| >I vote to defend the individual right of people to belong in the US even if they won't vote for "individual rights". Those who don't vote are not the issue. If one comes to a nation based on principles of individual rights, and they are not activists opposing the individual rights, they're just confused, and should be ignored as long as they don't violate the rights of others, but they are free (despite their opposition to it) to stay and be confused. I made no claims about people who do not vote. I stated the truth; that voting is a mechanism to defend individual rights. There is no such thing as a right to vote to violate the rights of others. If you are for individual rights, than you belong in a nation based on the principle of individual rights, whether you vote or not. If you oppose individual rights, you belong least of all on a nation based on the principle of individual rights, but your "vote" is illegitimate and should not be tolerated, as you'd be a saboteur. Those who would be free have one nation on the planet meant for them. Cowards, tyrants, and willing slaves, have the entire rest of the planet to suffer. Those who oppose freedom don't reside in the one place meant to be free with good intention. If they just haven't left yet, they could easily find help leaving asap. |
> There is no such thing as a right to vote to violate the rights of others.
Sure there is. I voted against a proposal to fund something I disagree with. I lost, and I have to pay it each year.
You can vote to add a restriction on where someone can built a car dealership.
You can vote to prevent someone from eating something he wants to eat.
You can vote to prevent someone from leaving his house at certain times.
You can vote to prevent someone from wearing an object he desires to wear.
Like I said, the America you imagine does not exist.