Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Monday that he is launching a
“Commission on Unalienable Rights,” which he described as being meant
to review which human rights “are entitled to gain respect.”
Pompeo said that the proliferation of human rights claims have required “one of the most profound reexaminations of the unalienable rights in the world.” This being the US, and human rights, a lot of critics are expecting it to go poorly.
Some were critical of how little human rights has appeared to enter into
US foreign policy, while others are expecting a religion-centric study
group, which will try to endorse traditional Judeo-Christian concepts of
rights, while disavowing more modern concepts, which Pompeo described
as being “government-proscribed” rights.
Coming at a time when the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is
criticizing the US treatment of migrants and refugees, the expectation
is that the commission will conclude those groups don’t have any such
rights, to try to deflect international criticism.
Christians, non gays and white folk should about cover Pompeo’s list of those who “are entitled to gain respect”.
Your intersectional views don’t help contribute positively to the anti war cause. So says Mr. Stewart.
Too bad Charlie Manson isn’t around to appoint to his commission.
What the hell is wrong with the US constitution when it comes to “inalienable rights”? What hypocrisy, when the US detains migrant kids, exonerates their war criminals and bombs the crap out of anyone who disagrees with our form of US exceptionalism.
Illegal migrant kids. FTFY
Under US law, no such category of person exists.
Luckily, we aren’t discussing U.S. law. So says Mr. Stewart.
I read somewhere not long ago the US is the only country not to ratify a UN declaration acknowledging the right to food. China ratified it.
Pompeo’s likely attitude: Rich white people have rights. Nobody else. No Muslims.
Oh, how courteous of our government! I just had NO IDEA on which human rights to respect! It was a frightful experience! But no worries, comrade! Big Brother will always be there to tell you how or what to think, but only usually for his own benefit! The only thing they’ll accomplish in their “study” is a 1984-esque example of “New Speak,” in which the redefining of already well-understood and basic ideas, principles, or core beliefs will be tossed topsy-turvy, and people will be forced to see them as Big Brother tells them to, OR ELSE. I wonder how they plan to use this against We the People or unsuspecting bystanders worldwide trying to live and let live?