Topics will 'twist and turn' as successive opinions are expressed.
I see this as a natural and eminently desirable outcome.

Mention of the Declaration of Independence reminds me...
I quote...are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights...
I rather think these words from the 'declaration' get it wrong.
They refer to the presence of something which doesn't exist without human intervention?

We are born without rights.
Instead, we have needs.
Needs such as food, water, shelter, freedom, and so on.
We need these things, and many more, to be able to live easily.
The world around us might provide an abundance of opportunity to obtain them.
But we must engage with it. It won't come to us.
We work out what our needs are, and then we make them happen.
Our needs become our 'rights' when we enshrine them in laws.
And a society must be prepared to enforce and defend its laws.
Otherwise, 'rights' cannot exist.