am somewhat content to come out in the same place, regardless of how each of us gets there. merrily Mar 2015 #8