Do you feel our constitutional amendments are being scripted away?

[OpenClose]

Kinda. Though probably not the ones you think.

The 2nd Amendment is usually the one brought up. I'm not particularly anti-gun, and am rather pro-gun when it comes to rural areas. But if I recall, the bill of rights was signed in a building that didn't allow guns in a city with weapons restrictions, some of which the signers themselves put in place. If you read about their deliberations, it's generally clear they were referring to a state's right to defend themselves as a necessary part of each of the states being independent sovereign entities. (I think the civil war kinda ended state sovereignty) The national government was supposed to be something more akin to the EU, with the states being more akin to countries. Hence why we call them states while other countries call theirs territories.

The 1st amendment I worry about a bit. It has gotten fuzzy, because we have more ways of expressing free speech than ever, and these outlets often impose restrictions. It isn't legal action, so I wouldn't say it is infringing. It's basically a question of "if everyone has a megaphone, is it censorship to take someone's megaphone away?" They aren't worse off than they would otherwise be, but at the same time, I would call that a form of censorship.

Workers' rights are certainly down the tube. Probably not helped by the fact that major unions are prone to the same questional practices, but smaller unions are squashed under the weight of mega corporations like Amazon.

The big constitutional things I worry about come from equal and accurate representation of all people. The government is less representative than it's been in a long time. Lobbyists hold way more power. Politicians choose their voters to keep themselves in office. Everyone in DC has more loyalty to each other than to their own constituents. I mean if there was one thing I would point to that leads to corruption, instability, and collapse, it would be improper representation. Generally a big player in the fall of many large nations and empires. The British Empire, Romans, USSR. Right-wing or left-wing. Conservative or radical. It has less to do with the system and more to do with the population's willingness to carry it out. Countries are held together by popular mandate. If you squash that, you are left with a split population and an authoritarian band of rich people trying to heard people like cattle.

[VanillaSalt]

Why are you still alive and free? You obviously haven’t stood up yourself if your free. And how far is too far? How har is not far enough? Will you kill? Torture? Maim? Can you commit unspeakable acts to get what you want.


It’s not like police arresting a murder. It’s people fighting for what they believe in and killing for it. If your posting here your not at that point yet and honestly… America will never reach that point to a great enough degree enough people fight back and win. We’re too civil. It’s not about life right now so it’s not worth killing over… but when it is about Americans dying it will be too late. The guns will be gone, you will be tracked and silenced, and the war were about to be in will leave us starving and begging the government for war to survive.


Your all too weak to die for what you believe in. And I just don’t give a fuck. When Putin takes over I’ll survive in my shitty life the same way my shitty life is now only it’s gonna be harder but I’ll survive. The Jews went from homes and families to death camps. They didn’t free themselves we freed them. Who’s gonna free us? The good guy don’t always win and who’s good and bad is for history to decide. The bad guy always looses in histories eyes. To the nazis, hitler was amazing. To the conservatives trump was a god.


Nobody cares outside their family’s, nobody else wants families, dating sucks, people sucks, government sucks, work sucks… Americans are without purpose and without happiness at new levels. Watch as we descend into hell and you STILL will be typing on here… if your still allowed to.

[laurieluvsit]

Not to worry Ms @cth2188 we are taking it back from the demons very soon, you will see... I PROMISE!

[ninaneedshelp]

It was taken away on 9/11 but no one realized it then

[Kaneki05]

Hopefully. The Amendments are way outdated and needed to be changed all the time that's kinda the point. If they didn't by the way, White Men of 21 would still be the only ones who could vote. Which needless to say is racist, sexist and everything in-between. But that was an old amendment that existed. Lucky scripted it away due to progress.

Presidents themselves have pushed against amendments after knowing there were not great. Even the founding fathers had massive debates along with many opinions on dogmatic beliefs. Which safe to say they would highly disagree with anyone if they have dogmatic beliefs that the amendments are full proof and should be followed to the letter or even kept the same.
No doubt they would still argue about things within it and be open to changing it aswell.

[najekim]

Yup. The Democrats have been working to make the US Constitution just a piece of parchment so they can have total domination over the lives of everyone in the country. The Republicans want total domination too, but they want to work within the US Constitution and have the big corporations do the work for them. They'll just control the corporations.

[youreanidiot2]

This is what fascist propaganda does to people. Works them up into a state of hysteria and presumably because she's being asked to wear a mask for 20 minutes in walmart. 🙄

Take a chill pill honey. No one is taking your rights. Though an ambulance may come to take you to a padded cell.

[MuddyMole]

It wouldn't be a bad thing if they were. How about you judge laws and policies based on their actual merits (using up to date research and public consensus), and not just the opinions of a handful of guys who lived 200 years ago? The only time anyone ever mentions the constitution is when they're hiding behind it, trying to use it to justify some otherwise unjustifiable opinion or course of action.

[WindAtMyBack]

We should have stuck with the Articles of Confederation. As soon as they created a central government it started to go down hill and has been sliding ever since. We need to get rid of the federal government completely and go back to the idea of united states (lower case).

[Miristheiss]

The subject is too broad and vague.
Do you have anything more specific you can site and discuss. Examples of specific things. If not the topic is just to big and vague.

[goaded]

Will you start driving on the left side of the road? Or are you only going to "not comply" with elections you lost?

You seem to want an America like Putin's Russia.

[Agape93]

Lol what drugs are you on?

Put up or shut up. Do something or sit the fuck down like a good girl.

[OddBeMe]

No, due process has allowed vaccine mandates for awhile… You’ll need something other than the constitution for your bullshit.
www.americanbar.org/.../

[joeldalton]

We had two sitting supreme court justices blatantly lie about covid statistics to push their personal beliefs. It's over for us.

[jshm2]

Don't be such a drama queen.

You "the people" were always subservient. But to the government, rather than the British Crown, was all.

[Soteris]

... Before you get to say that I would like to point out that I dont think you have the faintest idea what is actually in your constitution.

[Z1pTD]

America is only lost when it’s citizens give up on it. Then it’s lost and it’s our own fault.

[888theGreat]

I will not comply even if I must die! They are destroying the constitution with crisis' .

[exitseven]

It looks like there are some in government that would love to repeal the second amendment and also stifle free speech. People need to wake up.

[LordOfThePines]

No, our ammendments aren't being done away with, but some members of society are actively having their rights stolen from them by evil politicians and their supporters. The times we live in depress me.

[LightOfTruth]

This is bigger then America everything thing we see today is about God. That’s why the whole world is in this at this point.

[legalboxers]

*watches all the Trumpturds pound their chests*

[userrrr33422423]

bro what are you even talking about america’s never been there dummy

[notwoke]

Yeah, to accommodate diversity, everything must be ruined