And as someone who lives among many people who wear burqas, I know how difficult it makes life for them, and particularly how much abuse they receive for it. If you'd seen the divisions that this style of dress imposes on communities, you'd want to see it banned too.
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Replying to @EINS_Institute
No, because that is prejudiced against stupid people. Some people screw their lives up because they don't know any better. If we leave everyone to their own devices, stupid people will be disproportionately harmed. That's basically the law of the jungle.
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Replying to @EINS_Institute
So you believe everyone should also be allowed automatic weapons?
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
Beyond small arms, I see two valid arguments: (1) the 2nd Amendment makes no distinction about TYPE OF arms, and was meant to allow "We, 1/
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Replying to @EINS_Institute
But if you're in favor of liberty, surely you believe that we should liberate women from the straitjackets that are imposed on them *by force* and *through brainwashing*? Banning burqas is a small infringement of liberty that prevents a far greater one.
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But that's not the case. What it does is FORBID WOMEN FROM MAKING OWN CHOICES--as I said earlier. I'd be equally opposed to REQUIRING them.
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The vast majority of women in burqas wear them because they're forced or brainwashed to, not because they choose to. Without government intervention, this will continue.
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