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RexLipton

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3. "Rights aren't "rights" if someone can take them away-

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Thu May 14, 2026, 10:53 AM

Thursday

They're privileges.

That's all we've ever had in this country: a bill of temporary privileges. And if you read the news, even badly, you know that the list gets shorter and shorter."

George Carlin

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"Voting is not a privilege, it's a right, and I'm tired of people treating it like a privilege, it's a right," [View all] Quiet Em Thursday OP

It's also a patriotic duty. Emile Thursday #1

Thank you! SocialDemocrat61 Thursday #11

K&R nt PunkinPi Thursday #2

"Rights aren't "rights" if someone can take them away- RexLipton Thursday #3

Jesters Always Speak Truth To Power. Zelenskyy Was One Once. ColoringFool Thursday #7

Going back at least half a millennium to King Lear's fool Ponietz Thursday #10

Keep in mind the rich want to hold another Constitutional Convention to take away all kinds of rights. ChicagoTeamster Thursday #4

I would say put it to the voters COL Mustard Thursday #13

The Constitution has no provision for having another Constitutional Convention to completely re-do it. The Convention ChicagoTeamster Thursday #16

Thank you for speaking out, Sen. Warnock! brer cat Thursday #5

Dingj. This. AllaN01Bear Thursday #6

Kick! mountain grammy Thursday #8

They treat our rights like privileges and their privileges like rights Ponietz Thursday #9

Who knows what a "right" is these days? LeftInTX Thursday #12

The only "rights" that matter to Republicans: bearing arms and telling immigrants "right this way." AZLD4Candidate Yesterday #17

The15th Amendment is clear LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #14

+1 Emile Thursday #15

Yes, but they are not 'denying' your ability to vote. OldBaldy1701E 23 hrs ago #18

However, everyone needs to register. They must be 18 LeftInTX 21 hrs ago #19