07-02-2020, 02:54 PM
(07-02-2020, 12:52 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Aren't we in an era where "it's unfortunate, but it's been happening for a long time" is not an acceptable reason? I thought the whole purpose of these protests going on was to end shitty things happening to you being "something you have to expect".
Constitutionally you are correct, but morally? Just because you're legally allowed to do something doesn't mean you *should* do something...
https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/civil-rights/hate-crimes
...but the majority of our nation has agreed that though it's Constitutionally legal, it's not good and it is shunned and actively discouraged, people get fired for it.
Just saying that my belief is that we should leave people's private houses alone. Not because we Constitutionally have to, but because we should.
Would I protest at someone's private residence? No. I would advise against it, even. But it's a legal and constitutionally protected act. As for that part in bold, though, trying to compare those situations is pretty rough. The protests are about black people not receiving due process under the law. Their right to life being stripped of them without the same constitutionally guaranteed protections as white people. They are protesting the loss of their constitutional rights, not just being made uncomfortable by people yelling outside their home. What they are doing may be a shitty thing, but what they are protesting about goes far beyond that.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
