To debunk MAGA’s “insurrectionist” theory of the 2nd Amendment, just read the Constitution. Everywhere it rejects insurrection, including in the 14th Amendment which bans insurrectionists from ever holding office again. The Constitution does not provide for its own destruction. [More]
True. It provides for its restoration after oath-breaking insurrectionist officeholders push the people beyond their limits of tolerance, all with an understanding at the time of ratification informed by the Declaration’s insistence “That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
Then again, what else would you expect a born-and-bred Marxist agitator to argue?
[Via Jess]
Our safety, our liberty depends on preserving the Constitution of the United States as our fathers made it inviolate. The people of the US are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts — not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow men who pervert the Constitution.
–ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Yes, the Constitution does provide for its own destruction; it has a built-in amendment process.
Which I believe is the reason for Ben Franklin’s warning, “A republic, if you can keep it.”