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Published: 2011-09-27 00:38:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 5837; Favourites: 78; Downloads: 75
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inspired by George Carlin's stand up from HBO no disrespect to President Obama.Related content
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I have no problem disrespecting our traitor of a president.
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Funny.. I was just going to say those exact words.Β
It seems Mr Trump is espousing Nixon's well known phrase, "when the President does it, it is not illegal" No extreme is too extreme to Keep America.. hell, let's call it what it is: Keep America Conservative.
..and lo, I heard 10,000 voices scream "but, Obama" and, "but, Hilary's e-mails"
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Right on, America's newest pastime...consumption! RIP George Carlin.
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How much of George Carlin have you seen?
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Enough to know he's yet another fool who should be glad no one is willing to make him put his life where his mouth is.
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Hmm, I think you might be surprised to see what some people would do under certain circumstances. If given the oppertunity, people like this man would gladly uphold there ideals and philosophies primarily for their own pride. You take a look at his life, and you see that this man has had his share of adversaties. He didn't cower away from troubles. In fact, he even instigated them (explored, thought beyond the pale, open eyes, rebel). I think he might be prepared for what the mundane and paranoid would call "concerning issues." I hope I would to. See (as a person in search of adventure and innovaive rebellion), I am not infatuated with this man, I just like to see where he is coming from.
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My main point refers to something he did in one of his skits, where he openly declared there's no such thing as rights. Well, I think it's rather easy for him to say that considering no one is going to relieve him of his life the moment he says it...or steal all his property...or suppress his act.
I have this pet peeve when it comes to people making declarations that they will not be held accountable to at all and claim they are facts.
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Yep. Cause no one's EVER been singled out here in the good ol' US of A! We've never had slavery! We've never had segregation!Β Workers haveΒ never been exploited by their employers! The NSA isn't spyingΒ on us! And police CERTAINLY didn't kill several unarmed children the last few months!
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There IS no such thing as rights.
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Yes, there are...otherwise you might as well put a gun to your mouth and end it now before someone else does.
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Hahahahaha, you just don't get it.. probably never will.
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*shrugs*
Can't help it if logic appeals to me more than cynicism.
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Well look at it this way: he is counter-culture comedian, so it's his job to skewer common everyday instances (rights, political system, common interest/hobbies, common downfalls, history even, etc.), so those who don't really know him might not know whether he was sincere or not. Otherwise, you could think of the term "rights" in the abstract. Rights indicate what type of freedoms you are allowed to have (which violates freedom altogether, but that's another story). The term itself is just an idea developed by man, probably just as another way to control others (see the bible). He makes mention of the Chinese Interment camps, and declares that if you could be stripped of your rights, then they can't exist. The land of the free and home of the brave is merely a facade. Need a modern day example? Look up the Patriot Act.
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He (and you) needs to realize that people can choose to violate rights, just as they can choose to be good or bad. But that doesn't negate the fact that rights exist. And just like anything else, rights have to be defended when they are threatened.
Again, it's easy for him to prattle that nonsense considering no one is going to kill him the minute he says it (because then he has no right to his life). I'm willing to bet that if his act had been suppressed and he thrown into jail, he would've suddenly forgotten his own words and started griping about his rights being violated. Oh, but then he would be contradicting himself, putting him in quite a pickle.
And here's the reasoning behind rights:
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Rights are a human abstract, they appear to vary on the basis of ethics and opinions. How can anyone be free if rights are negotiable? There is already a failure to uphold this meaning if they have to be defended. They aren't rights, their privileges of varying periods of time. There is no freedom there. Freedom consists of the absence of order and limitations.
I don't think his words are nonsense. If he is openly willing to declare his views to the entire world, they must be worth preservation. If not, then either he would try to protect his pride/ego in accepting any of these adversities. And I say you believe what you want to believe, "to each his/her own" I always say. And you might be right, but bare in mind that I have never met him, and I don't know if you have (probably not, yes?); it is impossible to say what would have happened to him in this case scenario. So I say that it is wise to be weary of your words. If you have never met him, who are you to say what he would do under these circumstances? But if you have met him, please elaborate.
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How's Larry the Cable Guy working out for you?
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Don't watch him, smartass.
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Just wanted to add in you are ignorant..
We don't have rights, we have privileges our governments allow
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And where, pray tell, does the government, which is made up of people no different than you and I, get the right to lay out privileges for us, bearing in mind your claim that there's no such thing as rights?
Or did you not suck Carlin's dick long enough for him to tell you what to think on that question?
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Oh, like I've never heard that before.
Tell you what, chum; you're free to cheapen your life by openly declaring "I have no rights, do what you want to me". Β My rights may be easily violated, but at least I value my life enough to say "Fuck you" to anyone who claims the power to control me.
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