Conservatives vs Liberals round two
I finally understood something today. After watching the last of the Presidential debates, I realized how conservatives and liberals differ, yet are exactly the same. Let me explain:
Pro-choicers use the 4th amendment, a right to privacy, in defending Roe v. Wade. And rightly so, as the precedent to Roe v. Wade, Griswold v. Connecticut (which argued that the government shouldn't be involved in birth control or a persons sex life) used the 4th as well. So the 4th amendment basically says no government control of my "body" or private life. Pro-lifers use certain tactics or laws to lesson the affect of the 4th amendment: no 3rd trimester abortions, no underage abortions, no partial birth abortions and try to make it a state issue instead of national.
The same argument is said about the 2nd amendment but just by the opposite sides. Right to Bear arms is protected by the Bill of Rights. So the 2nd amendment basically says no government interference with my guns. Gun-control advocates use certain tactics or laws to lesson the affect of the 2nd amendment: no hand-guns, waiting periods, no automatic weapons, etc and try to make it a state issue instead of national.
Both sides use the exact same tactics between the 2nd and 4th amendment. Both sides are being hypocritical. I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
I also understand now that John McCain hates it when people get rich and then get "penalized for it" by "spreading the wealth around" - Trickle-down theory only works if greed isn't a factor, which it always is. I personally think being "regulated" keeps the greed in check when people get rich.
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Pro-choicers use the 4th amendment, a right to privacy, in defending Roe v. Wade. And rightly so, as the precedent to Roe v. Wade, Griswold v. Connecticut (which argued that the government shouldn't be involved in birth control or a persons sex life) used the 4th as well. So the 4th amendment basically says no government control of my "body" or private life. Pro-lifers use certain tactics or laws to lesson the affect of the 4th amendment: no 3rd trimester abortions, no underage abortions, no partial birth abortions and try to make it a state issue instead of national.
The same argument is said about the 2nd amendment but just by the opposite sides. Right to Bear arms is protected by the Bill of Rights. So the 2nd amendment basically says no government interference with my guns. Gun-control advocates use certain tactics or laws to lesson the affect of the 2nd amendment: no hand-guns, waiting periods, no automatic weapons, etc and try to make it a state issue instead of national.
Both sides use the exact same tactics between the 2nd and 4th amendment. Both sides are being hypocritical. I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
I also understand now that John McCain hates it when people get rich and then get "penalized for it" by "spreading the wealth around" - Trickle-down theory only works if greed isn't a factor, which it always is. I personally think being "regulated" keeps the greed in check when people get rich.
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