Important reality check: It is not the government's job to police things like negativity, positivity, how people are feeling, their attitude, or their tone. That's a parent's job. So I am the tone police in my house. If my children have a tone I don't like, they will hear about it from me. But the government is not a parent. There's no law against having a tone, not even a “hateful” one. That doesn’t, however, stop government officials from saying things like, “We must stop hate,” or “People have the right to not only be safe, but to feel safe.” First, you have the correct statement: people have the right to be safe. Every law-abiding citizen should have that expectation in a civilized society. But that's only a pretense for the next part, which is where things go off the rails. The right to “feel safe.” Technically, you have the right to feel however you want to feel… no one can stop you from feeling a certain way. But you don't have the right to have your feelings protected. You have the right to be physically protected, but your feelings exist entirely outside of the realm of rights. Rights have nothing to do with your feelings one way or another. If you are safe and the government is fulfilling its basic duty to protect its citizens and enforce the law, they've done their job. Whether that translates over to your feelings is irrelevant. If you want to be a well-adjusted person, then it's your responsibility to bring your feelings in line with reality, not force the government to conform with your version of reality. The government shouldn’t be focused on feelings at all.

Important reality check: It is not the government's job to police things like negativity, positivity, how people are feeling, their attitude, or their tone. That's a parent's job. So I am the tone police in my house. If my children have a tone I don't like, they will hear about it from me. But the government is not a parent. There's no law against having a tone, not even a “hateful” one. That doesn’t, however, stop government officials from saying things like, “We must stop hate,” or “People have the right to not only be safe, but to feel safe.”

First, you have the correct statement: people have the right to be safe. Every law-abiding citizen should have that expectation in a civilized society. But that's only a pretense for the next part, which is where things go off the rails. The right to “feel safe.” Technically, you have the right to feel however you want to feel… no one can stop you from feeling a certain way. But you don't have the right to have your feelings protected. You have the right to be physically protected, but your feelings exist entirely outside of the realm of rights. Rights have nothing to do with your feelings one way or another.

If you are safe and the government is fulfilling its basic duty to protect its citizens and enforce the law, they've done their job. Whether that translates over to your feelings is irrelevant. If you want to be a well-adjusted person, then it's your responsibility to bring your feelings in line with reality, not force the government to conform with your version of reality. The government shouldn’t be focused on feelings at all. Matt Walsh Matt Walsh (Facebook) https://www.facebook.com/570092813023833