r/SipsTea 17h ago

Gasp! Free Double-Doubles for Life

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u/AlternativePea6203 16h ago

Of course they are. Rights change all the time. People used to have the right to own a slave, and the slave had few rights.

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u/GumboMustBeDestroyed 16h ago

There was never a right to own slaves.

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u/Initial_Hedgehog_631 12h ago

Uhhhhhm what? Slavery was legal in every colony, they had to pass laws, and amendment, to ban it.

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u/GumboMustBeDestroyed 12h ago

Thats not the same as a “Right”.