(08-30-2018, 08:30 PM)rollerjag Wrote:

(08-30-2018, 04:08 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: 250 years ago ask the Colonists. Wait, what? 

150 years ago ask Freedmen in the South.

100 years ago ask Suffragettes.

50 years ago MLK.

Right now you can ask Donald Trump, Susette Kelo, and Justina Pelletier.

There's always a reason, you just have to be in the way.

Do you really think the examples in bold were not supported by a majority of U.S. citizens who had the ability to freely vote?

So the government can be used as weapon against disfavored groups? You don't say. I'm glad you recognize the need, from the very beginnings of this country, that we must keep the government in check to prevent it's perversion for nefarious purposes against minority groups including the tiniest majority of all, the individual.

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