Nope... I feel just as free as the 70's... and in many ways much more so.. Don't know what "RIGHTS" you have lost.. that I didn't... would you care to elaborate on which rights have been taken away from you ? And be specific please... none of that "I don't feel" crap... Give the specific rights you have lost.
You have obviously not read the Patriot Act. There ain't nothing more unpatriotic than that piece of crap. Or perhaps you have a memory blank of when the librarians refused to cooperate with the government's demand to track library patrons searches and turn them over to the government?
Here's a good article on actual people who had their rights violated by the Patriot Act:
https://consortiumnews.com/2011/11/01/a-decade-of-patriot-act-abuses/
When was the last time you've flown across country? Um, flat out, right there. TSA's did not exist in the '70's and you could board a plane with toothpaste or shampoo or freaking baby formula in a bottle for your infant then.
How about some of the things -- including gun ownership -- that are hotly debated in this forum?
How about being forced to buy health insurance? How about being forced onto Medicare primary instead of continuing my previous health insurance which was way better and indeed now is secondary and picks up thousands of dollars on my behalf every year that Medicare just does not cover?
Been threatened with arrest for yelling watch it at some asshole backing up into your grandbaby in a store? I have. Never would have happened 30 years ago. Speaking from experience.
As has been stated above, better not defend yourself, especially if you're white and the person you're defending yourself against ain't.
High school kids getting kicked out of school for carrying Midol to school like I did in the '70's. Thank God I went to high school in the '70's when a teen girl could still do something about her cramps without getting called up on the carpet for being a druggie.
A doctor labelled me drug seeking for asking for a script -- a script he gave me -- for my arthritis pain. Other docs have heard how careful I am with this drug and laughed at the notion and given me the script with no trepidation for the one narcotic pain killer that works, also helps with my IBS and hasn't sent me to the hospital in reaction. They cannot write any refills on it. Has to be a fresh script every time. I've been taking this script about 4 years now, 4 years since this asshole labeled me drug seeking and gave me the stench of an addict. Some addict, 30 pills lasts me 6 months or more when I'm in chronic pain daily. Other doctors think I'm overly careful. As someone who came of age in the '70's and never even drank or smoke pot, this angers me but I can't seem to get this ridiculous accusation removed. This asshole wouldn't have gotten away with that crap in the '70's. Reporting him to the Health Department would have had him answering to the authorities but now I have to sue and to sue I have to show financial harm done to me.
An 18yo could legally drink in the '70's. Now they must be 21. Of course, said 18yo can still be drafted, indeed males (how's that for sexism) must register for the draft upon turning 18 -- happy birthday young American son but don't you dare have a beer to celebrate it, can vote and get married and if arrested is handled as an adult, can enter a contract, but they can't drink. God forbid, they have a beer.
I think that's start enough. We aren't as free. Point blank.
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