All those rights Americans cherish, those fundamental human and
political freedoms protected by the U.S. Constitution, Republicans
contend those aren’t really inalienable rights or anything solid or
permanent like that.
See, according to the GOP, some Americans are sub-citizens who don’t
deserve rights equal to those enjoyed by, well, the right-wing.
Republicans think they’re right, and anyone who disagrees doesn’t
deserve rights.
Republicans managed to highlight that perverse plank in their political
platform over the past several weeks as they proposed—and sometimes
actually passed—legislation limiting the fundamental rights of specific
groups of American citizens. That includes gay Americans,
African-Americans, and Americans who are members of labor unions.
Right-wingers sought to seize from these Americans their rights to vote,
protest and live free from discrimination.
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