Posted on 03/21/2022 4:28:13 AM PDT by MtnClimber
At the heart of the debate over COVID-19 restrictions is the distinction between rights and privileges. For most of human history some supreme authority, – a king, a sultan, a class of aristocrats – has presumed to grant to the common people certain privileges. By definition, as privileges, they can be granted, and they can be taken away.
The American concept of liberty is built on something fundamentally different. We do not enjoy privileges. We have rights. They are enshrined in the Constitution, but they are given to us by our Creator. We do not have the right to free speech, because some ‘body of humans’ granted it to us. We were born with it, and it cannot be taken away.
For two years now powerful interests in this country have attempted to change this. They have used all the power at their discretion to convert our rights into privileges that can be taken away whenever the powers that be decide some “emergency” requires it.
The real danger therein is obvious. Once you have enshrined the principle that an “emergency” justifies the revocation of God-given rights, it requires only the declaration of an “emergency” to do it again. And again.
Once this would have seemed the stuff of bad dystopian science fiction. No longer. Now it is as real as it gets.
This week the International Energy Agency (IEA) proposed that all Western economies should impose measures to reduce the use of oil. These measures are required to deal with the “emergency” caused by rising fuel prices. They include:
(Excerpt) Read more at andmagazine.substack.com ...
“We’ve always been at war with Eastasia, Winston.”
“We’ve always been at war with Climate Change, Winston.”
“We’ve always been at war with CoVid-19 Variants, Winston.”
“We’ve always been at war with Terrorism, Winston.”
“We’ve always been at war with Conservatism, Winston.”.......................
Have heard essentially the same from a few. An interesting/dangerous characteristic of leftists. And here all I want is for THEM to leave the rest of us alone!
How long before restorative justice and the Denver area’s sad record of mass shootings come together?
Considering the average annual temperatures in the Arctic and Antarctic, it is unlikely that we will ever see them melt.
Why will Thomas be replaced? Is he stepping down?
Bump
“Power-hungry politicians and bureaucrats have glimpsed the Promised Land. Declare an emergency and suddenly the Bill of Rights and the Constitution mean nothing. No need for a Congress. No need to consult the rabble.
Presidents and Governors are now Kings and Queens. New laws are winked into existence with the stroke of a pen. It is all far too good to give up. Democracy is far too messy and slow.
If you thought this was ending with the dropping of mask mandates, you were sadly mistaken. The assault on our liberties has just begun.”
“During the event on Saturday, attendees were also able to see how a gun is turned into a garden tool ...”
Oops.
From the article at post 6: “LOCAL NEWS Denver Broncos collect 189 firearms at first gun buyback event”.
The next emergency is called climate change aka “We must save the planet”.
My post had nothing to do with the 2020 election.
The seditionists existed long before Trump thought about getting into politics. The seditionists have lived inside the DNC for nearly a century. They have always wanted to remake our nation into a communist nation.
It is now mainstream to hate this nation and to hate our Constitution. That was not the case 20 years ago. 20 years ago, the tactic was that it was a "living, breathing" document.
The only purpose is to eliminate federal restrictions so a few can become our communist masters. They already control most everything public and private via the swamp.
The actions taken against Trump from 2016 were just a part of a much larger effort to eliminate capitalism and individual liberty.
Getting caught up in any single vein, like Trump, misses that bigger picture.
Those who beat their swords into plows will plow for those who do not...
““We must save the planet”
by turning formerly free people into slaves.
That is their agenda.
And just like COVID, the sheep who place no value on their freedoms and yours will be more than happy to confront you violently and/or remand you to authorities. I can’t wait for the first idiot that tries to take my car keys away from me.
The transition from covid fear to Ukraine obsession was overnight. It’s important to keep the folks’ minds occupied so they won’t notice what their government is doing to them.
Ukraine came in so we wouldn’t think too much about the last 2 years of covid, in which various governments activated their Fascist Option.
The public has been conditioned so it will more readily accept the next batch of denials of basic rights.
“...As for “free speech,”
Liberals demand unconditional ‘free speech’ so they can exercise ‘freedom of thought’, which they NEVER use
Maybe time for new friends. I was so angered by the “wear a mask to show you care about others” idiots that now I want nothing to do with any of them, and some I had been friends with for years. If you want to really piss me off, try and convince me that my personal liberty doesn’t mean anything.
Yep! covid will be back with a vengeance right on time for another round of election fraud!
Watch the first few minutes of the 1981 movie Early Warning....early warning, indeed....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VItItJY6Hp0
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