"People have the right to do what they want as long as they're not hurting other people."
I've watched a lot of shit spewed over the last decade or so that is contrary to this thought and I've watched many get away with hurting others without question like it's their right to do so....
Is this an alive and well American concept or is it dead?

Both sides do it Hugo. Its awful. I just can't wrap my head around the notion that so many people feel its ok to use the govt as a proxy to control other people not harming them.
And yes - we are cascading quickly to the end of this country the way things are going.
Betweem ObamaCare, NDAA, drone surveilance, police state, hate speech codes, "zero tolerance" bs, draconian drug laws, EPA insanity, ADA now running wild, these pieces of shit like obama, pelosi, romney, GWB, and most of them, all want to control every aspect of our lives and they get equally stupid fucks like gaybare, straw, blackass, benny, andre, to cheer it along.