I think most drmocRATs worship the state so Tim seems correct to them.
And we’re expected to co-exist with these ignorant, communist basstids?
I don’t think Kaine is very bright or he would see that his position is self-contradictory.
Claiming that inherent and inalienable rights come from government undermines their very nature, as governments, being transient and fallible, can alter or revoke them, or if such government ceases to exist, your inherent and inalienable rights disappear with it.
True inalienable rights, as understood by the Founders, exist independently of any institution, rooted in natural law or a Creator. If rights depend on government, they’re neither inherent nor inalienable—they’re just temporary permissions, subject to the state’s whim.
BTTT
This is an excellent time to discuss the source of our rights. The law may say I have to retreat in my house, but my natural right is I do not have to allow anyone to take my life or harm me for any reason.
Recommended reading on the Greek/Hebrew syncretism: William Barrett’s “Irrational Man,” the chapter on Hebraism and Hellenism.
And of course, Sophocles’ “Antigone,” one of the most perfect dramas ever.
You’ll thank me! :)
He forgot Locke.
“interpreted and clarified by St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, who integrated Platonic and Aristotelian concepts, respectively, into Christian theology.” Not so much. Papacy was rejected by founding generations for 150 + years. Soukup doesn’t even recall Kaine was Hillary’s VP pick , which would have added to the clout of his indictment.
I think the essay missed the point.
Up until the Declaration, the Euroweenies had held that the theory of the Divine Right of Kings gave them the God given right govern.
In Our Declaration “We the people” claimed the divine right to govern with this proclamation “are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable rights,”.
In the 250 years since the aristocracy of the Euroweenies was overthrown, it has been replaced with a toxic mix of elites which claim the right to govern not on theism but a secular humanism.
These elites are the usual suspects: oligarchs, media elites, academic elites, bureaucratic elites et al.
In summary nothing more than Godless and Hell bound tools of Satan.
Ping
So many people now think that these are the only words in the Declaration of Independence.
The above sentence refers to "rights", and specifically to one "right."
It is the right to independence; The Right to disassociate your people from a government which your people see as no longer serving their interests.
The right to secede.
POS Timmy Kaine, once in line for Number Two on the other team.
Timmy is Number Two, all right. He just never flushed.
No, not true. Kaine is a Democrat carpetbagger senator who is from Minnesota. Because of
Virginia's proximity to DC, the Democrat Party often works to get carpetbaggers installed in
Virginia.
For the people of Virginia, Reconstruction never ended. They stripped Virginia of Lee-Jackson
day, and made it Negro Day #1. And they have packed the state with carpetbaggers. They
destroyed Monument Avenue. Reconstruction never ended in Virginia.
Government rights: Every lay-about claims their welfare, SNAP, rent subsidy or other government payment is “their right” and we can’t mess with “their checks.”