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8 Democrats Help Pass GOP Bill Forcing Teachers To Out Transgender Students
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Are we allowed to say both sides are bad and the entire system needs to be replaced yet?
I don't know if we are allowed to speak the truth anymore.
What are you gonna replace it with? Do you know what an absolute shitshow a constitutional congress would be in this day and age. It would actually be easier to dissolve the United States and run each state as in independent country like in the EU.
It's less about replacing the government and more about getting everyone currently involved out of it.
Technically replacing ... in a roundabout way.
You have less faith in your fellow Americans than I do. The key thing to remember is that any amendments proposed in a constitutional convention still need to be returned by 3/4 of the states. That alone will keep anything crazy from being passed.
You don't understand what a constitutional convention is. It's a complete rewrite. Proposing amendments to the current constitution is something states can already do.
No, you do not understand. Per Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Five_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Procedures_for_amending_the_Constitution
The only mechanism the states have for directly proposing a constitutional amendment IS a constitutional convention. States can call for a convention for a single amendment. Now, it is scary in that there would be precedent, per the Articles of Confederation, for a convention to just propose anything. The original Constitutional Convention went well beyond its original purview.
Again, there is one and only one mechanism states have for amending the constitution in any form. That is a constitutional convention. Otherwise amendments must be passed by 2/3rds vote through both houses of Congress.
Article V was a product of the constitutional convention. The constitutional convention was not product of Article V.
You should try reading the shit you post.
That would be preferable to staying chained to demons. Conservative hellholes would collapse within a decade, leftists strongholds would thrive long enough to recolonize the ashes and form a stronger union.
I just hope I'm given enough warning to go someplace that wouldn't be hell beforehand.
Only if you're going to do something about it.
"Everything you're unhappy about is your fault for not being involved enough" - people who already have what they want and didn't have to lift a finger to get it.
Or you could say we’re not a cult blindly following an orange idol. We include a diversity of opinions
Plus congressmen should represent their constituents, no matter how spiteful and close-minded
You would have voted for slavery & segregation if it had been the will of your constituency.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tailism
I would campaigned on human rights and likely lost badly
Then why are you doing the opposite of that now?
By saying that congressmen should not blindly follow a cult leader? I’ll go even further and say they have a right to voice their opinion, no matter how despicable
Yes and you would have said the same thing about your defense of slavery and segregation