Biden boldly claimed who the Constitution protects.
It protects the government now.
It’s time to remember that we, the people are the government.
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"All of us here today do not want to see our election victory stolen by emboldened radical-left Democrats, which is what they’re doing. And stolen by the fake news media. That’s what they’ve done and what they’re doing. We will never give up, we will never concede. It doesn’t happen. You don’t concede when there’s theft involved." Donald Trump Jan 6, 2021
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@FLRW
"All of us here today do not want to see our election victory stolen by emboldened radical-left Democrats, which is what they’re doing. And stolen by the fake news media. That’s what they’ve done and what they’re doing. We will never give up, we will never concede. It doesn’t happen. You don’t concede when there’s theft involved." Donald Trump Jan 6, 2021
Right on. If there's one trend in US politics that is clear as lightning, its that one party has rejected Lincoln's "Of the People, By the People, For the People" and that party is Lincoln's GOP.
- You can't say you believe in govt. by the people and then punish local govts for mask mandates
- You can't say you believe in govt of the people and then lie about the results of free and fair elections
- You can't say you believe in govt for the people and then oppose every infrastructure and working class tax credit that get proposed
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@Greyparrot
It’s time to remember that we, the people are the government.
Unfortunately this couldn't be a more false statement. This line is just pretext to disguise government tyranny. Every government crime is mitigated by the notion that "we the people" are somehow complicit through these farcical pageants known as elections, which don't really reflect the views of the populace, but serve as the legitimization of marginalizing and exploiting dissenters (seizure of property, resources, etc.) with majoritarian consensus--i.e. mob rule.
Biden boldly claimed who the Constitution protects.It protects the government now.
Can't be surprised by an entity which seeks to preserve itself. Politicians and their laws are in service to the government of which they are apart, not the people whom they presume and claim to protect.
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@Athias
Unfortunately this couldn't be a more false statement. This line is just pretext to disguise government tyranny.
Exactly. The founding fathers would be appalled that the Constitution was used by the government against the people.
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@FLRW
"All of us here today do not want to see our election victory stolen by emboldened radical-left Democrats, which is what they’re doing. And stolen by the fake news media. That’s what they’ve done and what they’re doing. We will never give up, we will never concede. It doesn’t happen. You don’t concede when there’s theft involved." Donald Trump Jan 6, 2021
I have some libertarian friends: the defining pathology of libertarians is the strict adherence to the narrative that both sides are equally bad. There seems to this odd undergirding assumption that no one ever speaks about that permeates modern politics - something along the lines of “you call us bad, but you are just as bad really”.
That’s kinda been broadly true with some small deviations - you defend your corner; the left bash tax cuts, the right bash’s spending.
But that just goes right out of the window today; as does any acknowledgement of it.
Sure, Trump is involved in dozens of investigations, has been implicated in fraud, obstruction of Justice, and fomenting insurrection - but look at Biden, his drug addict son may have traded of his fathers name.
Sure, Trump spent four years screaming fraud, did nothing: Absolved Russia of blame for election interference, and appears to have benefited from Russian interference; and has obstructed an investigation into it; and has leveraged military spending on desperate allies to assist him in his re-election campaign; AND appeared to try and cajole and strong arm state and federal election apparatus to try and overturn an election - but Biden once demanded something every other western nation wanted - and increased the likelihood of a company his son was involved would be investigated for fraud
And here: Sure, Trump was responsible for a huge push to undermine the credibility of an election and overthrow an unsatisfactory result, together with turning a significant fraction of the country into loyal adherents who believe the result was incorrect, to the point it has exerted pressure on local and state election apparatus to both restrict voting; and enact more plausible paths to override democratic results of a free and fair election - and went so far as to rile up a crowd and send them to the Capitol with the obvious expectation that the disruption or pressure would change the result in Congress: but omg - Biden is enacting vaccine mandates in the middle of the deadliest pandemic since Spanish flu.
It’s kinda nuts to have to explain that while, yes, Biden is enacting vaccine mandates, and yes, not everyone will agree with the premise and application of it, and yes; some people will think it heavy handed - no rational person will think clear and actual attempts to invalidate an election is comparable.
And yet we are here.
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@Athias
Can't be surprised by an entity which seeks to preserve itself. Politicians and their laws are in service to the government of which they are apart, not the people whom they presume and claim to protect.
The vilification of the Jan 6 trespassers is proof enough of this.
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@Athias
"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
"Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The federal government is our servant, not our master!"
“When the people fear the government, that's tyranny; when the government fears the people, that's freedom.”
-Thomas Jefferson
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@Greyparrot
"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
Hence, the concerted attempt to immobilize the populace using mass shootings as justification despite the extremely overwhelming number of registered owners not being involved in violent crimes.
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@Athias
We could use some more insurrectionists like Thomas Jefferson to restore America.