What long-accepted-as-a-basic right do we need to rethink?
Posted Dec 20, 2017, 6:18 PM UTC
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I feel like you are fishing for “guns” as an answer. I am not saying it as an answer, just pointing out like it feels like you want it to be.
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I was actually thinking about every person’s right to procreate even if they’ve proven they’re absolute pieces of shit.
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Why do you think any rights should be repealed? If you start taking away legal rights, then how long before natural rights are called into question and attacked?
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"Everyone has a right to their opinion."
Bullshit. If you think the moon is made of green cheese, it's going to affect your behavior, and that affects other people.
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This heavily ties with freedom of speech, if I say “the moon is made of green cheese” it should in turn mean nothing to you if you know it’s not.
I may be saying it because I want to, because I think it’s funny, I’m being satirical, I honestly believe it, or I’m just being a devils advocate.
People are enslaved by words and opinions because we care what others think, it’s a truth we all face because we’re all humans.
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Yes, and it takes years to grow enough to look around that human-ness and see things as they really are. During that time, people are vulnerable to being enslaved by ridiculous ideas. People who want to convince less mature people of something stupid shouldn't be able to just say whatever they want to, because, again, it has an effect.
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I can see where you’re coming from, outright. As someone who works with elementary students, I have the capability to morph their minds into something grotesque or something beautiful. That’s where our educational system comes in, and in turn, our higher education system. A lot of kids have themselves figured out and are very curious. If you tell a kid that the moon is made of cheese, he’ll ask you how you know and what does it taste like. When you reply “idk how it taste” then you invalidate the “how do you know” if it’s cheese, wouldn’t it be safe to eat?
Kids are little scientists, to answer that.
Young and full adults have the common knowledge and sense to dismiss a fact such as the example we’ve been using. We know the moon isn’t made of cheese because we’ve studied it, we’ve been exposed to asteroids and space rocks. Comparing them to cheese we see that cheese becomes smelly after being left out, it becomes soft and mushy. Opposite to that of a chunk of space rock we’ve seen on a documentary.
To wrap up point, it’s essential to have opinions because it generates studies, questions, tests and experiments. Being afraid of “that vulnerable time” will only stunt the independent, growth mindset. So don’t necessarily be afraid, be open to the world and be knowledgeable enough to take corrective action.
Edit: sorry about the essay.
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The problem isn't with people like you - it's with people with half your IQ and introspection. Those people still vote.
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go home, Russia. civil liberties are on the rise. taking away rights is Not what the world needs this year
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None of them. If anything, we need to be expanding basic human rights, not revisiting the ones already in place.