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I think every American who comes across this article should read the whole thing. It's not long, and any reasonable person with a high school education will see he's talking nonsense.
Here are a few choice quotes and responses
Our form of government's most basic premise is that it changes if people vote to change it. They can literally change everything about it.
The founding fathers literally started a war of rebellion against their government. That's what that Declaration of Independence that Thomas mentioned was all about.
Those values aren't "enshrined". They're not even backed by the laws that our founding fathers ratified.
Those people, with that document, started a war of rebellion against their government. They were willing to sacrifice their lives to rid themselves of tyranny. How can Thomas reference this and come to the exact opposite conclusion?
And to "preserve our democracy" can only mean one thing. To ensure that the will of the people becomes the law of the land without violating the Constitution or the rights given by it.
Anyone who wants to preserve our democracy has to be viciously opposed to Donald Trump, who's been trying to oppose the will of the American people and the Constitution.
No, progressives actually believe we are all equal and that we possess inalienable rights. He's saying that we believe rights come from the government, but no, we believe the government must be forced to acknowledge and enforce our rights and to never treat certain groups as lesser.
Clarence Thomas and all magat trash conservatives are liars. They can't win an argument on the merits so they resort to ad hominems, dishonest cherry picking and outright lying. I fucking hate these people. Everything they do is in service to making themselves more money and giving themselves more power, they give a fuck about anything else
Every time an erudite conservative throws out "animus" as a negative trait, I grow another pineal gland.
The biggest violations of the constitution are in due process and illegal search from ice. Like the biggest to me in all of history really. They are not one offs but part of an executive administrations policy.
Of course, it's completely subjective what is the biggest violation. The constitution itself doesn't really make any distinction between which violation is worse, unless I am misremembering something.
If you're offended by a lack of due process and racism and that sort of thing, you might also find the Internment of Japanese Americans during WW2 similarly offensive. 2/3 of them were US citizens whose only "crime" was being ethnically Japanese. Or the infamous Trail of Tears.
It's wild that he's referencing this document in opposition to those seeking to alter or abolish their government - believing it has become destructive of our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness - in order to make it more likely to effect their safety and happiness. Progressives are acting in the spirit of those values which saw the American revolution take place by acting perfectly in line with what the Declaration of Independence clearly states is our right.
Eh, acting in line with the Declaration of Independence would require most of Congress to be hanged from the nearest tree or put on a boat to England.
Yo, what the fuck?
We bear no responsibility for your current crop of shitheels. You collectively put them in power, they're your problem. We have enough self-fellating fuckwits of our own to be going on with, thanks very much.
Sorry man/woman/person dem are da rules. It's what the Founding Fathers intended.