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erronis

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3. Excellent from Wendell Phillips: "Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities..."

Wed Apr 29, 2026, 08:10 PM

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"Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Phillips

Wendell Phillips (November 29, 1811 -- February 2, 1884) was an American abolitionist, labor reformer, temperance activist, advocate for Native Americans, orator, and attorney.

According to George Lewis Ruffin, a black attorney, Phillips was seen by many black people as "the one White American wholly color-blind and free from race prejudice".[1] Another black attorney, Archibald Grimke, saw him as ahead of William Lloyd Garrison and Charles Sumner as an abolitionist leader. From 1850 to 1865 he was the "preeminent figure" in American abolitionism.[2]

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The nation is back to accomodating the white majority, enabling the disadvantaging of all other race groups [View all] bigtree Wednesday OP

I'm white, 68 and living on SS orangecrush Wednesday #1

Seconded here, orangecrush! slightlv Wednesday #10

Similar situation here orangecrush Wednesday #13

Me too. Us seniors are lucky that we had it good for many years. kerry-is-my-prez Yesterday #23

Sums it up nicely. orangecrush Yesterday #26

Sums it up nicely. orangecrush Yesterday #27

I'm the same as you -misanthroptimist Yesterday #28

The KKKourt "ruling" pissed me off orangecrush Yesterday #29

And so, Just Jerome Wednesday #2

Excellent from Wendell Phillips: "Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities..." erronis Wednesday #3

Fast forwarding to the present time ... oldsoldierfadingfast Wednesday #6

this one exists to protect itself bigtree Thursday #18

Unfortunately a lotta truth there! electric_blue68 Yesterday #19

A professor I had for a class in American Law and Racism SidneyR Wednesday #4

What a wise observation. I wonder if that is widely held amongst the legal academics. erronis Wednesday #7

Not just white supremacy, rich white supremacy. kerry-is-my-prez Yesterday #22

Up next, they will try to make segregation in education, housing, and work legal again. ShazamIam Wednesday #5

Oh, yes - of course. And then remove that pesky amendment about women's rights. erronis Wednesday #8

I agree it is likely, they can claim the original documents don't include women and the amendments that recognize women ShazamIam Wednesday #9

I was pleased to see your reply in the Justice Elena Kagan thread. erronis Wednesday #11

I am loving that there are 4 women on the U.S. Supreme Court even if one of them is a conservative. ShazamIam Thursday #16

Circumvention of Brown v. Board already began misanthrope 23 hrs ago #40

Kick dalton99a Wednesday #12

John Roberts' wet dream mcar Wednesday #14

Missed the SC ruling that prohibits Civil Rights group suing in regards to VRA sec 2 said discriminations back then... electric_blue68 Wednesday #15

Supreme Court reform and accountability needed in the next Dem Congress bigtree Thursday #17

More twisted than a pretzel! This is really bad sh!t ! electric_blue68 Yesterday #20

The problem with that PCB66 Yesterday #25

Hmm, welp, you have a point electric_blue68 Yesterday #35

Make it a hundred dpibel Yesterday #38

The problem is PCB66 21 hrs ago #41

All the more reason to have a massive Supreme Court dpibel 20 hrs ago #43

I cannot believe the evil that these people (Republicans) are doing. kerry-is-my-prez Yesterday #21

I live in an area with large Hispanic populations Melon Yesterday #24

DURec leftstreet Yesterday #30

It's one thing to reverse precedent. But it's another thing to strike down established legislation Buckeyeblue Yesterday #31

The Constitution is more fragile than most of us realize PCB66 23 hrs ago #39

The MAGAts aren't real crazy about women of any color either. F*ck all of them. Greybnk48 Yesterday #32

That's their goal. I don't think they've won yet, in spite of the setbacks. Martin68 Yesterday #33

"Colorblind" has a whole new meaning when used by this court. Buddyzbuddy Yesterday #34

White male...... Hope22 Yesterday #36

The nation is back to accommodating the morbidly wealthy, white, male robber barons. debsy Yesterday #37

One of the worst set backs in American history. Passages 21 hrs ago #42

Ok to revolt now...? Six117 19 hrs ago #44