Official Protest Thread

[sundin13]

Dulfite said:

sundin13 said:

A federal government which allows states to decide on issues of human rights is a federal government which has failed to protect its people from oppression and discrimination. If the "conservative south" wants to discriminate against people based on the color of their skin, their sexual preference or their gender identity, kindly fuck what the "conservative south" wants. This isn't a solution, it is cowardice.

Well certainly if it was that widespread, but I'm in one of those conservative Midwestern states, I see black people all around, and I talk to them kindly and they talk to me kindly and they participate in things just like I do. They don't have separate restaraunts, places of work, bathrooms. We exist and function in the same society. Obviously there are racists still out there, but it isn't like it was in the 1900's or earlier. It has improved significantly from slavery and it will continue to do so over time.

Is it any different than how conservative states view liberal ones when it comes to human rights. I could say people that are okay with pre birth murder of a human being should be regulated by the federal government because that is a human rights issue. That is just as much of a human rights atrocity to me as slavery is. We have condoned mass murder for decades now as lawful because to let the baby live would inconvenience someone who didn't mean to get pregnant or changed her mind. Life is more important than convenience.

Yeah, but we have a federal government which prevents discrimination.

So what exactly do you think that the fact that you see and talk to black people proves?

As for your point about abortion, how does that say anything about state rights? What is your point?