"Rights are special privileges the government gives you."

Clementine

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The next generation might have an entirely different idea of what rights are all about. They are being taught the liberal way, which means students are taught that everything you have, including rights, are merely gifts from government. This has nothing to do with education and everything to do with political ideology being crammed down the throats of our youth.

From the link:

"Rights are special privileges the government gives you."

"Because the government gives us rights, we have a duty to be good citizens."

"Someday, you will be given the right to vote."

All of the above are on worksheets and taught to students.

Whoever wrote this believes that our rights are not inalienable, as it states in the constitution, rather that government "gives" us rights. If government can give you something, it can take it back. It infers that we must be good citizens to keep the rights that government allows us to have.

This is crap and it gives students the impression that we only have rights and freedom because government generously allowed us to. It's backwards. We have rights that government is not allowed to infringe upon and those rights and liberties guaranteed by our constitution are supposed to keep government in check. How many students now believe that government allows those rights as long as you obey them and behave like their definition of a good citizen? Some apparently believe that rights are how government keeps the people in check.

http://www.ijreview.com/2014/11/205408-422-new-ohio-parent-calls-school-districts-horribly-mistaken-government-gives-us-rights-citizenship-handout/
 
While trying to make something resembling a point, Affleck stated the following: “If you want to be liberals, believe in liberal principles, like freedom of speech, like— you know, we are endowed by our Cr—”

And right there he had to stop and “correct” himself.

You see, he almost accurately quoted the Declaration of Independence. And he clearly didn’t want to do that.

Here’s the relevant text from our nation’s founding document: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”


Ben Affleck We Are Endowed By 8216 Our Forefathers 8217 With Inalienable Rights - Downtrend
 
do people in north korea have the right to vote?
Point? Oh, you have none.
the point is that rights are given by governments. we have a right to free speech. not everyone country has that. freedom of religion/press/assembly? that's not universal. right to bear arms? nope. equal protection? please.

so what's the problem again?
Nope. The founding Fathers said it, our rights are given by God. Whether or not libtards socialists say otherwise makes no difference.
 
do people in north korea have the right to vote?
Point? Oh, you have none.
the point is that rights are given by governments. we have a right to free speech. not everyone country has that. freedom of religion/press/assembly? that's not universal. right to bear arms? nope. equal protection? please.

so what's the problem again?
Nope. The founding Fathers said it, our rights are given by God. Whether or not libtards socialists say otherwise makes no difference.

Only the rights that you like of course.
 
do people in north korea have the right to vote?
Point? Oh, you have none.
the point is that rights are given by governments. we have a right to free speech. not everyone country has that. freedom of religion/press/assembly? that's not universal. right to bear arms? nope. equal protection? please.

so what's the problem again?
And who cares what other countries have this is Amerca? Oh I forgot, America hating libtarded socialists do. Idiots!!!!
 
do people in north korea have the right to vote?
Point? Oh, you have none.
the point is that rights are given by governments. we have a right to free speech. not everyone country has that. freedom of religion/press/assembly? that's not universal. right to bear arms? nope. equal protection? please.

so what's the problem again?
Nope. The founding Fathers said it, our rights are given by God. Whether or not libtards socialists say otherwise makes no difference.
they may have believed that (although i find it weird that God would give a right to vote) but they sure didn't codify it.

did god just forget to give rights to other peoples of the world?
 
do people in north korea have the right to vote?
Point? Oh, you have none.
the point is that rights are given by governments. we have a right to free speech. not everyone country has that. freedom of religion/press/assembly? that's not universal. right to bear arms? nope. equal protection? please.

so what's the problem again?
Nope. The founding Fathers said it, our rights are given by God. Whether or not libtards socialists say otherwise makes no difference.

Only the rights that you like of course.
Stupid response.
 
good topic Clementine !! I was taught in school that RIGHTS come from the Creator but I'm 65 and its my thought and assumption that I was one of the last groups of kids to be taught that in [government] public schools . Its just my guess because many people just a few years younger than me believe that their RIGHTS are given by government . Most countries on earth only have PRIVLEDGES granted by government so getting USA citizens [subjects] to have a similar point of view would be good , good for USA government !!! ------------------- Just a comment !!
 
do people in north korea have the right to vote?
Point? Oh, you have none.
the point is that rights are given by governments. we have a right to free speech. not everyone country has that. freedom of religion/press/assembly? that's not universal. right to bear arms? nope. equal protection? please.

so what's the problem again?
Nope. The founding Fathers said it, our rights are given by God. Whether or not libtards socialists say otherwise makes no difference.

I guess God hates those other countries...
 
seems to me that most countries of the world and their people are under the thumbs of govs that don't recognize 'God given RIGHTS' like USA founders recognized 'obilim' . Its better for gov to be all powerful and for them to be seen as 'god like' .
 
seems to me that most countries of the world and their people are under the thumbs of govs that don't recognize 'God given RIGHTS' like USA founders recognized 'obilim' . Its better for gov to be all powerful and for them to be seen as 'god like' .
what rights did god give you?
 
Other countries are too stupid to declare where their rights come from. If they think they come from other men they are doomed. Of course LIBTARDS are too concerned about determining what sex they are.
 
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Rights are natural.

A government can only take them away.

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so you were born with the right to vote, but the government took it away?

Huh?

It did?

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that's what you told me. rights are natural, and only governments can take them away.

so you must have been born with the right to vote, but for 18 years (possibly more, i don't know your age) the government took that right from you
 

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