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Originally Posted by poconoder
States' rights is now championed by liberals. George Wallace would be proud.
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Originally Posted by microbet
There's no gotcha there. We Californians freely admit that we want State's rights so that we can fight against racism. The problem isn't that Republicans want more decisions made more locally per se; it's that they want that so that they can legalize racial discrimination.
Exactly. Congratulations. States' rights are irrelevant. Conservatives want expanded rights to states to discriminate. Liberals want them to be equitable. They are not themselves a good thing. They are only a means to an end. Sometimes that end is evil. Sometimes it is good.