I hear leftists talk about all the civil liberites they have lost . Exactly which ones? Be specific.?

Answer 1

Freedom of Speech - saying anything against the government will at least get you investigated.

Right to have grievances heard - most protests against presidential and/or republican policy are now held hundreds if not thousands of feet away from the politician in question - on roads or sites that he or she will never have to see. In other cases, people who were silently protesting were still led away from events (like a married couple in Charleston, West Virginia).

Right to privacy.

Freedom to associate with whoever you like - many peace associations are actively investigated by the FBI, including a Quaker knitting circle here in st. Louis a few years ago.

Right to speedy criminal trial. Or, in some cases, any criminal trial at all.

Right to due process.

I could go on.

Answer 2

I have lost the ability to make phone calls overseas without
the threat of a warrentless tap.

I have lost the privacy of my calling records.

Up until recently, I had lost the right to have a trial if I had
APPARENTLY committed an egregious act against the country.
That is, if somebody really didn't like me, they would wisk
me off to Guantanamo and I might never be heard from again).

I had lost the ability to read any book I wanted from a library
without being potentially watched by the federal government.

I have lost the right to listen to obscene speech on my favorite
network shows. As far as I know, nobody has lost the
right to turn off things they don't like listening to, however.

This is without doing any research...

I'm curious to see what people who actually track these things
issue by issue can come up with.

Answer 3

your a moron. Fascism is run by a dictator who runs the entire country by himself and controls every aspect of everything. Socialism is a government run by the people that has influences in a lot of markets inorder to give money to lower classes and close the income gap. Fascism extreme left. Socialism extreme right. If you dont believe ask a polisci major or a government teacher. I dont care if its not answering this question. I just got really pissed when i read you other answer so i had to say something.

Answer 4

I'm not a leftist. I'm just your average ol' American trying to get by and pay his bills.

But let me ask you a question? Why is the Republican Senator Arlen Specter, a man who is supposed to be the president's strongest supporter, filing a federal law suit against the president for this very reason?

Answer 5

FYI.....there is no right to privacy....reread the 4th amendment people....actually most of what you have stated aren't civil liberties.

Those people in Gitmo are not US citizens therefore should not be subjected to the US Constitution.

Answer 6

I have lost a great deal of freedom of speech, because if I criticize the government, I am leaned on. You try it.

Answer 7

This "Bill of Rights Status Report" is specific:
http://edp.org/borsr.htm

Answer 8

The right to privacy.
The right to not be imprisoned in Gitmo "just because."
The right to air one's political beliefs without being branded a traitor.
The right to refuse to be governed by another's religion.
The right to exist, even if one is brown in color.
The right to pursue science, even if it does reveal the sun to be the center of the universe, evolution to be likely, or stem cell research to be a good way to cure disease.
The right to go abroad and call oneself American without having to apologize for it.
The right to be intelligent.