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It’s shocking that Glenn Beck actually said something reasonable on TV:

While I disagree that Constitutional rights are only for US citizens, Faisal Shahzad is indisputably a citizen of this country. Constitutional rights are not meant to protect us when it’s easy or convenient or risk-free to do so. Even assuming Shahzad’s guilt (something we’re not really supposed to do…), no one is specifically trying to protect him. These protections are in place to protect all of us from tyranny, and considering the vehement way in which anti-government protesters have behaved in the last few years, it’s surprising those same people aren’t standing up for the rights of others who have been accused by the government they hold in such low esteem.

I guess considering two-thirds of Americans apparently believe the quote “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs,” to come from the Constitution and not from Marx’s writings advocating communism, I shouldn’t be that surprised that people don’t understand the existence and justification for our Constitutional protections. Still, it’s sad.