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Originally Posted by dklassen
Thank you for finally including the last two words. Yes it was abolished via an amendment to the Constitution. Yes some of the signers were slave owners. So in light of that, let's turn a blind eye when our previous and current administration side steps it at every turn.
I guess that's were the polarization comes from. Some still believe in the Constitution and where our rights originate, and some believe it's an old document no longer relevant to current society. That would be Obama and yes previous administrations as well.
Apparently these days our rights come from government and not our creator.
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I should correct you on an earlier post when you asked "where does the Constitution support slavery?" I had never said it did, the point I had made was that in its original form, it did. Through change, through Amendment, slavery was abolished.
So, my point is, that while it's a great Constitution, change can occur. And sometimes change is good. Not always, but sometimes.
I agree with your right to believe, and proclaim loudly, that the direction we are heading is to a more socialist view, and that you think that's a bad thing.
The points I've tried to make is that it is wrong to label those who voted in the Dems as "Kool-Aid" Drinkers, or just those looking for hand-outs from the government.
It is also wrong to point a finger at the Constitution and say that document prohibits social welfare, or changes from its original form that would facilitate social change. And furthermore, that its original form had stuff in it that really needed to be changed, and was changed, eventually.