> I think it's interesting that people on both sides of the states-rights spectrum see themselves as defenders of liberties. Even if there is conflict in the de

> I think it's interesting that people on both sides of the states-rights spectrum see themselves as defenders of liberties. Even if there is conflict in the details, that is legit common ground! Sure, but liberty to do what? Liberty to not do what? It is difficult to reconcile one person's liberty to marry the person they love without experiencing discrimination with another's liberty to discriminate against anyone who loves the 'wrong' people. Or the right to own other people vs. the right to be free from ownership. Does the freedom to innovate protect the generation, modification, dissemination, and implementation of ideas, or protect an inventor from having to compete with copycats? Is the right to repair the equipment you own more or less important than the right of manufacturers to devise means of preventing unauthorized modifications?