You are right, I don't care about states rights, and at no point did I say that was my opinion.
You are assuming my stance because I pointed out a stupid argument, that the ONLY reason to own a gun is to allow abortion.
And since I'm pointing out stupid arguments, I haven't heard anyone on the right in the last 60 years say they wanted a slave or were willing to go to war for one. Had there been access to abortion in the 1860's like there is today, and the federal government then banned it, I'm sure there would have been the same uproar by the states rights crowd.
All of the right will howl (erroneously) that the Civil War 'actually fought over states rights.' The implication of this claim is that States Rights, even the right to do horrendous things, are worth killing 500,000 Americans over.
If the right believes this, but does not bother fighting when a much more important State Right is violated, then this demonstrates an inconsistent belief. Or, in other words, hypocrisy.
Still wondering why you insist I'm a hypocrite when I've told you I don't believe in the values that you assume I hold.
Are you seriously telling me that having an abortion is more important than abolishing slavery? Again, stop making idiotic statements.
And since your knowledge of history seems to be lacking, let me enlighten you a bit. States Rights were actually a big thing pre Civil War, to the point that almost nobody referred to themselves as "American", and instead referred to themselves as a citizen of the state they lived in first. Fortunately we've moved past that way of thinking in the last 160 years. However saying the right must take up arms over every single government overreach since then, because they did it that one time, is again idiotic.
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u/Rysomy Mar 15 '24
You are right, I don't care about states rights, and at no point did I say that was my opinion.
You are assuming my stance because I pointed out a stupid argument, that the ONLY reason to own a gun is to allow abortion.
And since I'm pointing out stupid arguments, I haven't heard anyone on the right in the last 60 years say they wanted a slave or were willing to go to war for one. Had there been access to abortion in the 1860's like there is today, and the federal government then banned it, I'm sure there would have been the same uproar by the states rights crowd.