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How Does America Feel When Their Rights Are Violated ?

In 2014 alone, terrorism killed nearly 30,000 men, women and children. As horrible as this is, terrorism may not be the worst threat to freedom that we face. The real threat is how quickly we Americans have given our government carte blanche to fight the War on Terror. This has already caused far greater damage to our civil liberties than the terrorists themselves could ever hope to achieve.

In 2012, the U.S. Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with relatively little attention from the media―despite the freedoms it obliterated. The NDAA was enacted to empower the U.S. military to fight the war on terror. But buried in this law are two provisions (Sections 1021 and 1022) that authorize the indefinite military detention, without charge or trial, of any person labeled a “belligerent”―including an American citizen.
BlueMetalChick · 26-30, F
The military is supposed to protect the homeland from attack and invasion. When Al Qaeda destroyed the World Trade Center in 2001, it made sense why we went into Afghanistan to get them. It did NOT make sense why we went into Iraq, they hadn't done anything to provoke us. And we've since gotten Al Qaeda, we killed Bin Laden, we should have ended military involvement at that point in time. Yet we're still in Iraq, we're still in Afghanistan, we're carrying out drone strikes and bombings of another six countries. What fucking threat does Niger present to the US? Or Yemen, or Syria, or Somalia, or Pakistan? Why are we spending money, wasting American lives, and killing civilians in these foreign countries when they have no ability to attack or invade America?
ChatterinSeuss · 61-69, M
@BlueMetalChick Unfortunately because war is money
SamRick1271 · 51-55, M
@ChatterinSeuss exactly this is what it is all about
MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
Most America’s don’t care when their rights are violated. Examples include showing a receipt at Walmart and answering questions to a police officer.
MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
@Mondayschild Then no reason to show receipt.
@MrBrownstone while you are on Walmart property they have every right to protect their inventory from theft or damage
MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
@Mondayschild They can review cameras for thefts. No need to look at receipt. No other company does that.
GeistInTheMachine · 31-35, M
We don't have "rights." We have temporary privileges.
Highonheels · 51-55, M
@GeistInTheMachine you nailed that right on the head
bookerdana · M
The detaining of U.S. citizens, without habeas corpus or due proces is troubling indeed
VolpeTredici · 31-35, M
They feel like whiney idiots, as far as i can tell.
Highonheels · 51-55, M
The constitution describes as rights which cannot be taken away but the government sees them as HellGiest mentioned privileges that can and will be taken away if we allow them to , what we need to do as citezens is fight for our constitutional rights to be preserved.
SW-User
Of course it was past under obama
Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
No rights are violated by this

 
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