One reason some people try so hard to belittle the concept of rights is to plant some doubt. It makes it less likely you'll fight back when some government criminal violates your rights. They want to protect the political criminals-- including the police-- when they violate your rights. They don't want you to realize you have every right to fight back. And win.
So they lie to you. They gaslight you and they brainwash you. Whatever it takes to make you morally weak on the concept of rights. They want to steal your confidence and determination. They want you to have a little doubt in the back of your mind that you really have a right to do what you have a right to do.
Is it working? I think it works on all of us at least a little, or there would be a lot more dead IRS agents, cops, and TSA gropers. I realize this isn't nice to say, but it's true.
The people conducting this propaganda campaign value thieves, kidnappers, rapists, and murderers-- they value government-- more than they value you or the natural rights you have by virtue of being alive. They want to protect your abusers from you.
Anyone who tries to tell you that rights aren't real, or tries to convince you they are only privileges, is not on your side. They are on the side of the criminals.
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All statists tend to play that game. I've seen "conservatives" and even "libertarians" claim that the Constitution grants us our Rights, which is patently absurd from even a casual reading the "Bill of Rights". (Do they bother to teach reading comprehension anymore?)
ReplyDeleteIf they do still teach reading comprehension, they don't do it well.
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