If I’m not willing to respect all your rights I am not obligated to allow you on my property, but if I do allow or invite you onto my property, I am obligated to respect your rights. All of them.
Author: Kent McManigal
Assume Government?
When someone asks what government (“The State”) “thinks” on some issue– what the “law” says or what the general statist thinking [sic] is– my first thought is always along the lines of “Who gives a …?”
Badge Doesn’t Grant Extra Rights
A badge doesn’t grant extra rights. When the law acts as though it does by treating people differently based on whether or not they wear a badge, the law undermines its appearance of legitimacy.
That’s Not a Duck
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: if something doesn’t fit the minimum definition, then it isn’t the thing being discussed; no matter how much someone might invoke the “No true Scotsman” fallacy to try to make you ashamed of noticing.
Do You Care if Someone Benefits “Unfairly”?
A lot of people are very concerned with making sure no one gets anything for free. Very concerned with not allowing anyone to have the opportunity to be a “free rider“.
Dishonesty and Double Standards
There’s a mistake I run into a lot, in completely unrelated places. People labeling non-governmental aggression as “anarchy“. And only non-governmental aggression. Aggression isn’t anarchy; it is archation. It’s unrelated to anarchy.
Your Rights End Where the Rights of Others Begin
The ONLY responsibility others have with regards to your rights is to not violate them. To not ban books, to not declare a War on Politically Incorrect Drugs, or establish medical licensing or an FDA, to respect private property, and to not make up anti-gun “laws” of any kind. If they are doing something which actually interferes with your rights, they are the bad guys.
Government Should Be a Servant
Government is simply people coming together, under unanimously consensual rules, to get things done. It is never mandatory. Government, if done right, might even help protect the life, liberty, and property of the individuals who voluntarily join together. The state, on the other hand, is always anti-social; the more powerful it becomes, the weaker society gets.
Hard to Believe in “Accusation Market”
It’s as though people collect and save these accusations in hopes that someday the person they are prepared to accuse will seek a political position, when the accusation can be whipped out, shined up, and presented as a tactic to derail the ambition. If the accuser and accused support different wings of the political vulture, anyway.
Other People’s Emotions
Some people get angry when exposed to the truth. Angry enough they advocate using government violence to make people shut up. If you speak a truth these people don’t want to hear, they want to make sure you suffer for it. That’s evil and stupid.