Skylar
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We have to protect them so the government's we establish don't violate them. You would be wrong, of course. Don't confuse something that governments have taken away with something not existing. Because someone can't use those inalienable right because the government they live under doesn't allow isn't the same as those rights not existing.
Rights are freedoms. If the freedom can't be exercised, the right for all practical purposes doesn't exist. The distinction you're drawing is semantic. The practical results between suppression and non-existence are identical.