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=== SIMILARITY RANKED ===
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Stand up for yourself.
Refuse to consent to being governed by them.
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We should demand a government that works, not aid and abet dismantling it.
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"mankind would not consent to be governed if it had any other choice"
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Freedom to do anything, and the liberty to choose as you please.
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A democracy only works if the losing side consents to being governed by the
victor.
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I was never going to consent to a Trump presidency. I knew this back in June
when the Supreme Court nominated him as our king.
We still have time to save our liberty.
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I want the political right to exist, because otherwise there'd be nothing to
talk about a couple beers in and with no real stakes except a good time with
your friend who you disagree with
I want the political right to exist, because, y'know, life liberty and justice
for all and all that
both of those are "left of center" takes and I've definitely held both at
different parts of my life
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if you cannot trust that both candidates will try to make the country better
*in different ways*, but with the same *goal*, then you do not have a choice
when voting.
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"A liberal is just a leftist who hasn't yet learned what time it is"
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@user-1074
I do not consent to fascism.
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look all I'm saying is the results this election decides whether you should
trust the government or the corporations more. and they both want things that
you don't, in addition to things you do.
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It's important to have an opposition, so bad ideas don't carry as much weight.
human rights however, are not up for discussion.
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Democrats have to be perfect
Republicans have to be on your side
That's the qualification. The single one.
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One piece of conventional wisdom is that you cannot trust liberals to act
under any amount of plight. They completely lack foresight.
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every condemnation is a confession, and "the election is cooked" just sayin'
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@user-1268
so true
and privilege that does depend on the oppression of others should not exist
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@user-1209
as long as I don't do anything they haven't, then there's a reasonable claim
to be made that arresting me would be enforcing the law partially (as opposed
to impartially)
yet more examples of the ways our false democracy has betrayed our trust.
we'll see though. I have faith in those who hold power over me. I trust that
they understand the implications of this most recent supreme court session.
they broke the law first. I'm trying to restore it and rebuild it in such a
way that it is immune to the injustices and misdeeds that spelled it's current
doom.
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the honest question to ask yourself is this:
do you think you could do a better job than him and his team?
how about the establishment politicians?
if yes, then go for it. you deserve a chance.
if no, then you are ignoring politics to bask in moral virtue. [wait that's
backwards... isn't it?]
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@user-883
Or we get serious about nationalizing it
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Everyone has the right to only be hurt when they do something wrong
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@user-1432
If the USA is going to be the "leader of the free world" or whatever, then the
"free world" deserves to vote for it's leaders.
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║ The constitution is a document which bears our most precious of human rights. │
║ It has been amended many times, to include additional protections and │
║ guidelines for the standards we owe to each other. │
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║ The one standard that stands above all is that your rights end where another's │
║ begin. This law is universal, it Trumps all else. │
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║ When rights are deprived, liberty dies. Liberty, the freedom to be, to do as │
║ you will and exist in our society. Liberty, that most sacred of trees, the │
║ branches that shade us and the roots that [support us, but pronounced like │
║ chain, shame, profane, contain, something like that] │
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║ One standard that exists alongside many others is the right to be as you are │
║ in public society. Public is defined as something we share, and to deny the │
║ right to be for any other is to deny them liberty. │
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║ In cities, the streets are public. In rural areas, the commercial spaces │
║ (outdoor malls) aren't, but probably should be. In the distant past of last │
║ week, they could harass you until you left. Now, jail. │
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I feel like "settling out of court" should be illegal.
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no rights, no obligation.
I keep many rights.
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conservatives expect things to never get better.
progressives never know where they are.
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the democrats are the ones who forced us to get jobs, so... /shrug
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Ideology is not important right now.
As long as we believe that people should live as they define, that their
rights end where another's begin, that all people are created equal, that an
application of power to a non-consenting subject is evil, and that we will win
then nothing else matters. We will figure out the specifics later. They are
just logistics. We are united in our shared dream of health and prosperity for
all mankind. What else could there be?
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You cannot have hope without justice, because hope without justice is betrayal
waiting to happen.
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I feel like if you're running for president you should be forced to abandon
your right to free speech in so far as being unable to speak hatefully. If
nothing else it would better represent our nation as a realm of dignity,
honor, and civility. After the election you of course can say whatever you'd
like.
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║ │ REGIME CHANGE. │ │
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republicans will just... lie to you and you expect them to tell the truth.
"when asked a question, they didn't answer. Also, they said fuck you."
they don't have to tell *you* the truth.
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