Just Stop. Your unwarranted fears and outmoded beliefs don't trump our rights.

[FourScore]

Sat Dec 15, 2012 at 06:37 AM PST
Just Stop. Your unwarranted fears and outmoded beliefs don't trump our rights.
by sparkysgal

Your unwarranted fears and outmoded beliefs don't trump our rights to a safe, healthy and prosperous society.

Your unwarranted fear of government tyranny doesn't trump our right to sane, reasonable gun control.

Your belief in outmoded, disproven economic theories doesn't trump our rights to an economy that sufficiently provides for the majority rather than only further enriching a small, lucky minority.

Your misguided ideas about personal liberty don't trump our right to care for those of us stricken by illness or accident, and to help those among us who are poor.

Your belief in outmoded ideas about gender roles and sexuality don't trump our rights to live and love in the ways we find most fulfilling.

Your baseless refusal to accept scientific fact does not trump our imperative to take steps to mitigate climate change, and to prudently prepare for its effects.

Your unwarranted fear of the black man in the white house doesn't trump our right to a functioning, responsive government.

Just. Stop. Your ignorance and fear cause untold suffering.

People have a right to believe whatever they want. That doesn't mean that we have to structure our society around the unwarranted fears and outmoded beliefs of reactionaries.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/15/1170250/-Just-Stop-Your-unwarranted-fears-and-outmoded-beliefs-don-t-trump-our-rights

[graham4anything]

1. Bravo. We must reframe the entire gun issue and treat a gun as a terror instrument & deal with it

[DRiggs]

2. Very well said.

This is the sentiment of the majority, it just isn't said loud enough. It seems that the crazies scream the loudest while the sane society allows the noise, amendments and all.

[iemitsu]

5. Amen to that. In fact, the crazy screamers are so loud

I expected the Op to be one of them.
I wasn't going to open the thread as a result but did and was pleased to see some sanity.
What I don't get is why, when all our other constitutional rights are trampled, are the second amendment rights sacrosanct?

[Skittles]

3. yes: we are SICK OF YOUR FEAR AND IGNORANCE

*ENOUGH ALREADY*

[freshwest]

4. Perfect for this time, not just the past week.

[sheshe2]

11. After we finish with the gun crazy NRA...and we Will strike a decisive blow to them...

Can we then go after the insane people that incite this kind of violence. The ones that support guns, fear, hate and insanity?

For one Fox comes to mind. As does the Religious Right, Coulter, Huckabee, Rush and a whole cast of others.

Lets Move on like.org and make some changes here. We won a mandate in this election. We have a clearer mandate in the polls now for changes right now.

After the sorrowful events on friday...we have a very strong mandate there.Let's shut down the NRA as best we can.

[Deep13]

6. may I paraphrase?

so,

guns do kill people,

screwing the poor and rewarding the rich screws the poor and rewards the rich

illness is not a judgment from god

evolution is real

global warming is real

a zygote is not a person

and Barrack Hussein Obama really, really is the President of the USA.

[Dog Gone at Penigma]

7. well said

applause from me

[leftlibdem420]

8. It's funny.

The same people who cling to their guns are the first ones whose votes ensure that our tax dollars give the Pentagon even bigger ones.

[HiPointDem]

9. As *if* stricter gun laws will give us a "safe, healthy and prosperous society".

Talk about confusing cause and effect.

[SemperEadem]

10. well said. Thank you.

Fear as a basis for anything has no hope of a good outcome.

If you're fucking scared, then stay home and never leave your house.

[freshwest]

12. Excuse me, but I have to kick this.

[ohheckyeah]

13. "Your unwarranted fears"

That's a pretty big assumption given you don't know what the fear might be and why a person has it.