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Originally Posted by Aquila Blanca
Rights or not -- the kid is an idiot.
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Gratuitous rudeness to a PO is hardly ever a good idea.
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Please spare us the Rosa Parks comparisons. They're inaccurate and insulting. There's a big difference between being denied basic rights because of how I was born and getting mildly hassled because I might happen to make an unwise decision.
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None of those differences bear on the comparison, which is to undertaking an action that may seem unduly confrontational. The similarity, the purpose for which the comparison is offered, is that each has a right he exercises for the purpose of establishing that he has it.
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Originally Posted by zukiphile
Like sitting at a lunch counter or not ["not" should be deleted] sitting toward the front of the bus, carrying openly may seem unduly confrontational.
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In each instance, a person undertakes a confrontational act, one that doesn't make social comfort the highest priority.
For the purpose offered, the comparison is accurate. That you assess the merits of the actors causes differently should not lead you to believe you've been insulted.