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The “States’ Rights” Idea Makes Citizenship Meaningless
If citizenship doesn’t guarantee equal rights, why have it?
I’ve heard it said that the United States is less a country and more of a loose federation of small countries under a single name. Little countries in a trench coat, if you will.
My partner said it; I’m quoting him shamelessly.
Except for the trench coat part — that’s mine!
The ‘States’ Rights’ argument makes sense to many people. Their idea of Democracy is to let the States decide on social issues so that regions with different political views get a say.
I hate this idea with a fiery passion, and I disagree that it’s democratic. Frankly, it was never supposed to be democratic; it was always about oppression and courting the bigot vote.
Don’t believe me? I’m more than happy to give a history lecture.
We’re going back to the 1960s! Take a trip with me to a magical year, 1964, just a few short years before the first moon landing in July of ‘69.
