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Our founders feared government power and built in

Posted on: June 15, 2020 at 11:35:07 CT

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Protections against it.

What they never foresaw was the people acting as a mob and willingly stripping rights from their neighbors without any government assistance. Since they never envisioned it they put no protections in place for it.

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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