I’m a Journalist but I Didn’t Fully Realize the Terrible Power of U.S. Border Officials Until They Violated My Rights and Privacy

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[–]IamRedBeard 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

That whole thing reads like a bad dream and is terrifying.

You know those movies you see where some gestapo guy interrogate the protagonist and the whole scene is tense and dark and fucked up and you say

"Thank GOD I'm American and they can't do that to us"

Well. Those days are over. We are now Them

If we stay under Trump we will Ally our self with China, Russia and North Korea and become an Axis Power.

[–]pcontorta2 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Ridiculous.

Trump is the first president in awhile to focus on the US at the expense of China and Russia.

It just shows how much Americans take for granted their rights as US citizens. People have to be idiotic to think their rights cross borders.

[–]Drewski 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Of course human rights cross borders. Rights are not granted by the state. Historically the US has been better about protecting these rights than many other countries, but these rights are being infringed more and more here as referenced by this article and many others.

From the Declaration of Independence:

We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness—That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.