I guess the workers at Blair Mountain were “slavers and separatists”.
Right on. Part of the weird fetish is that perceived need to defend themselves from the government.
It’s as stupid as it is antiquated and was never a thing among patriots and decent Americans, among people who were literally rebels: slavers and separatists, the exact people the Second Amendment was written to protect against.
The words “security of the state” are the express, states purpose of the Second Amendment, right there in the text, and rebellion was expressly cited at the Convention by the framers.
endhits@lemmy.world 8 months ago
jeremy_sylvis@midwest.social 8 months ago
“decent” seems to be doing some heavy lifting here. A linguistic analysis of writings of the Framers cross-referenced against era culture and stats highlights the depth of your misunderstanding.
Ah - I see we’re not only cherry-picking, but we’re depending on a preamble e.g. a preparatory or introductory statement as somehow limiting of scope or indicative of audience to which a right was granted.
JustZ@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Delusional. Learn to read.