Time to Flip the Argument about Rights

The question should not be, what gives us the right to protect ourselves, but rather, "What gives them the right to override our choices---up to and including jailing and exterminating us?"

It's the BAD GUYS who would need a supernatural explanation for why you SHOULDN'T protect your life, liberty and property from them!!

We've been making it too easy on the parasites...

Why do we have to prove existence of God to justify our inalienable claim to freedom from these worms?

Next time we're in a "rights" discussion, ask them from where comes their "right" to impose their will on us? What special deity dispenses this "right" to them? Power does not equal right, and is a rascal's last retreat: "Mr. Clinton, why did did you lie and cheat...?" Final answer, "Because I could." The naked truth, devoid of moral sanctimony.

The first retreat on this question is some variation of "The People," "The State," "The Sovereign," perhaps some document not signed by you. Watch the roaches scatter when you ask who gets to decide just who and what these entities are, that have such "right" to demand we surrender our liberty? When the curtains are parted, all these presumed entitled rulers turn out to be a person, or group of people masquerading as having special powers granted from the ether, that allow them to impose their will on the rest of us. Yes, it's the Wizard of Oz...too bad the folks don't get the allegory part.

This gets me to why I love Ayn Rand. She doesn't accept the bad guy's premises, that are mounted on moral bankruptcy and intelllectual quicksand.

Next time, check THEIR premises. Where does this magical 'power' come from? If they don't run away from you, and stand dumfounded and stubborn until the end, all that will be left is Slick Willy's profound explanation...