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Currently in the US, it is a FACT that you cannot expect

Posted on: June 15, 2020 at 11:26:23 CT

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any inherent rights to life, property or liberty to be protected by any level of government.

The role of gvmt in the US is not in any manner tethered to those reviled concepts and never will be again.

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True or false - tcat KC - 6/15 11:20:24

true for both cases - JG MU

- 6/15 12:50:34

True to the first question. False to the second one. - ummmm MU - 6/15 11:40:14

It seems to me that any constitution or law depends upon - JeffB MU

- 6/15 18:48:58

Right up until some shyster lawyer finds a way to sue you, - MU-TULSA MU - 6/15 11:30:48

Currently in the US, it is a FACT that you cannot expect - 90Tiger STL - 6/15 11:26:23

True you have the right to be racist. However there is - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/15 11:25:10

Exactly, even a hint on social media, you get attacked. - RHAYWORTH MU - 6/15 11:30:22

Our founders feared government power and built in - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/15 11:35:07

Where were the protections against government overreach - kmawv8 MU - 6/15 11:49:18

Yes, but they were ignored or in many cases overruled for - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/15 11:52:21

I asked where were they. - kmawv8 MU - 6/15 11:56:08

Legitimate question. It brings us back to my assertion - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/15 12:25:53

that makes no sense whatsoever - meatiger MU - 6/15 13:10:06

before that there were people like you - ashtray UF - 6/15 11:36:23

Oh good, the idiot brigade is here too hijack another thread - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/15 11:44:11

Obviously I struck a nerve - ashtray UF - 6/15 12:40:26

It's what they do. They have their one answer. - RHAYWORTH MU - 6/15 11:53:42

I didn't mean to exclude you, snowflake - ashtray UF - 6/15 12:31:23

false, you can be a bigot however(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 6/15 11:23:33

both are thoughts, beliefs (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 6/15 11:26:54

you become a racist when you act upon the belief - tigerinhogtown STL - 6/15 11:30:36

no (nm) - pickle MU

- 6/15 13:42:26

false. racism is the belief that one race is inherently - 90Tiger STL - 6/15 11:33:10

true, but they should - tigerinhogtown STL - 6/15 11:36:08

your 2nd point is 100% correct. Racism means y ou - 90Tiger STL - 6/15 11:48:43

So racism is an act, not a belief? (nm) - tcat KC - 6/15 11:32:11

no, you are correct - tigerinhogtown STL - 6/15 11:34:30

You can be totally racist without ever acting on it. - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/15 11:41:58

no, it isn't about acting at all. (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 6/15 11:35:06

in a system it is ONLY about acting(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 6/15 11:37:45

you're confused and conflating things. these are simple - 90Tiger STL - 6/15 11:49:19

I was just trying to make the point that bigoted beliefs - tigerinhogtown STL - 6/15 11:54:41

It is a belief (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 6/15 11:33:23

You can still have those thoughts and beliefs but if you act - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/15 11:29:47

that's not racism v. bigotry. nobody was referring to laws - 90Tiger STL - 6/15 11:33:54

Thought crimes then (nm) - tcat KC - 6/15 11:33:10