A Twitter user insulted a German politician, then police raided his house

Re:A Twitter user insulted a German politician, then police ... by paranoidrobot on Thursday September 09, 2021 @11:00PM (#28477290)

> I sure am glad to live in a country where freedoms are explicitly guaranteed by a constitutional decree.

I can only assume you're referring to the US's Constitution.

Rights that are apparently guaranteed by the US Constitution are routinely ignored by all levels of US Government.

You may get your day in court, you may even have the court rule in your favour. That does not mean you're made whole, or that the government will back down and stop doing things that infringe upon your rights.

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Re:A Twitter user insulted a German politician, then police ... by calvinmorrison on Thursday September 09, 2021 @11:08PM (#28477360)

Rights do not emenate from a dusty scrap of parchment a few hundred years ago. They are immutable.

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Re:A Twitter user insulted a German politician, then police ... by danielheath on Thursday September 09, 2021 @11:15PM (#28477416)

Moral rights, perhaps.

Legal rights? Extremely mutable.

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Re:A Twitter user insulted a German politician, then police ... by swiley on Friday September 10, 2021 @12:10AM (#28477726)

The constitution carries more weight than you think: the highest governments in the US are the states which delegate their power to DC via the constitution. It’s a contract, and when violated the power is removed.

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Re:A Twitter user insulted a German politician, then police ... by calvinmorrison on Friday September 10, 2021 @12:30AM (#28477825)

Please sir show me the contract Americans have signed without duress or coercion. Simply put all governments exist via the rule of force and individual sovereignty does not depent on despots in power.

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