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In reply to the discussion: Democrats being just a big city party for some groups but not others has already failed. [View all]sheshe2
(95,530 posts)24. Civil Rights.
Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the society and state without discrimination or repression.
Civil rights include the ensuring of peoples' physical and mental integrity, life, and safety; protection from discrimination on grounds such as race, gender, national origin, colour, age, political affiliation, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability;[1][2][3] and individual rights such as privacy and the freedoms of thought, speech, religion, press, assembly, and movement.
Political rights include natural justice (procedural fairness) in law, such as the rights of the accused, including the right to a fair trial; due process; the right to seek redress or a legal remedy; and rights of participation in civil society and politics such as freedom of association, the right to assemble, the right to petition, the right of self-defense, and the right to vote.
Civil and political rights form the original and main part of international human rights.[4] They comprise the first portion of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (with economic, social, and cultural rights comprising the second portion). The theory of three generations of human rights considers this group of rights to be "first-generation rights", and the theory of negative and positive rights considers them to be generally negative rights. By this we can say that human rights play a crucial role
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_and_political_rights
Civil rights are divisive?
Tell that to the people that have fought their whole lives, generation after generation for a seat at the table and not at the back of the bus. Tell that to women that are told they have no equal place in society and are better off in the kitchen and birthing babies. Tell it to the women that are having their preventative healthcare away from them because the men...all rich white men that sat at the damn table and said we don't matter. Tell that to LGBT that who they love only matters to those that hate and the rest of us embrace who they are.
Do not tell me civil rights are divisive. You are wrong. Sorry but you are.
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Democrats being just a big city party for some groups but not others has already failed. [View all]
LBM20
Jul 2017
OP
No,they must go after ALL of them, as I said, with a strong overarching economic message.
LBM20
Jul 2017
#2
Really sorry about your county. Our Dem clubs (plural) are much more vital and inclusive...
Hekate
Jul 2017
#11
The Democratic party didn't decide to "be mainly an urban party," to "go corporate" (whatever
pnwmom
Jul 2017
#23
The modern economy has little use for people with no skills/infrastructure (rural America).
LonePirate
Jul 2017
#30
There are so many racist dog whistles in this post, I'm not even sure why I'm replying...
Docreed2003
Jul 2017
#31
so things like this are allowed but people are not allowed to post things objecting to it
JI7
Jul 2017
#33
I wake to another day of division/ dems are failed crap OP But I see a lot have already spoken up
lunasun
Jul 2017
#40
Can you articulate the Republican "strong, clear, simple jobs message"?
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2017
#50