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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Calling it intellectual is generous. Its not intellectual at all; its political gimickry masked as a valid school of legal thinking. The Right figured out sometime ago that, since the Constitution was old, by necessity, it would not contain many of the rights progressives sought in present day society. The Right figured “Fuck, We can use the Constitution as a sword. But wait... we first have to address our critics who will make the logical argument that the Constitution was meant to adapt to times. The left and middle will offer really strong arguments - I mean, shit... the Founding Fathers were all progressive.” The Right sat down and created of whole cloth, not unlike Intelligent Design, the school of legal thought known as originalism, traditionalism, etc... as a cover to push its political agenda via the judiciary branch.
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Radical Islamic fundamentalism, right-wing conservative Americans, it's the same message. Life was better in the Good Old Days. It's all this damn progress and literacy and wimmin's rights that has brought us to the brink of Hell and it's time to turn back the tide before it's too late.
