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Cali_Democrat

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19. Good post

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2014, 12:16 AM

May 2014

I'm a little baffled at how people worship at the feet of the founding fathers (all white men), many of whom were bigots.

The Constitution is flawed in many cases and the notion that we should worship it is ridiculous.

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The wisdom of the founding fathers [View all] Algernon Moncrieff May 2014 OP

Are you proposing a constitutional convention to redo the constitution el_bryanto May 2014 #1

What a shit show that would be.... Slip_n_Slide May 2014 #2

Can you imagine the circle-jerk the GOP would put on for the Country? rustydog May 2014 #11

I don't think we could get enough states to agree to a CC, no matter what the issue. Algernon Moncrieff May 2014 #8

Basically agree, but there are too many right wingers to change most amendments like the 2nd. Hoyt May 2014 #3

We could make a start treestar May 2014 #4

Fighting the gun lobby will have to be a long, slow process. Algernon Moncrieff May 2014 #12

The Seventh amendment is not really a problem. former9thward May 2014 #5

I'd just like it fixed for the record Algernon Moncrieff May 2014 #9

Many of the founding fathers were slave-owning racists. Nye Bevan May 2014 #6

I wonder what the guy in your avatar would think of America in 2014? Algernon Moncrieff May 2014 #10

Amazed at the size of the country treestar May 2014 #13

I think there's a lot they couldn't possibly have imagined Algernon Moncrieff May 2014 #14

I think he would be amazed and humbled that the original Constitution still survives, Nye Bevan May 2014 #16

Oh, well... linuxman May 2014 #7

Not going to happen LittleBlue May 2014 #15

Once, somebody said that to women who wanted the vote Algernon Moncrieff May 2014 #17

Your Three Middle Points are now moot Wolf Frankula May 2014 #18

Precisely the point. The Constitution was imperfect, but has been fixed over time Algernon Moncrieff May 2014 #20

Good post Cali_Democrat May 2014 #19