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Bob Wells
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The first sentence says a lot.
From the Jefferson Memorial
Southeast Portico:
"I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as a civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors."
-Excerpted from a letter to Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1816
From the Jefferson Memorial
Southeast Portico:
"I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as a civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors."
-Excerpted from a letter to Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1816
The question is. Do you think our minds are more progressed? Are we are more enlightened? More developed? Have we found new truths?
Bob Wells
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On the whole, yes.
Katie_lied
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Yes, in the context of the Jefferson quote. Back in the day, the founding fathers were dealing with muskets. Today we’re with assault rifles. I for the life of me can’t see why a private citizen has the need for such a weapon. However, that horse left the barn a long time ago. So I would love to see severe restrictions on buying ammo.
Do you think we are? I am starting to see a separation between the enlightened and close minded , progressives and conservatives, truthful and false prophets and finally wealth (non producing) and working class (producing). If our schools can’t teach the truth then we have allowed government to control development of young minds. The truth is hard but necessary for development. I have always believed that human life itself means generational learning and development. I never ever believed I would see what is happening now. Can’t blame all this on politics so has our species reached a limit. Hopefully this is just a blip.
Yes it is called “right wing reassurance”
Bob Wells
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Use the whole sentences, there are other reasons for change.
"As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times."
In my job we had a couple of sayings.
"2 things we hated, change and the way things are"
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"100 years of tradition impeded by progress"
We have people who are stuck. We have folks teaching from the pulpit of society about what the Founding Father's intent was from 2A, Religion. Seems the positive side of slavery is back in vogue, sarcasm intended. We have had politicians who want to usurp the will of the people and the Constitution, and was certainly IMO considering it based on what his own people around him believed. I believe, whether it has happened before or this is the first time that there should be some oversight, ethics that doesn’t allow for what I believe is happening on the Supreme Court. Change is hard, but sometimes it needs to occur. But if you believe those insurrectionist on January 6th were well within their right to do what they did, then you would have to believe the methods used by BLM and Antifa to make change by their riotous actions are just as right. I DON'T
Changing the Constitution of the United States SHOULD NOT BE EASY, and there are mechanism to do it.
Bob Wells
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Conservative Case Emerges to Disqualify Trump for Role on Jan. 6 (Published 2023)
Two law professors active in the Federalist Society wrote that the original meaning of the 14th Amendment makes Donald Trump ineligible to hold government office.
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