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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
from what I understand slavery wasn't expressly written into the constitution in any shape or form. What was added to the constitution was to make sure that freed slaves were in fact the same EQUAL.
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My point was that the argument didn't really hold water.
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
But this is shifting, if the 8 years of bush continued to 32 years of bush, you'd sit there and just hope every election for an overturn?
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That's quite a false choice you've got there. In the case of tyranny, either sit there or have guns.
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Originally Posted by samcol
I love this idea that because YOU believe it's outdated no one should even have the chance or right to do it.
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It's not a belief, it's something that can be demonstrated via precedent, such as the Waco Siege. The Branch Davidians were armed to the teeth but couldn't even hope to stand up to the FBI or ATF. It was a massacre. It still makes me sick to think about it.