RANT: Sorry Folks, Internet Is Not a Civil Right
This. “This is a Civil Rights Issue” Some people thought the fight for civil rights hit its zenith during the 1960’s with MLK Jr. Apparently, they were wrong. After finding out that men being able to use the women’s bathroom when they “feel like it” is suddenly a civil right, we now find another civil right that shockingly has been completely ignored since the late 1990’s - equal access to the internet.* Bill Callahan, director of the (federally funded) project Connect Your Community, stated, “This is a civil rights issue.” Is it, Bill Callahan? Is it really? First off, we must know, what is a right? I give you the estimable Noah Webster : “ RIGHT , noun : Just claim; immunity; privilege. All men have a right to the secure enjoyment of life, personal safety, liberty and property... Rights are natural, civil, political, religious, personal, and public.” Right, Not a Right First, you have to realize that having equal access to the internet it not a right.