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> In conclusion, the Constitution does not protect individual rights. It protects primarily minority rights and provides for a system of governance that we hope
by jrs235 11y ago
> In conclusion, the Constitution does not protect individual rights. It protects primarily minority rights and provides for a system of governance that we hope will protect all individual rights.
The Constitution protects rights of individuals. It may not protect every agreed upon right. But the rights it protects belong to individuals (originally as drafted, those individuals were wealthy white land owners, not minorities like women or anyone else)!
- nmrm2 11y agoThe substance of my post above was that on balance, "minority rights" is a better characterization of the enumerated rights in the bill of rights than "individual rights". Yes, saying "individual rights" isn't technically incorrect. But it's less accurate a protrayal than saying "minority rights". Anyways, you're clearly ignoring the obvious intent of my posts in favor of stupid nit-picking. So I'm done.
- jrs235 11y agoThe reason I press[ed] the issue of individual rights vs minority rights is because this quick summary gets read by others, assumed to be what matters, who then later don't believe that the rights belong to individuals, which gets repeated, which leads to the erosion of our individual rights.