I look around in dissatisfaction and disappointment daily pondering that maybe they never were.
At any moment, if you assert any of your rights (freedom of speech, the right to remain silent, freedom of press) and someone doesn't appreciate that you exercised that right, (word to the wise someone will always take offense) it's hard to determine what could happen.
It is not one type of ethnic group that suffer this reality. I feel, its an entire class. Those who are seen as less powerful, poor, maybe even defenseless, can exercise their rights but they must be prepared to suffer the reality of the disgruntled or the selfish. By selfish I mean those who protect themselves rather then your supposed inalienable right, Ostriches.
People are dying asserting their rights. Truly, this is not a new game. We've just reached a new level. Maybe a level we once believed to have surpassed. To answer the question, in my own opinion of course: Rights are real, they are inalienable and apparently so are the consequences for asserting those "rights".
Assert at your own Risk
