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Offline Mark 79

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Parchment worship versus…
« on: September 28, 2022, 10:49:27 PM »
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    • It seems that the parchment worshippers and self-worshippers are at odds.


    Where are those who seek the Social Reign of Christ the King?


    Politico Co-Founder Says Constitution Must Be Rewritten To Stop Donald Trump
    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/politico-co-founder-says-constitution-must-be-rewritten-stop-donald-trump
    BY TYLER DURDEN

    WEDNESDAY, SEP 28, 2022 - 06:20 PM

    Politico's new owner may lean right, but the rag's founding editor, John F. hαɾɾιs, said in a Thursday column that the Constitution must be rewritten to stop former President Donald Trump - who he calls a "constitutional menace" who exploited the Constitution's "defects" in order to win the 2016 US election.

    "Correcting or circuмventing what progressives reasonably perceive as the infirmities of the Constitution, in fact, seems likely to be the preeminent liberal objective of the next generation. Progress on issues ranging from climate change to ensuring that technology giants act in the public interest will hinge on creating a new constitutional consensus. Trying to place more sympathetic justices on the Supreme Court is not likely to be a fully adequate remedy," hαɾɾιs wrote, adding "There are more fundamental challenges embedded in the docuмent itself — in particular the outsized power it gives to states, at a time when the most urgent problems and most credible remedies are national in character."

    hαɾɾιs mocked conservatives' 'solemn reverence' for the Constitution, suggesting that it's " become a way of signaling right-mindedness across the political spectrum, even among Trump supporters whose actions plainly undermine constitutional order. In much of this rhetoric, the Constitution is elevated from a secular docuмent to a sacred one, infused with mystical dimensions," he wrote.
    Then he shreds the founding docuмent.
    "Another answer, however, is: Who cares what [the Founders] thought then? The Constitution was written at a time when states were indeed foundational — a central part of people’s identity and way of life. This has not been true for nearly a century, as both national government and national identity have become stronger," hαɾɾιs continued, before listing several amendments that he says could already gain "majority support" for the nation - including "altering or abolishing the Electoral College, term limits for the Court, creating some check on abuse of the pardon authority," and rewriting "the infuriatingly murky language of the Second Amendment."
    hαɾɾιs worked for the Washington Post for two decades, covering the Clinton White House between 1995 and 2001. In 2007 he co-founded Politico with former partner Jim VandHei, who went on to co-found Axios.
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    Re: Parchment worship versus…
    « Reply #1 on: September 28, 2022, 11:30:00 PM »
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    • What's a "parchment worshipper"?

    For a minute I thought you were referring to the Torah scrolls.
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    Re: Parchment worship versus…
    « Reply #2 on: September 29, 2022, 12:25:18 AM »
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    • Quote from: SimpleMan on September 28, 2022, 11:30:00 PM
    What's a "parchment worshipper"?…

    Someone who places the US Constitution above God’s Law,
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    Re: Parchment worship versus…
    « Reply #3 on: September 29, 2022, 12:41:15 AM »
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    • Quote from: Mark 79 on September 29, 2022, 12:25:18 AM
    Someone who places the US Constitution above God’s Law,

    I'm not one of those, but when they start dinking with the Constitution, God help us all.

    To be the product of a secular state, it works pretty well.  The original docuмent, along with the Bill of Rights (and the Reconstruction Amendments, which more or less had to be added, to correct the defect of slavery), would be hard to improve upon.  Note that I said a secular state --- recognition of the Reign of Christ the King, as well as acknowledgement of the One True Church, while ideal, wouldn't have been possible, especially the latter.  And no other country has anything like the Second Amendment.
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    Re: Parchment worship versus…
    « Reply #4 on: September 29, 2022, 12:48:19 AM »
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    • Even from a strictly secular view (a view a Catholic is bound to reject), it has been a dead letter since the War Against the States. One might even argue that the ѕєdιтισn Act of 1798 started the slow death of that social contract.
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    Re: Parchment worship versus…
    « Reply #5 on: September 29, 2022, 08:34:20 AM »
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    • Decentralization is what allows conservatives and trads to protect themselves from the liberal tyranny of the central government. Taking away powers from the States will make the Red States no longer able to defend themselves.

    If liberals change the Constitution, it will be to make it worse, not closer to Christ.
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    Re: Parchment worship versus…
    « Reply #6 on: September 29, 2022, 08:41:38 AM »
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    • Quote from: Drolo on September 29, 2022, 08:34:20 AM
    Decentralization is what allows conservatives and trads to protect themselves from the liberal tyranny of the central government. Taking away powers from the States will make the Red States no longer able to defend themselves.

    If liberals change the Constitution, it will be to make it worse, not closer to Christ.

    Agree 100%. Frankly, I would like to see the US "balkanized" by secessions.  Besides, there is that "infuriatingly murky language of the Second Amendment." :laugh1:
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