@glitterbag,
Exactly how limited? What sort of opinion of me do you have?
I am talking about the failures of the left, and their pie-in-the-sky programs and how they care far more about things sounding good than working. A charity for the poor? Sure, sounds fine. But if it costs more in taxes than it gives to the poor, guess what? It makes the poor poorer. This is what I'm talking about, and it's something leftist politicians sidestep while pointing fingers at the right and claiming they are some sort of barbaric group that wants to undo people's rights.
So let's be real here.
How limited should the rights of Americans be?
Not at all limited.
Women can and should vote and hold jobs if they want. You know what else? If they want to have children and they are a minority, they should not be told they are being selfish and
persuaded to have an abortion. It isn't a choice if you're coerced into having it, and then told its your choice (that's bullshit, btw). You know what else? If a rapist tries to grab a woman, she should be within her rights to blow his brains out in self-defense and not have some gun control nut
tell her that she doesn't have the right to defend herself. Is it alright for her to get a loan? Sure, even though she will be in economic slavery for years of her life. Loans are generally a bad deal. You see, it used to be that most everyone could afford a car. But education, housing, and cars have overshot inflation. What do these things have in common? Student loans, financing plans, and mortgages. They all have a means to defer cost. The rules of supply and demand say that price goes down when people are unwilling to pay, so if you bypass price, price keeps going up. This is why medicine also has overshot normal prices. Yes, you know, anyone who needs to buy something can apply for a loan. This is normal. In Europe since 800AD, women have been able to own their own property. Women have had inheritance rights, on and off since 3100 BC. In 1100 AD, for instance, men and women were seen as one entity, and didn't own property themselves. Even during this time, widows and spinsters did own property. And since 1848, the following was true:
Quote: A woman wasn’t automatically liable for her husband’s debts; she could enter contracts on her own; she could collect rents or receive an inheritance in her own right; she could file a lawsuit on her own behalf. She became for economic purposes, an individual, as if she were still single.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/us-money-blog/2014/aug/11/women-rights-money-timeline-history
(Rolls eyes)
You have been propagandized.
Meanwhile, what about 14 years olds who
want to work? Will child labor laws claim they are being coerced? What about families that are so poor, they need help? Oh no, the poor child might have to get off their asses and stop playing video games long enough. But no, it's more important to prevent exploitation than to give families the right to defend their economic interests. What happens in child labor laws is that the family unable to make ends meet gets a visit from child services.
They get taken away. Compare this to the right not to be separated. Child labor laws should protect children from dangerous or exploitative jobs (prostitution, for example), but they should not force a family into poverty just so you can feel morally superior. For that matter, any person at any age that wants to do any job ought to be able to. You call this a liberty, but it's actually a restriction.
As for things like phasing out cable, cellphones, and the like, you can blame your Green New Deal for working their hardest to make alot of things unaffordable. And you can thank the Affordable Care Act for making my healthcare unaffordable.
You haven't properly read the First Amendment. It guarantees
freedom of religion. You're confusing me personally disliking your religious views for the idea that somehow America should have an official religion (or lack thereof). Enshrined in our Constitution is the idea that no, we do
not have an official religion. This is not the same as saying the official religion is atheism. In such countries, religion is forbidden. No, this is the same as saying that you or I can be anything from atheist, Muslim, Aum Shinrikyo, Buddhist, Hindu, whatever, as long as we do not attempt harm to other people.
None of these things are in any danger. You've been misled. How many rights should Americans have?
All of them.
Including things you would consider criminal now, so long as other people are not directly harmed. I should have the right to be a prostitute if I think it's the easiest way to make money. But I should be free of rape, abuse, payment in drugs, or control by a pimp. If I want to rob a bank, the crime should be if I hurt one of the guards or tellers (of course in that case, the guards do have a right to fire at me). In the event of a robbery, every person who has money in the bank should be insured. Otherwise, what good is a bank?
