#1 Asserting your rights makes you a liberal???
Posted: Sun, 23 Jul 17, 05:21 am
I suppose I should amend the title seeing as asserting your second amendment right is definitively seen as a conservative position, but I'll keep the heading as is. To add to the misery, I guess I am a closet liberal since I believe that one should stand up for your rights anytime they are being squashed. I suppose I should be clear here, When I speak of rights, I am speaking specifically of those rights protected by the first ten amendments to the constitution, commonly known as the bill of rights. To go down the path of all the god given rights we have and what some people claim as a right (a right to health care? ) could end up being a thirty thousand page thesis the likes of which a college professor would run from.
A little side note here. The Bill of Rights was meant to limit government, not you and I. It was put in place to keep government in check, not we the people. Some how over the years it has come to mean these are the rights we have been granted by the government. Totally not true. The second amendment does not proclaim that the people have the right to bear arms, it states that are right to do so shall not be lessened by the government. It is imposing restrictions on the government and shouldn't impede you and I.
So, back to the story. I did something I have been trying not to do now for a while and went on Facebook. The place hasn't gotten any better in the weeks I have been gone. Fake news has sprung up all over the place (did you know Trey Gowdy was dead?) and click bait is just as prevalent as ever.
One click bait I did click on and shouldn't was a video about a young black woman pulled over by a Florida police officer. I m going to preface the rest of this by stating that I am not a lawyer and know even less about Florida legalities. I'm not going to get into the specifics of the stop even. Suffice it to say that the young black woman made a stupid statement regarding Obama (proving that she was a libtard) and ended up being arrested and hauled away for a tail light out.
All of the comments were basically that she got what she deserved and she should have complied with the officers demands and you know the rest. I added a comment that she was within her rights (at least at the beginning) and that the officer came on heavy handed. You would have thought I hand told people that Karl Marx was a genius and that we should turn the US of A into some form of Socialist Communistic State.
Commenters were stating that you have to comply with an officers order and that she should have done so. I stated that you only have to comply with a legal order, and all of a sudden I'm an idiot (and being threatened??) I mentioned that if an officer told you to strip down and dance naked on the side of the road would you do it? One responder said he would and then argue it out in court. I have a feeling I would more likely read an article about a nut case found naked and dead on the side of the road than read about an officer being sued over it.
What would you do if the officer told you to confess and ordered you to sign a confession, would you? What would you do if the officer ordered you to pick up a handgun and shot someone? There are other things, more innocuous that you could be asked to do which you may be tempted to comply with that could get you deeper in trouble. Just answering the question where have you been. Some officers have little respect for the law or your rights themselves. Myself personally, I was being detained by an officer. He asked a question and I refused to answer. I hadn't done anything wrong. I told him I was remaining silent. He responded that if Ii wanted to act like a criminal he would treat me that way and went on to frisk me and start to put me cuffs. A co-worker who was with me explained the situation and I was released, but we can see that by evoking my rights, somehow I had become a criminal.
I'm not upset by the officer, they lie and do what they can get away with because they think they can. I am upset with the other posters in the comment section who just see that young lady as some sort liberal and that therefore justifies whatever happens to her. That's insane.
Let me end this with I respect police officers, they have a hard job to do. Some do it better than others and some just know how to use the heavy hand. I will obey lawful commands of an officer, but treat me as a citizen that has done no wrong till proven otherwise in a court of law.
A little side note here. The Bill of Rights was meant to limit government, not you and I. It was put in place to keep government in check, not we the people. Some how over the years it has come to mean these are the rights we have been granted by the government. Totally not true. The second amendment does not proclaim that the people have the right to bear arms, it states that are right to do so shall not be lessened by the government. It is imposing restrictions on the government and shouldn't impede you and I.
So, back to the story. I did something I have been trying not to do now for a while and went on Facebook. The place hasn't gotten any better in the weeks I have been gone. Fake news has sprung up all over the place (did you know Trey Gowdy was dead?) and click bait is just as prevalent as ever.
One click bait I did click on and shouldn't was a video about a young black woman pulled over by a Florida police officer. I m going to preface the rest of this by stating that I am not a lawyer and know even less about Florida legalities. I'm not going to get into the specifics of the stop even. Suffice it to say that the young black woman made a stupid statement regarding Obama (proving that she was a libtard) and ended up being arrested and hauled away for a tail light out.
All of the comments were basically that she got what she deserved and she should have complied with the officers demands and you know the rest. I added a comment that she was within her rights (at least at the beginning) and that the officer came on heavy handed. You would have thought I hand told people that Karl Marx was a genius and that we should turn the US of A into some form of Socialist Communistic State.
Commenters were stating that you have to comply with an officers order and that she should have done so. I stated that you only have to comply with a legal order, and all of a sudden I'm an idiot (and being threatened??) I mentioned that if an officer told you to strip down and dance naked on the side of the road would you do it? One responder said he would and then argue it out in court. I have a feeling I would more likely read an article about a nut case found naked and dead on the side of the road than read about an officer being sued over it.
What would you do if the officer told you to confess and ordered you to sign a confession, would you? What would you do if the officer ordered you to pick up a handgun and shot someone? There are other things, more innocuous that you could be asked to do which you may be tempted to comply with that could get you deeper in trouble. Just answering the question where have you been. Some officers have little respect for the law or your rights themselves. Myself personally, I was being detained by an officer. He asked a question and I refused to answer. I hadn't done anything wrong. I told him I was remaining silent. He responded that if Ii wanted to act like a criminal he would treat me that way and went on to frisk me and start to put me cuffs. A co-worker who was with me explained the situation and I was released, but we can see that by evoking my rights, somehow I had become a criminal.
I'm not upset by the officer, they lie and do what they can get away with because they think they can. I am upset with the other posters in the comment section who just see that young lady as some sort liberal and that therefore justifies whatever happens to her. That's insane.
Let me end this with I respect police officers, they have a hard job to do. Some do it better than others and some just know how to use the heavy hand. I will obey lawful commands of an officer, but treat me as a citizen that has done no wrong till proven otherwise in a court of law.