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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

Apr 29

"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 Apr 29 OP

I'm white, 68 and living on SS orangecrush Apr 29 #1

Seconded here, orangecrush! slightlv Apr 29 #10

Similar situation here orangecrush Apr 29 #13

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

Sums it up nicely. orangecrush Friday #26

Sums it up nicely. orangecrush Friday #27

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

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

The only white people he truly accommodates are the likes of Musk and Bezos fujiyamasan Saturday #46

And so, Just Jerome Apr 29 #2

Excellent from Wendell Phillips: "Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities..." erronis Apr 29 #3

Fast forwarding to the present time ... oldsoldierfadingfast Apr 29 #6

this one exists to protect itself bigtree Apr 30 #18

Unfortunately a lotta truth there! electric_blue68 Friday #19

A professor I had for a class in American Law and Racism SidneyR Apr 29 #4

What a wise observation. I wonder if that is widely held amongst the legal academics. erronis Apr 29 #7

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

Up next, they will try to make segregation in education, housing, and work legal again. ShazamIam Apr 29 #5

Oh, yes - of course. And then remove that pesky amendment about women's rights. erronis Apr 29 #8

I agree it is likely, they can claim the original documents don't include women and the amendments that recognize women ShazamIam Apr 29 #9

I was pleased to see your reply in the Justice Elena Kagan thread. erronis Apr 29 #11

I am loving that there are 4 women on the U.S. Supreme Court even if one of them is a conservative. ShazamIam Apr 30 #16

Circumvention of Brown v. Board already began misanthrope Friday #40

Kick dalton99a Apr 29 #12

John Roberts' wet dream mcar Apr 29 #14

Missed the SC ruling that prohibits Civil Rights group suing in regards to VRA sec 2 said discriminations back then... electric_blue68 Apr 29 #15

Supreme Court reform and accountability needed in the next Dem Congress bigtree Apr 30 #17

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

The problem with that PCB66 Friday #25

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

Make it a hundred dpibel Friday #38

The problem is PCB66 Friday #41

All the more reason to have a massive Supreme Court dpibel Friday #43

My point is that PCB66 Saturday #45

You'd apparently be surprised by reality dpibel Saturday #47

Ten years ago we never thought that the SC PCB66 Sunday #48

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

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

DURec leftstreet Friday #30

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

The Constitution is more fragile than most of us realize PCB66 Friday #39

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

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

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

White male...... Hope22 Friday #36

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

One of the worst set backs in American history. Passages Friday #42

Ok to revolt now...? Six117 Friday #44

That's been a long time goal by much of the right themaguffin Sunday #49