Bigger Don
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I've already expressed my rejection of anarchy, libertarian absolutism.Lemme guess, you would identify as a libertarian. And an absolutist at that.
That said, what I am or not is not germane to the discussion. I would rather discuss principles than defend partisan positions.
I've not said it hasn't, but if the court were to declare A = not(A) how would one defend the court's authority to define the Constitution? IOW, it may have been granted the Constitutional authority but it must maintain its authority by consistently applying legal (and I will add "moral") principles.Does the Court not determine what the Constitution means?
So what? Look at the number of people in government who are "people of privilege", i.e. attend Ivy League colleges or military colleges. Looking back over the presidential races during my memory, most of the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates were "people of privilege". No? Should we reject whatever these modern "people of privilege" offer to us?The Founders were people of privilege.
Hmmm...after your speculation as to my political leanings I now wonder about your points of privilege, i.e. race, gender, affiliations. I won't ask because it's not germane. However, if my political leanings were assumed to be pertinent, then shouldn't we also be ready to discount your position for any point of privilege, especially those akin to the founders' privileges? In short, let's stick with discussion of principles rather than characterizations of principals.
Yes.Property owners.
How is this a negative? Should those who now own property should be disenfranchised?
Yes. Some were. Perhaps we should reject what they accomplished ut corpus to move society forward and return to subservience to the British crown to resolve that problem. Or, since some were slaveholders, should we dissolve the union and negate the US Constitution? After all, those who were not slaveholders would be tainted because they consorted with the slaveholders. You brought it up, now what do we do about it?Slave holders.
Oh no! Not that! White! Caucasian! Satan personified in the physical world! Underpinnings of all that is evil! At least one had red hair!White.
Mother Theresas, Josef Stalins, Albert Schweitzers, Jeffrey Dahmers, Mother Setons, Sons of Sam, Princess Dianas, and Adolf Hitlers! Each and every one!
Some might, but not a position I've ever taken. IOW, a strawman in this discussion.Some might think their efforts were divinely inspired.