If it is to be stopped at all for it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning. – H.L. Mencken
Oppressions constantly focus on those no body is prepared to protect. Historically, that always meant some unpopular cultural or minority that is religious or else whores or other group who upset the prevailing mores of that time period and put. But since all legislation is created on precedent, it really is merely a matter of the time prior to the exact same maltreatment is extended to successively larger and much more broadly-defined teams. In“Give Them an Inch” as I expressed it:
…if we don’t speak up for the legal rights of minorities, also little and minorities that are unpopular
The precedent set by their maltreatment shall be expanded by sluggish phases until it encompasses everyone else however the rulers by themselves. Continue reading “Comment: Devil’s Advocate. The problem with fighting for peoples freedom is the fact that one spends nearly all of one’s time defending scoundrels.”