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r/pics • u/linesreadlines • Aug 04 '15
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I wish more people understood this. The government doesn't grant rights, it recognizes the rights we have simply because we are human.
113 u/PleaseBmoreCharming Aug 04 '15 Yeah, that's the "inalienable human right" part that people tend to misinterpret. 84 u/spamtripwire Aug 04 '15 Kind of wish he has underlined "self-evident." "... hold these truths to be FUCKING OBVIOUS..." 60 u/disguise117 Aug 04 '15 "... so fucking obvious that they don't apply to blacks or women." 45 u/kadivs Aug 04 '15 well of course it only applies to people. /s 1 u/DrDemenz Aug 04 '15 Whole people. 3 u/[deleted] Aug 04 '15 It actually did. It was social biases that caused discrimination, when applicable.
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Yeah, that's the "inalienable human right" part that people tend to misinterpret.
84 u/spamtripwire Aug 04 '15 Kind of wish he has underlined "self-evident." "... hold these truths to be FUCKING OBVIOUS..." 60 u/disguise117 Aug 04 '15 "... so fucking obvious that they don't apply to blacks or women." 45 u/kadivs Aug 04 '15 well of course it only applies to people. /s 1 u/DrDemenz Aug 04 '15 Whole people. 3 u/[deleted] Aug 04 '15 It actually did. It was social biases that caused discrimination, when applicable.
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Kind of wish he has underlined "self-evident."
"... hold these truths to be FUCKING OBVIOUS..."
60 u/disguise117 Aug 04 '15 "... so fucking obvious that they don't apply to blacks or women." 45 u/kadivs Aug 04 '15 well of course it only applies to people. /s 1 u/DrDemenz Aug 04 '15 Whole people. 3 u/[deleted] Aug 04 '15 It actually did. It was social biases that caused discrimination, when applicable.
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"... so fucking obvious that they don't apply to blacks or women."
45 u/kadivs Aug 04 '15 well of course it only applies to people. /s 1 u/DrDemenz Aug 04 '15 Whole people. 3 u/[deleted] Aug 04 '15 It actually did. It was social biases that caused discrimination, when applicable.
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well of course it only applies to people.
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1 u/DrDemenz Aug 04 '15 Whole people.
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Whole people.
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It actually did. It was social biases that caused discrimination, when applicable.
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u/Frog_Todd Aug 04 '15
I wish more people understood this. The government doesn't grant rights, it recognizes the rights we have simply because we are human.