re: Pastor Spell Under House Arrest with Ankle Monitor

Thank you for explaining how the government works, Karen. When the government says “emergency” I’m do whatever they say because they’ve already repeatedly said that I have to or face the business end of a gun. The government can say “emergency” if there is a communicable disease or for “safety”, which isn’t a clearly delineated threshold at all, meaning that we are always potentially in a state emergency. This is obviously fine because they only exist to protect me. Not only must I comply, but I should also agree and be thankful.

We should all be willing to live in cages if it saves just one life. Won’t someone please think of the children?!

Did I nail it, or is there more you need to teach me?


For the the record, in your rush to educate, you apparently missed the fact that I’m not arguing the legality of the suspension of constitutional rights during emergency declarations. My first comment was about restriction of constitutional rights, to which someone replied they weren’t constitutional rights. I cited the first amendment to show that they were, not to argue that the government hasn’t already given itself power to restrict those rights at the drop of a hat.