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Is America Still a "Free Country"
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Is America Still a "Free Country"
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Is America Still a "Free Country"
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Where do Rights come from?
Who has the Power to effect them, rightly or wrongly?
is america still a "free country"
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where do rights come from?
Who has the power to effect them, rightly or wrongly?
"...that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government,"
right don't come from government
Is America Still a "Free Country"
Is America Still a "Free Country"
What a ridiculous question.
Is America Still a "Free Country"
What a ridiculous question.
Gay Americans are at last realizing most of their freedoms, save that of equal access to marriage law – but that will come in time as well.
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where do rights come from?
Who has the power to effect them, rightly or wrongly?
"...that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government,"
right don't come from government
absolutely correct.
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Is America Still a "Free Country"
What a ridiculous question.
Not only is America a free country, but all Americans enjoy greater freedom today than at any time in this great Nations history.
Theres more work to do, of course, as we strive to overcome the fear and ignorance of conservative reactionaries; but the best America is yet to come.
Gay Americans are at last realizing most of their freedoms, save that of equal access to marriage law but that will come in time as well.
And transgender Americans are starting their struggle to realize their right to individual liberty.
But as American society continues to grow more diverse and inclusive, every citizen will at last enjoy the freedom and liberty that are indeed his civil rights.
If you think that allowing for-profit biz & foreign lobbies calling the shots= free, then yeah.
more drama from USMB's eXtreme right Is this because of Obamneycare PASSED 3+ YEARS AGO Frank?
Repubs are bought -and-paid-for just like their controlled opposition Frank. OPEN YOUR EYES!!!
And the Tyrants in the District Of Criminals are FREE to run roughshod over ALL of us...WE just have to accept it...or else.We are less free - free to do more evil, but less free as a whole.
Is America Still a "Free Country"
What a ridiculous question.
Not only is America a free country, but all Americans enjoy greater freedom today than at any time in this great Nations history.
Theres more work to do, of course, as we strive to overcome the fear and ignorance of conservative reactionaries; but the best America is yet to come.
Gay Americans are at last realizing most of their freedoms, save that of equal access to marriage law but that will come in time as well.
And transgender Americans are starting their struggle to realize their right to individual liberty.
But as American society continues to grow more diverse and inclusive, every citizen will at last enjoy the freedom and liberty that are indeed his civil rights.
"...that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government,"
right don't come from government
absolutely correct.
.
Nice!
However show me one court case that did not require government permission for any right claimed!
Is America Still a "Free Country"
What a ridiculous question.
Not only is America a free country, but all Americans enjoy greater freedom today than at any time in this great Nations history.
Theres more work to do, of course, as we strive to overcome the fear and ignorance of conservative reactionaries; but the best America is yet to come.
Gay Americans are at last realizing most of their freedoms, save that of equal access to marriage law but that will come in time as well.
And transgender Americans are starting their struggle to realize their right to individual liberty.
But as American society continues to grow more diverse and inclusive, every citizen will at last enjoy the freedom and liberty that are indeed his civil rights.
At the moment that I am forced to pay taxes that are spent to support one that is taking benefit via welfare, I am no longer free.
When my tax dollars are extracted from me then spent on one that does not contribute I have become a slave to the government. It is not my responsibility to pay for the feeding, housing or medical insurance of one that fails to provide for them self. Slavery is the act of forcing one person to provide for the needs of another. That is exactly what is happening to me. My civil rights are being taken by those that demand that I provide for those that fail to provide for themselves.
Free compared to what? Free compared to Darfur or North Korea? Yes.
Free compared to Finland, Sweden or the Netherlands? We are on equal par but they have a higher standard of living.
Within our own country we are freer now than in the 19th century because we allowed slavery of blacks, women were not allowed to own property or vote and we had no child labor laws. So kids, women and blacks were not free then but they are now with the abolishment of slavery, the enforcement of child labor laws and women's rights. So as a nation are freer now than in previous times.
Is America Still a "Free Country"
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