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In reply to the discussion: The Limits of Free Speech [View all]Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)I appreciate your comments. It seems we were talking past each other while saying the same thing...more or less.
I'm probably too young to be this jaded but as I mentioned before the victory of the CRA was replaced by the travesty of the Drug War. I have "retreated" to the refuge anarchism which, to my mind, is the ultimate emancipation and civil rights act.
We are living in a world where we hope passers-by would intercede if six men were pummeling another man to death, particularly if racism appeared to be a determining factor in that assault. Yet, if those six men wore badges and guns we are terrified into acquiescence. We keep our heads down and walk past hoping to not get caught-up in the melee.
This is the system I cannot support. It's manifest evil, including displaying my own cowardice. This is the system I cannot further empower with yet more laws, particularly laws with subjective standards because it will lead to more -- not less -- abuse. The 14A and the CRA are milestones in human history. They are the codification of a universal truth: Human equality.
But the fact it had to be codified shows humanity is fallen. Why must we make law that which is so obviously true (ditto laws on rape, murder, theft etc.)? The further fact that abuse occurs in spite of this codification shows just how deep the rot has penetrated.
Maybe I'm being overly dramatic but I'm scared. I'm scared for my family, friends and neighbors -- including the ones I have not yet met -- as well as myself. I don't trust the system because the system only protects itself.
Thank-you for giving me a fair hearing. May we always be neighbors.