Yeah that broad language didn’t cover native Americans…
I’m not saying it’s irrelevant like they’re arguing but it’s not as fundamental as your arguing either…
America has broadly worded laws like this not because we’re progressive but because our founders were so fundamentally racist that they literally didn’t think about brown people or women as people and so these laws would never apply to them…
Freedom of speech is also a fundamental principle of our nation, but it’s also selectively enforced. I don’t think your argument refutes mine as well as you think.
Yeah that broad language didn’t cover native Americans…
I’m not saying it’s irrelevant like they’re arguing but it’s not as fundamental as your arguing either…
America has broadly worded laws like this not because we’re progressive but because our founders were so fundamentally racist that they literally didn’t think about brown people or women as people and so these laws would never apply to them…
https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/june-02/
The fact that it’s been enforced selectively doesn’t invalidate it. It just means there’s room (and reason!) to improve.
Not arguing that just saying that the selective enforcement kind of proves it’s not as fundamental as you’re arguing it is…
Freedom of speech is also a fundamental principle of our nation, but it’s also selectively enforced. I don’t think your argument refutes mine as well as you think.