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Whose freedoms, and from what?
Can you provide a link, or an idea what you're talking about, any kind of context to deduce it.
Have you been under a rock or something?
Yeah apparently he has
Well I hear a lot about Trump removing freedoms, I just never see specifics so I still have no idea.
Dude, specifics are in every news article.
Here is a whole tracker from Columbia to break down all the different ways he has been violating people’s rights:
https://trumphumanrightstracker.law.columbia.edu/
I’m answering you in good faith because I think you are being sincere, but I am also a bit flabbergasted that you have somehow managed to avoid hearing about all this. I wish I knew less—the horrible facts just keep jumping into my sphere of awareness whether I like it or not.
Well I think the problem is some are really bad, like the interrogations of journalists, but then you see things like "Trump proclamation bars immigrants who cannot pay for healthcare".
Its these latter ones really muddying the water, and I assume people write it all off as hyberbole.
In my personal opinion, all of them are extremely atrocious. It’s like trying to choose between eating a horse turd or a cow turd—both are complete shit.
Are minority rights a section in the constitution, or where can they be viewed?
That is a misleading question. The Declaration of Independence states clearly that we hold the truth of all men being created equal to be self evident.
So there are no minority rights, because we recognize human rights. If you read the bill of rights, you will notice that the language talks about “persons” and “people”, not majority parties, white Americans, or any other particular category, because they are intended to apply to all free people in this country.
Who knew a bigot would be so uneducated.
Ok, I'll condense the entirety of American news from the last few months down to one or two links...
The right to education https://apnews.com/article/ies-musk-doge-education-cuts-4461d7bdbe9d55c5a411d8465999b011
Freedom of speech https://theconversation.com/can-the-trump-administration-legally-deport-palestinian-rights-advocate-mahmoud-khalil-3-things-to-know-about-green-card-holders-rights-252019
Oh, a green card holders rights. I see.
Yeah, your founding fathers really screwed up not differentiating people into citizens and non-citizens
Now your own constitution is obligating you to treat everyone equitably, the horror, the horror /s
Abortion laws being one that quickly comes mind.
During covid, protest were in favour of "my body, my choice" today's outlook seems to fall in the opposite direction.
https://reproductiverights.org/maps/abortion-laws-by-state/