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Civil Liberties

JDPriestly

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2. Your grumpy neighbor is a private person, not the government.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 07:57 PM

Dec 2011

And because she is a private person, she is not bound to respect the limitations on her authority over you to which the Bill of Rights in the US Constitution binds the American government as well as state and local governments.

Your neighbor has no obligation to protect your right to free speech. Your local police do.

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My grumpy neighbor threw a hissyfit cuz I put a bumpersticker on her new car and went joyriding [View all] struggle4progress May 2011 OP

It went to the same place that personal property rights went oneshooter Dec 2011 #1

Your grumpy neighbor is a private person, not the government. JDPriestly Dec 2011 #2

You're a stickler for little details, I see struggle4progress Dec 2011 #3

Are you serious? We_Have_A_Problem Dec 2011 #4

I posted this during a May test of the DU3 software struggle4progress Dec 2011 #5

My ass did that to your car. ZombieHorde Dec 2011 #6

Let her out of the trunk first next time. nt Remmah2 Dec 2011 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author S_B_Jackson Jan 2012 #8

hissyfit, hilarious DHCT010 Feb 2012 #9