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> In the US, our rights are innate and inalienable. We possess them because we exist. Seems to me that about half your population no longer has an inalienable

> In the US, our rights are innate and inalienable. We possess them because we exist. Seems to me that about half your population no longer has an inalienable right to bodily autonomy. Not to mention that once your security apparatus gets involved, your rights are as ephemeral as gossamer. Cross the wrong cop and you’ll find that your rights are terminated. Permanently and with extreme prejudice. The Constitution isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on once you attract the attention of the government and it’s forces. Same as any citizen in every country on this planet.

refurb 4y ago
The Constitution isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on once you attract the attention of the government and it’s forces. Same as any citizen in every country on this planet. Clearly not true when you consider how many cases the government itself loses.
- moistly 4y ago
  We apparently have differing understandings about “inalienable.”
  - refurb 4y ago
    Clearly the government does. But that's the kicker. If the government does take inalienable rights away, you still have them, it's the gov't that needs correction, not the right.
yes_really 4y ago
> Seems to me that about half your population no longer has an inalienable right to bodily autonomy. You are more than a century late. The government has prohibited people from putting drugs in their bodies for a long time. Alcohol, illegal drugs, pharmaceutical drugs rejected by the FDA... There is no serious interpretation of "body autonomy" that gives the government the right to ban alcohol/drugs but doesn't give it the right to stop women from killing fetuses.