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		tonfreed 24 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after... Why would we defend the rights of someone that refuses to defend ours?

JohnFen 24 days ago [–]

Because "their" rights and "our" rights (whoever "us" and "them" happen to be) are one and the same. You wouldn't be defending or attacking "their" rights, you'd be defending or attacking rights in general, and that includes yours.

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