Well it’s a good thing the U.S. doesn’t allow Blacks, Latinos, Jews, Muslims, and Women the right to vote. Phew. We’re so lucky we don’t have to listen to the voices of those that aren’t male, white, and over the age of 18.

Oh wait.

Well it’s a good thing we can drink as much as we want. Alcohol tastes good and I enjoy a couple frosty mugs now and again.

Oh wait, we can’t drink alcohol.

Well this sucks. We can’t drink alcohol and now my buddy’s parents are running liquor through the underground tunnels beneath their speak-easy. Sure would make things a lot easier if we didn’t have that whole 18th Amendment garbage to worry about.

Oh wait, we don’t, because of the 21st Amendment. It’s funny how the Founding Fathers – which are spoke of in such lore and admiration for their brilliance and foresight for building a “more perfect union,” even though most, if not all, owned slaves, slept with numerous amounts of women, and were the very ones that considered Blacks 3/5 of an American – put in these certain tricky things like “amendments” so the Constitution, in all of its glory, could, you know, be AMENDED to fit the “progress” of society. The Founding Fathers were themselves, progressives.

There is a man, a probably really dumb man, named Winston Churchill that said “democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.” Democracy is a nice idea. But it is still an incredibly flawed system, it just happens to be less flawed than the others.

“Why? Because these proponents are socialist/Marxist/communist themselves.”

Wow, you must be using your jump-to-conclusions mat on your slippery slope. Again, the Founding Fathers, that were heralded for their brilliance, were in fact progressives. They saw the need for change, so that made change. And they put in avenues for change in the Constitution so society could evolve as the changing times dictated.

Progressives don’t seek to elevate anything at the expense of the individual. They look to evolve to make things better for society, for people. It’s those that are stuck in the status quo, that refuse to accept or force change when change is needed, that are holding back American.

Progressives are not socialist/communist/marxist, etc. They’re just not. Buzzwords like that do more to hold back society by trying to invoke fear of debate, of a discussion. Which basically means the Progressives win. It only makes “them” stronger. That’s exactly the reason they’re trying to evolve.

After saying all of that, I have a confession. I’m a Republican, voted Republican my whole life.

Thanks for being a part of the discussion.

The US Constitution was established as a system of checks and balances to ensure the sovereignty of the individual while limiting the power of government. Progressives seek to reverse this by elevating the “state” at the expense of the individual.

Changing the Constitution by the amendment process is fine. Progressives seek to subvert the US Constitution by “changing” it in an arbitrary and unconstitutional manner. This, I have a problem with.

What these people fail to understand is that America is great precisely because of its system of government which puts the people at the center of it all by protecting the rights of the people AGAINST tyranny by the rule of law.