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by gur48 871 days ago
"Rights" - even those enshrined in the Bill of Rights - are trampled on daily.

Try traveling with a concealed firearm across state lines. Or telling a K-9 police officer they can't search your car after the dog has alerted. Or use your free speech privilege to spread alleged vitriol.

There's no such thing as "rights" - only what individuals can defend in the current place and time they're in.

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Or simply having the audacity to travel on an airplane.

> There's no such thing as "rights" - only what individuals can defend in the current place and time they're in.

I suppose that is the way it always has been. When the government was small people just didn't care what they were up to. The people became complacent and allowed a beast to grow. If the rights we are supposed to have keep getting trampled on revolution is inevitable. It may take a long hellish time to happen but that is one fork in the path we are on.