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stopdiggin

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10. +1. well said!

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Mon Jun 27, 2022, 08:35 PM

Jun 2022

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The Constitution Was Literally Written By Slaveowners. Why Is America Obsessed With Upholding It? [View all] In It to Win It Jun 2022 OP

History; it is what it is. elleng Jun 2022 #1

uhh b/c it has worked for us for 246 years? mitch96 Jun 2022 #2

Not all of us. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2022 #4

Appreciate your very well supported and detailed post eom emulatorloo Jun 2022 #8

What WhiskeyGrinder said wasn't even controversial Hav Jun 2022 #29

Yes, It was pathetic. But the constitution has evolved from when it was first written. emulatorloo Jun 2022 #37

Yes, it has evolved which is an important point Hav Jun 2022 #43

Not all of us are white male land-owners, which is for whomst the constitution was written. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2022 #33

Has the constitution evolved since it was first written or is it frozen in time? emulatorloo Jun 2022 #38

Even its evolution is designed to protect the status quo. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2022 #40

So it still only allows only white men to own property? emulatorloo Jun 2022 #42

Oh it has? Tell me more about how it has worked? BannonsLiver Jun 2022 #39

Because, overall, it has established a framework for balancing (and checking) power Just A Box Of Rain Jun 2022 #3

Because it's the only one we have. TwilightZone Jun 2022 #5

Completely agree In It to Win It Jun 2022 #9

Does anyone trust modern society to rewrite a Constitution? Sympthsical Jun 2022 #6

+1. well said! stopdiggin Jun 2022 #10

You got me at In It to Win It Jun 2022 #11

Gotta agree with you. Twitter 'influencers' and maga nuts is a recipe for disaster emulatorloo Jun 2022 #12

Republicans are not better at anything. The... brush Jun 2022 #20

That doesn't argue against what I said Sympthsical Jun 2022 #21

You never heard of Harry Reid? He's the one who first changed... brush Jun 2022 #23

Well, exactly. McConnell took it to new levels Sympthsical Jun 2022 #24

That doesn't make them better at anything, just evil and unethical. brush Jun 2022 #32

Remember when President Clinton had the line item gldstwmn Jun 2022 #25

It was unconstitutional though Polybius Jun 2022 #28

The filibuster also allows a minority to stop bills that would be very damaging Just A Box Of Rain Jun 2022 #26

These. justices. are. not. "conservative". The Unmitigated Gall Jun 2022 #7

Agree. And they don't give a damn about law/the constitution. They are Christian fanatics emulatorloo Jun 2022 #14

They are conservative, but they're unfettered by compromise Sympthsical Jun 2022 #19

Because John Lennon sang H2O Man Jun 2022 #13

get your point stopdiggin Jun 2022 #15

It has worked Timewas Jun 2022 #16

Because it is the best document ever created to protect the rights of the citizens of the country Big Blue Marble Jun 2022 #17

Despite the faults of its writers it is a generally well-thought-out document Retrograde Jun 2022 #18

Good point about 2 of the principal authors were slave masters. brush Jun 2022 #22

Because it's the law of the land Polybius Jun 2022 #27

If the constitution was ever going to disgarded standingtall Jun 2022 #30

However, the victors amended the F out of it immediately. maxsolomon Jun 2022 #34

because we don't throw the baby out with the bathwater Amishman Jun 2022 #31

FDR put innocent American citizens in concentration camps based on their race ripcord Jun 2022 #35

You answered the question in your first sentence. yardwork Jun 2022 #36

I have virtually no reverence for the fucking founders BannonsLiver Jun 2022 #41