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Originally Posted by Publius Infinitum
You're confusing 'advocates of liberty;' OKA: Liberals, with the advocates for the tyrannical collective; OKA: Leftists.
I'm a liberal; you're a leftist.
I understand human rights are the cornerstone of freedom; that God is the highest authority; God is the source of my life, thus my Rights... and that government has no means to adjust my rights... that all government possesses is power... this is precisely the understanding of the Framers of the US... I understand that my rights remain constant without regard to what government says about it. You believe that government is the highest authority and that if the SCOTUS declares it a right, then it's a RIGHT!
But hey... that's the nature of delusion. AKA: Leftism.
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WHOAH, when did I say what I believe. What I believe has nothing to do with my critique of you. I just need you to realize that it is a conservative administration that is so militaristically geared. It is a conservative administration that is restricting rights and doing away with civil liberties. There have been strong arguments about why those things are undermining to society, just at least admit that the form of government which you propose has got nothing to do with rights. At heart you are a conservative, so just shut the hell up about rights, because they are antithetical to conservativism. That doesn't mean that conservatives have no respect for human life or decency, just they don't believe in rights. Or, you believe in rights so that kinda makes you a liberal, just a really sucky one because you believe that your personal ideology is what all rights are based off of. I am not saying that rights are decided by the government either, that is a BS standpoint. When the government is wrong we are entitled to do what we can to make it right.
Also, would you define leftist for me? I am just curious what you think it means... Are you just using it as an insult, or if not and it has nothing to do with liberalism then I just want to know what you are using it as.