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You have a constitutional right not to be enslaved (13th Amendment).

But amendments can also be repealed.

Is the 13th Amendment likely to be repealed? No - but that’s not the point.

True rights are never subject to repeal to begin with.

#absolute #true #rights #constitution

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#absolute #rights #HumanRights #noexception

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Constitutional "rights" are more like legal privileges. They are not true rights.

True rights are not subject to interpretation, legislation, or repeal by public officials or politicians.

#complete #absolute #rights #privileges #constitution

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#absolute #rights #HumanRights #dichotomy

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Constitutional "rights" are entitlements enumerated in a legal document, and subject to approval, repeal, and interpretation by those in power.

Constitutional rights are not complete rights.

#complete #rights #humanrights #constitution

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#rights #nuance #yourrights #binary

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Rather than enumerating specific things you’re entitled to (like the Constitution does), the idea of “complete rights” encompasses all of your decisions and all of your peaceful actions and exchanges.

#complete #rights #yourrights #peaceful #action #constitution

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Having complete rights means you have total control over your life only. It doesn’t give you the right to interfere with anyone else’s power over their life. It just means you maintain complete and absolute power over yours.

#absolute #rights #yourrights #power #reclaimyourpower

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Rights apply to peaceful actions only. They are a safeguard against non-peaceful actions.

#peaceful #action #rights #humanrights

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A big misconception is that "absolute rights" means the same thing as "the right to unlimited actions (of any type)."

Rights only pertain to peaceful actions. People are entitled to unlimited peaceful action.

#peaceful #action #rights #yourrights #absolute

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Holding me accountable for violating your rights is not a violation of my rights.

#accountability #rights #yourrights #myrights

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If there are exceptions to treating your rights as absolute, then the burden is on the person making that argument to explain.

In which specific situations should your rights should be violated?

#absolute #rights #yourrights #exception

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#violence #coercion #rights #humanrights #yourrights

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The idea of treating your rights as absolute applies clearly to 99.9% of potential interactions between us.

But even if the remaining 0.1% present challenges, this doesn't mean we should treat your rights any differently.

#rights #absolute #yourrights #challenge

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Rights are about peaceful actions versus non-peaceful actions. You have an absolute right to peaceful action.

#peace #peaceful #action #rights #yourrights

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#consent #consensual #rights #humanrights #yourrights

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Rights should be treated as absolute (i.e. inviolable, not to be violated). Disputes or conflicts should be guided by that underlying principle.

#inviolable #absolute #rights #principle