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AntivaxHunters

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13. Oh I think it would be advisable for us to call one
Fri May 6, 2022, 09:21 AM
May 2022

This may make some feel uncomfortable & awkward here but the truth is the truth.

The Constitution is an outdated document written by white landowning men who owned people as property and are responsible for the mass genocide of First Nations people, my ancestors. This country's Constitution is incredibly out of date and despite trying to update it with amendments, nothing ever happens. We're ruled by a document that was written 100s of years ago & applying those laws to today is a study in stupid. It's a racist piece of paper that has no place in society today. None. And that's being reflected right now all across this country to the extreme. And that extremism is exactly why we don't have healthcare in this country, why gay marriage happened from a civil case, and why women are facing the reality of their civil rights being rolled back to 1890.

I firmly believe that if Democrats ever get to the 34 state threshold that they should immediately seize the opportunity and and have a Constitutional Convention. We need laws which protect the most vulnerable instead of wealthy white men who exploits their labor that they built their fortune on. We need to ensure that education, healthcare, housing, & utilities are all human rights as soon as humanly possible. We need to ensure that the civil rights of women and POC are protected at all costs.

I could write a novel on this.

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That has been one of their wet dreams for decades. niyad May 2022 #1
Time to opt out exboyfil May 2022 #2
Would not be surprised. They are an invasive force taking down the US democracy while RKP5637 May 2022 #3
It wouldn't matter AntivaxHunters May 2022 #4
And even if blue states did, it would be beyond inadvisable to call one JHB May 2022 #7
Oh I think it would be advisable for us to call one AntivaxHunters May 2022 #13
Ok. Go raise about a billion dollars and work up a draft and a plan to... JHB May 2022 #15
Why should I raise a billion dollars when AntivaxHunters May 2022 #18
Because they have built an infrastructure. They have a game plan for how they'd set the agenda... JHB May 2022 #34
I wonder if voters would find it acceptable saying jimfields33 May 2022 #20
I believe that they would AntivaxHunters May 2022 #22
I agree that the Constitution needs to be updated Mad_Machine76 May 2022 #33
One of them died a year or so ago. The remaining one still has tons... brush May 2022 #30
There are 28 Republican state governors. former9thward May 2022 #8
Not all 28 of those states are even close to under Republican control karynnj May 2022 #11
The poster I replied to said the Ds would have the majority of states. former9thward May 2022 #31
Then be prepared to split the union, end the republic Moostache May 2022 #5
Most land based and air based nukes are in the red states. former9thward May 2022 #9
Move them NOW. Moostache May 2022 #32
That can't be done. former9thward May 2022 #6
While there are a lot of things I'd like to fix in the original, repubs don't have any answers... Wounded Bear May 2022 #10
Raised in a religious cult who has been planning this for 45 years. Runningdawg May 2022 #12
This: They have NO intention of splitting the country, they want it all. CrispyQ May 2022 #14
I googled it Tickle May 2022 #16
You won't get 2/3 of the states going for it Sympthsical May 2022 #17
4 this year Tickle May 2022 #21
Doesn't matter Sympthsical May 2022 #24
ok but check this out Tickle May 2022 #26
"Considering" would have to mean something likely or tangible Sympthsical May 2022 #27
I gather you don't want it to Tickle May 2022 #28
this will be my last post but it gets even stranger because they/we could do it Tickle May 2022 #25
damn I gave you wrong info Tickle May 2022 #19
It won't work...same reason we can't get amendments through. Demsrule86 May 2022 #23
Not going to happen...lots of things to worry about..this isn't one of them PortTack May 2022 #29
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