Why do liberals (not all but majority) support criminals having rights, possibly more rights than honest folk?
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Life is more important than things. People should be more powerful than government. Isn't that what you conservatives say you believe in? So put your money (well, your lobbyist's money) where your mouth is.\n\nSomehow, I think I'm not getting the 10 points.
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Because if Liberals told us who they really are and what they really believe, they lose every time... ooops, I guess that's happening anyway...\n\nEven though Liberals agree with Communists and Socialists, they know that those labels don't play well with the American People.
678400
The upholding of the rights of criminals is the paradox of justice. Perhaps if people just adhered to the lex talionis we should not have so many ciminals and terrorists now. The lex talionis says "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." But some philosophers injected the idea that "The law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind." \n\nSo here we are gripped by man's inability to see the distinction between real justice and justice denied.
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Yes, there is so much lobbying for human rights in this country that people who need to be locked up are set free, or given very light sentences.  Longer/more severe sentences would not only keep them off the streets longer, but they would make people more afraid of commiting the crime.  This is why the death penalty works, it scares people.
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Liberals have to express their bravery in some way since the vast majority are nothing but cowards.\n\nWhat better way to do that than by cracking open a child's skull, inserting a rod in the child's skull to destroy the brain, then reaching in and sucking the child's brains out with a vacuum and then dumping the leftovers of the child in the nights trash.\n\nPerfect crime against the most defenseless being on earth with the mothers consent no less-but let's make sure we protect those baby seals.
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The stance they take is the CRIMINAL STANCE!\n\nThey don't love our country, that's for sure!
761860
Agree.  Criminials like for their victims to be unarmed.  The only thing a gun law ever did was cause crime rates to go up, because criminals are no longer afraid they might get shot.
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Convicted felons can be deprived of certain rights that otherwise are guaranteed by the constitution. This is an ancient and accepted legal tradition known as "civil death."  \n\nThis deprivation of rights is limited however to those things which are construed as being privileges of citizenship rather than fundamental human rights. Gun ownership, voting, the practice of certain professions, and holding civic office are the most prominent of such privileges.
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Pretty much.  But out of fairness, it is not limited to liberals,  when dealing with extremists they tend not to be satisfied with any explanation that doesn't justify their beliefs, not matter how wrong they are.
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I think most people would strongly care about their civil rights if only they knew them. \nFor example privacy: At the moment the uproar is all about wire tapping. I do happen to strongly hate the idea (and suspect it to be illegal, at least it was for Nixon), but then again, I also hate the idea of banks selling my financial data to the highest bidder and states doing the same thing with my social security number. And that happens all the time. Most Americans seem to have no real idea of privacy anyway, so what is wrong with a little wire tapping to catch terrorists?\nAnti-Discrimination laws: It seems it is becoming completely acceptable to grouse about "reverse discrimination" if any protections for blacks or women are seen. Nevermind that the treating-minorities-like-shit lasted for centuries and anti-discrimination laws for not even 50 years (and lets ignore also that the starting point for many minorities still is utterly unequal), if a black guy gets OUR job we are sure it's wrong and he doesn't deserve it. Screw civil rights here. \nOr how about the right to a fair investigation? I can't recall how often I hear and read opinions how criminals are being coddled (never mind that they are at the beginning only suspects, therefore persumably innocent) and how the hard hand of law and order should come down on even the smallest vandal - 10year olds should be treated before court like adults and being sent to the adult slammer and so on. \n\nMost people rarely ever feel that their civil right are being cut down on. I bet you anything that a lot of Germans in the 3.Reich never even realized that they had very few rights left. They never excerted them and therefore never missed them. Same here.
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Please do not call Democrats "Liberals", they are not true liberals, they are against Property rights, School Choice and the Second Amendment.\nWhat they are is Leftists, they believe in a large central government and the redistribution of wealth.
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With your tax dollars and silly laws that suggest the criminal has more rights then the victim which suggest that by merely committing the crime, you(the criminal) are protected, and the added bouns(if jailed) free med.,dental,education(not cheap) 3 squares and a place to lay their head. What more could you ask for?
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Because of the fundamental issue with all Americans today......Accountabilty!\n\nNo one is held responsible for their own actions and the liberal judges and law makers in place are not issuing the punishments neccessary to deter future crimes.  There are all kinds of excuses, but no ownership.
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Why would you ask that? I'm glad I have a right to choose, and do what I want, without being dicated to! Sure, there are laws, but if you aren't a criminal, you shouldn't have any worries. I wouldn't want it any other way!
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I dont live in fear to me the infringe on peoples rights .......people that subcribe to the propaganda and scare tatics of our government will say the world is safer because of them , I strongly disagree ........
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Must of us know that. It is a defense that some used. Some feel it is against the people or you would ignore the law. Ever see those questions where it said-we all break them? What kind of morals to they have? Do they truly believe that? \n You are right for many it is about country.
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pacifist are not realists, they also tend to be liberals and believe in government takes care of all solutions, so they don't believe in personal responsibility, believe all criminals can be rehabilitated, don't like the idea of am armed republic poplace, and think they know what best for you and all man kind, i am all for pacificst going into war torn areas to try to negotiate with a given side , only to get kidnapped and shot trying, at that point i would be rooting for the bad guys