How do equal rights translate into special rights?

Question

Weren't the conservatives saying the same things about womens rights? Blacks being free? Blacks having equal rights?

Same old crap, different bag. Only the conservatives want to go backwards and restrict rights.

Those that have the rights are the ones who want to restrict them for others.

Answer 1

very well said my friend. Its a power trip for the government.

Answer 2

I agree with you that there are many within the conservative echelon who have consistently been the enemy of the equal application of rights for all. However, aside from this fringe group, many mainline conservatives and many liberals do have a point that our attempt at instilling equality among the masses has in fact backfired, thus producing an unintended reverse racism and privilege to people who are undeserving. When minority kids are allowed admittance into schools and access to generous scholarships even though they don’t meet the minimum academic prerequisites, and their acceptance is done at the expense of another soul who exceeded the standards set by that institution - that is not equality. That is injustice. Rules drafted to bring equity should do just that – bring an end to an unbalanced society. Those rules should not be used to right the wrongs of the past by punishing a certain group in the present who is far removed from the sins of the past.

Answer 3

Reality check. It was the Democratic Party that was most strongly for segregation. It was a Republican who issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

I'm a Conservative I don't want to restrict rights. Colin Powell, Condi Rice, Thomas Sowell & others are Conservatives who don't want to restrict rights.

What does this have to do with equating equal rights & special rights?

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Civil rights activist Andrew Young wrote in his book An Easy Burden, "The southern segregationists were all Democrats, and it was black Republicans... who could effectively influence the appointment of federal judges in the South." Young noted that the best civil rights judges were Republicans appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower. Young admitted, "These judges are among the many unsung heroes of the civil rights movement."

Al Gore, Sr., together with the rest of the southern Democrats, voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Congressional Quarterly reported that, in the House of Representatives, 61% of Democrats (152 for, 96 against) voted for the Civil Rights Act as opposed to 80% of Republicans (138 for, 38 against). In the Senate, 69% of Democrats (46 for, 21 against) voted for the Act while 82% of Republicans did (27 for, 6 against). All southern Democrats voted against the Act.

In his remarks upon signing the Civil Rights Act, President Lyndon Johnson praised Republicans for their "overwhelming majority." He did not offer similar praise to his own Democratic Party. Moreover, Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, an Illinois Republican, collaborated with the White House and the Senate leadership of both parties to draft acceptable compromise amendments to end the southern Democrats' filibuster of the Act. It was Dirksen who often took to the Senate floor to declare, "This is an idea whose time has come. It will not be denied." Dirksen's greatest triumph earned him the Leadership Conference of Civil Rights Award, presented by then-NAACP Chairman Roy Wilkins, for his remarkable civil rights leadership.

Answer 6

Conservatives do not believe equal rights equates with special treatment.

And if you are referring to gay marriage, that is properly an issue for the States, reserved by the 10th Amendment.

Incidentally, the states also regulate marriage for everyone else.

Answer 7

"We Republicans don't care about race, gender, sexuality or by what name you call god." What a load of crap!

And for all you history buffs ... open a damn newspaper. We are talking now not 50 years ago. Repukes hate anything that doesn't look or sound like sheep! Baaaahh-baaahh

Answer 8

Is affirmative action an example of "special rights?"

Answer 9

Why is it the Democrats always bring up issues like this?

We Republicans don't care about race, gender, sexuality or by what name you call god.

You however, seem to

Answer 10

I must have missed something here. Would you care to elaborate?