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Old 07-27-2011, 02:24 PM
 
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I don't blame you for misunderstanding. Libertarianism is probably far over your head. Fret not, for many Americans are in the same boat as you.
Well why not educate, since that is what we are hear for, to discuss, inform and to share knowledge. Unfortunately, I've come to understand that those who revert to sophisms such as yours are incapable of doing any of the above.
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Old 07-27-2011, 02:25 PM
 
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Civil rights are cultural rights.

They favor groups.

They favor various classes.

The U.S. Constitution avoided cultural rights, as with religious rights, like the plague.
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Old 07-27-2011, 02:26 PM
 
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Had the blacks fought back they would of went to jail,
If they were lucky.
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Old 07-27-2011, 02:28 PM
 
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Who enforced the laws when Blacks rights were being trampled, take the Freedom Riders for example, what gives anyone the right to attack a bus with rocks? I wonder how many whites went to jail for attacking black people on a bus Hmmm. Had the blacks fought back they would of went to jail, not the whites. Its a shame civil rights had to happen to protect citizens of this country.
This might be a classic example of the un-exercised use of the 2nd Amendment.
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Old 07-27-2011, 02:33 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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No, the other guy has the right to discriminate.
And the other guy has the right to be discriminated against, which is exactly the point I made about applied libertarianism which agrees with the side that wants to discriminate. There can be no victims unless there is civil rights act, in which case there are only victims. Libertarianism 101.
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Old 07-27-2011, 02:34 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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Nope. To think that you can pass laws that grant civil rights to human beings, thus denying the fact that they are BORN with these rights, is an atrocious and discriminatory premise.

+1 I understand and agree with you on that.
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Old 07-27-2011, 02:37 PM
 
Location: Montgomery Village
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Whats sad is that there was a need for a civil rights act in the first place. Political philosophies always look good on paper until you actually try to implement them in the real world. They seem to not account for that "wild card" called human nature.
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Old 07-27-2011, 02:37 PM
 
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Nope. To think that you can pass laws that grant civil rights to human beings, thus denying the fact that they are BORN with these rights, is an atrocious and discriminatory premise.
That's certainly a nice idea, but in reality, it doesn't work out that way.
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Old 07-27-2011, 02:39 PM
 
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Hmm, interesting - and when the U.S. Constitution deemed blacks to be worth 3/5 of a human, was that still avoiding "cultural rights?"

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Civil rights are cultural rights.

They favor groups.

They favor various classes.

The U.S. Constitution avoided cultural rights, as with religious rights, like the plague.
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Old 07-27-2011, 02:41 PM
 
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Civil rights are cultural rights.

They favor groups.

They favor various classes.

The U.S. Constitution avoided cultural rights, as with religious rights, like the plague.
The Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination, it doesn't favor groups within classes.
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