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In reply to the discussion: And Then There Were Three: Third Grand Jury Refuser Goes to Prison [View all]graham4anything
(11,464 posts)Lincoln abolished slavery but it took LBJ to sign civil rights/voting right acts
and it took 50 years for a black to become President after that.
But again, if you get immunity, there is NO fifth amendment right.
The fifth amendment assures your words can't be used against you and cause your arrest.
So once you get immunity- is it so hard to understand that you will not be arrested for anything you say and it cannot be used against you.
so the 5th does not apply
and this has been used forever anyhow.
And I can think of numerous examples in the past on all sides for doing this.
But yes, it takes decades.
And after she/they are released they and the cause becomes even bigger, as movies/books are written, etc. Giving more press to the cause if done correctly.
You don't expect change to be instantanously do you?
(that's a line a lifeguard at the health club I go to everyday says when we chat about fitness.)
It is like a diet- it takes years to put on the weight, yet people want to lose it all in one week.
the same thing applies to changing laws. or to quote the movie "If you build it, they will come" which really is also what our President has basically told the people who support him.
It just doesn't happen instantly.
(the other side uses bad things and achieves goals by instantly, say, getting rid of abortion in Kansas by the terroristic actions in a church, but change that way is always for the worse, not better.
Good change takes much time.