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Originally Posted by Giantone
It's sad how you and the others (rat) just want this country to live in fear ,I pity you .
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it's not about fear, it's about living up to the ideals of the constitution, and understanding what a dramatic and history altering set of ideals those were and still are.
We've been given an opportunity to live in a land that was built on the idea that government was beholden to the people that it governed. Because our nation has grown, and others have followed our basic tenets, many now want to act as if that is the natural state of people/government relations. But it's not, it never has been. The desire to govern, at it's core, is the desire to set up structures that others must follow. In our country, we put many restraints on every level of government, and our Constitution provides balancing rights to the people, so that structure can be created, while people still have the ability to live a life less beholden to that structure. The withering away of the balancing effect of the Bill of Rights has dramatically shifted the perception and balance of power in the people/government relationship. And it is sad to watch sheeple who gladly give away those things that people have shed their blood for for over 200 + years.