Why are the right wing people believe that everyone cannot have the same freedoms?
606914
If morals are a personal choice, why is it you are criticizing a "right winger's" moral decision to complain that you do not have morals?????? I mean, morals are a personal choice right?
356839
I dont know if some people just feel they have the right even tho they apparently love someone else... \n\ni personally do not understand it.
1164685
You are exactly right! No one has a right to tell anyone else how to live if they are not breaking the law. And people should stay out of other people's families. \n\nIt is so weird how so many people don't know their history enough to realize while the forefathers did use religion to some degree to form our government, at the same time, they were wise enough to realize they needed to be very specific about specifying separation between the two.\n\nThat is exactly why this country is great: because by separating religion and state has allowed us to progress and slowly change errors in the original formation of our government... like when it used to be the law that blacks were not even considered citizens because the forefathers declared them as not human beings but property.\n\nThat other person said something about other kids influencing her kids.. sorry but too bad.. that is life in a free country. If you don't like it then move to a dictatorship or put your child in religious school. BUT don't try to tell another family how to raise their kids because THEIR kids also get influenced by people's kids who teach the opposite of what they believe.\n\nAs long as all families are tax-paying citizens and obey the laws they have every right to live the way they want to and teach their children their beliefs. I have no clue why some people think it is OK for to IMPOSE their beliefs on other people just because they don't agree with them.
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There are always sacrafices needed and made so that we can enjoy our freedoms. You can't force anyone to live together in peace. No matter how hard you try, it doesn't work. That is the big ideal that socialist/communist societies try to portray. History has shown them to be failures.
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because liberals pretend to be open minded and expect everyone else to be open minded, but your view is opposed to thier view, they lost thier open mindedness and replace it with hatred because they are smarter than everyone else so everyone else should follow thier view.
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right on, q! \n\nthat's the one similar thing i've seen with the flaming republicans on the site. freedom, toleration, and the right to live a good life is for everyone, and not just for the people who are in the same mind frame as they are.\n\nif they put a little compassion or toleration into their ideas, it would make them look LESS ridiculous!
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what they don't understand is that it's their truth not yours and not mine.\n\nsome people can only see their own version of things.  it doesn't matter that there were other truths long before theirs.\nmost will not accept that you or i or anyone else has a right to believe what we want.
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Democrats are against having your personal freedoms taken away from you, because you do not know how to properly use them. They are against having a caste system in this country. They believe that all people have the right to be heard and respected. They believe that in America, that those who are able should have they right to do. They believe that Government is by the people, for they people, not just the ones who can afford it, but all people should have an equal voice. The believe in the three major branches of Government, not that the President has the power to do whatever he deems is necessary at the time to promote his own agenda. Power to the People, not Power to the Government
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The concept that people have this *right* is an ethical question and I support the position that all have this right.\n\nWhether people actually have it is a legal question based on the laws of their country. China, for example, has government policies in place that restrict the information the inhabitants can freely receive.\n\nIn India, there are domestic rights organizations that are vigilant in protecting and preserving the citizens perceived rights including that of information. (1)\n\nEvery country has a segment that would restrict information and any of the other qualities that are considered *rights*. Regardless of political party there are essentially two kinds of people; those who wish controls and those who do not want controls.
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It is a symbiotic relationship.  Sometimes societies beliefs are shaped by public policy such as the entire indoctrination of saying the pledge of alligiance in the classroom every morning.  That policy scoops up a great deal of children who later become unquestioning citizens, it is mind control from early on.  \nSometimes (more often I think) societies beliefs shape public policy, many of the gains for people in the 60's such as freedom of speech, freedom of inquiry, maybe even ending the Vietnam war was not the government policy makers choice, and it wasn't a politician who made the changes (JFK and all that) they signed on the dotted lines, passed laws (think of the civil rights movement) because people put on such pressure that they had to for political reasons. \n\nIf more people understood the latter position, we would have a much more just society today.  Politicians reply to the greatest pressure.  If it is not people pressure, then they just go for the money and that is what drives society at the current time.  \n\nThe only break in this pattern was the May 1 marches for immigrant rights.  That was more about people than profit.
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They are both foolish, close-minded views of the world, and even if you still feel that way, people need to learn to accept people for who they are.\n\nBecause laws banning something just because that is how they are IS wrong (not to mention unconstitutional.)  For example, those who were racist puts laws in place not giving blacks the same rights as everyone else.  Now they rightfully have all the rights back.\n\nSame with homosexuals.  Some want laws against any sort of civil union for them.  Eventually, hopefully, this phase will pass.  While I'm not gay, who am I to say that I can be in a binding relationship, recognized by the government, but homosexuals can't?  That's not fair, is it?\n\nEventually, this will all pass.  I just hope we, as a country, don't make the same mistakes again.
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Trying to respect everyones' rights is a fool's errand. There are lots of people who will never think for themeselves unless you rattle their cage a little from time to time. Plus it's just plain fun to offend people, so long as you do it with a little respect.
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Heh, love how you end you "why can't people get it" question by stating you just don't get it.\n\nJust because you believe something should be a certain way doesn't mean others will feel the same way.  If they believe opposite enough it doesn't matter how articulate you are because they just won't care.  Not everyone will agree and not everyone will respond intelligently, this is just a simple fact of life.
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It is true that many young people are liberal.  They want the freedom to do everything and anything that they want to do.  Many of these young people do turn conservative as they age and have children of their own.  They also have the experience to help them understand the need of many conservative ideals.  Not all of the youth turn conservative though.  Many of them still adhere to the liberal ideas they had in their youth and never change their allegiance.  There is no way to tell what someone will believe, politically speaking, despite their beliefs of their youth.
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Because they are afraid... they know that they have two years to try to convince America that being conservative is wrong, and are afraid its not going to happen... because most people know the truth.\n\nThe truth is of course that what Answerman said is wrong, either through ignorance or he wants to change the facts.  He linked conservatives with NAZI Germany.  Heads up kids, Hitler was a socialist... that's right, a liberal.  It the the liberal, democratic president FDR who had dealings with NAZI Germany.\n\nThe term Neo-Con is in flux, it doesn't have much of a meaning yet.  It is used interchangeable to describe the far right and the right leaning moderates.  If you want to frustrate a liberal when they use it ask what it means.  They get that deer in the headlights look every time.\n\nNote to BrianW_28:  I must have been typing when your answer popped up, I didn't see it.  Congratulations on being one of the few libs around here who can not only spell but use coherent sentences AND string them together to convey coherent thoughts.
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there's too much of this liberal/conservative, right-wing/left-wing, democrat/republican BS that it has caused people to stop thinking about the main point, which is \nPEOPLE'S RIGHTS.\nas soon as that starts then everyone can be happy again. let's start by all becoming libertarians, shall we?\n\ncheers!
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because everyone should have this freedom to express their view