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re: Debunk this liberal LIE: “The 2nd Amendment allows me to own WMD’s!”
Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:58 pm to funnystuff
Posted on 2/21/18 at 9:58 pm to funnystuff
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At it’s core, the spirit of the
As strict textualists, patriots,and small government conservatives, we don’t do the “spirit of” the amendments.
We transport ourselves back in to the minds of the Founders to ascertain exactly what they meant in their 18th century prescience based on the black and white words on the paper.
Please govern yourself accordingly from here on out.
This post was edited on 2/21/18 at 9:59 pm
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Posted on 2/21/18 at 10:02 pm to boosiebadazz
When I say “at its core, the spirit of”, I’m referencing the exact same thing you are. What was in the minds of the founders when they wrote the rules. I just used different words to (apparently unsuccessfully) communicate that perspective.
Posted on 2/21/18 at 10:04 pm to boosiebadazz
I learn towards a textualist but I’m also not so rigid in my thinking to dismiss the fact that the world is different and society is different than it was back then and I’m that sense the constitution has to be a flexible document. That’s why we have SCOTUS.
This post was edited on 2/21/18 at 10:05 pm
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