Conservative65
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So less experienced blacks should have been hired?Unfortunately, you're projecting your conservative biases onto me. I am not saying that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are guarantees. I am saying a function of the government, as clearly established by our founding fathers, was to ensure everyone has access to those inalienable rights. That doesn't mean they will achieve it nor does it say it's the government's job to ensure they achieve it. But the government is tasked to ensure they at least have access.Well you don't speak for them. Don't even pretend that you do. Again, you're trying to make this about where they're better off. I'm not speaking to where they're better off. Let's assume they are better off here ... the question is -- was it worth their ancestors to endure hundreds of years of slavery?Wow, finally some clarity. Turns out, as a conservative, you don't understand this nation was built on that "Liberal turd" premise.Only liberal turds think government exists to implement their schemes to perfect society. There is no reason government has to force a business to serve people they don't want to serve. None. The fact that you object is not a reason. It's pure petulance.
If nothing else, you concede the forming of this nation was based on Liberal philosophies. Here, from the Declaration of Independence ... the government was to protect our inalienable rights ...
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,
Not exactly. Problem is what many Liberals claim as rights simply aren't rights at all.
The problem with your use of the Declaration is that Liberals confuse pursuit of happiness as being the same as a guarantee.
The concept of how the government should function comes form the Constitution and it is anything but your version of Liberal. It may be Liberal but the powers granted to the federal government are of a traditional Liberal mindset, a.k.a Libertarian, not bleeding heart Liberal.
Governments do get their ability to government from the people who elect them. Problem is the people electing Liberals of today want those officials to secure things that aren't rights. Something isn't a right simply because someone wants it but can't have it. People have the right to vote. People have the right to not incriminate themselves in a court of law. People have a right to a fair and speedy trial. Marriage isn't a right. Welfare and food stamps aren't a right. Abortion isn't a right. Turds like you on the Supreme Court may seem to think so but the founding fathers would disagree.
That's why it was imperative in the 60's to pass affirmative action. Without that, blacks would have continued to be denied access to life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness. They would not have had, nor could not have, the same level of education and job experience as many whites at the time. They did not have the same opportunities at the time. Had companies been allowed, many (especially ones run by racists) would have used lack of experience as the reason for not hiring blacks, whom they didn't actually want to hire. Blacks would still be fighting for opportunities to grant them access to pursue happiness.
Oh, and marriage is absolutely a right. It falls in line with the pursuit of happiness. Abortion is also a right. It's the woman's right to choose the destiny of her own body.
The problem is when someone isn't happy, Liberals make the claim they didn't have the opportunity to pursue it. When they aren't, Liberals want to sue the government to appease them especially certain groups.
Why is it wrong to use lack of experience to not hire anyone. It only seems to be a problem when blacks aren't hired. That's when claims of racism are thrown around as an excuse. White people are told to shut up and move along.
It was wrong to use lack of experience as an excuse not to hire blacks in the 60's because they were denied access to the same jobs and education as whites. It was not reasonable to suppress them for hundreds of years and then expect them to have the same level of qualifications overnight in 1964 because they finally won their civil rights.
Because racism was so interweaved in the fabric of our society, companies had to be forced to ensure blacks could get jobs and entry into schools even though they were less qualified. A separate argument could be made of how long that should last, but it was an absolute necessity at the time and a core function of our government to ensure blacks had the same access to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as anyone else.
Again, you're projecting your conservative bias upon me. Not only is it not a guarantee of happiness, I stated it's not. But it can [edit: lead to happiness] which is what makes it a pursuit of happiness. You're the one who's project a right is a guarantee to happiness, not me.By claiming marriage is a right, you make it a guarantee of happiness. Not one single homo has ever been denied the ability to marry. Don't confuse limiting the extent of a right with denying it. Much like freedom of speech, there are things that people can't say as a limit to that free speech but it doesn't mean their right to free speech is being denied.
And what makes it a pursuit of happiness is the opportunity to be bonded with the person you love for life. Gays are denied that. You point out they have the ability now to get married, but in reality, they don't have the ability (though they are getting it one state at a time) to marry the person they love. They are being denied the right to pursue happiness by the very government that was created to protect that right.
Now you are conflating their right to abortion with how it's paid for. Two separate discussions. Who pays for it does not diminish their rights.If abortion is a right and the sole choice of a woman, why do so many who make the choice to have kids they can't afford instead of abortion get to demand someone else pay for the choice you say is theirs alone. I'll give them a the choice as long as I get one on the same level to say no to feeding their damn kids when they can't. Since it's my money, shouldn't the choice to say no be one I have as that would deny me the pursuit of happiness if I didn't?
Since marriage itself is something you call a right, if they can marry, and they can, they get that right. Who is a separate issue. You are conflating the right you claim with who it is. Two separate things.
Who pays for the children or abortion is part of the discussion. If the woman wants the choice and chooses to have kids, she can pay for them or they can do without. She made the choice that produced the result.