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Originally Posted by West Ender
No I don't think so either, I'm not so stupid or naive. I simply make the point that more consideration is given to the so-called rights of those who have denied "rights" to others than is given to the rights of more deserving members of society. Should I be castigated for pointing this out?
I am not a subscriber to KKK (or Nazi) thinking in relation to any "sub-human" section of society. Nor am I, in any way, a potential member of a howling lynch mob and I resent the implication that I might be.
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Fair enough ... but my argument was a general one, not aimed at individuals, but at a mindset which has wide currency. You must have noticed how little it takes for some people to advocate the return of the death penalty and corporal punishment. And with the last part, I meant to point out that it is illogical to link two different issues in order to legitimize rhetoric. And I don't think rights are "so called"; they are real and they protect all of you. In a sense, they are above or apart from the law. All white juries continually aquitted those who lynched blacks in the American south. They were, however, convicted of violating the civil rights of those they had murdered. I believe that civil rights are an all or nothing thing ... tinker with them and the integrity of the whole democratic system is threatened. If that happens, the scumbags win.