This is what passes for “thought” in Liberal World
(Daily Caller) A political scientist and former professor has penned an article calling for the U.S. Constitution to be censored in order to conceal older parts that are offensive.
“South Carolina’s battle flag may soon come down from the capitol flagpole, but other symbols of the Confederacy’s ideology remain in place,†writes political scientist and former University of Maryland professor Henry Bain in an editorial that has appeared in several newspapers around the country. “For example, consider the U. S. Constitution.â€
Bain isn’t calling for the creation of a new Constitution, but rather says the current one should simply be edited to remove parts he considers immoral and outdated.
“All copies of the Constitution promulgate detailed instructions for the recapture of slaves who have run away from their owners,†he says. “They also specify that slaves are to be counted as three-fifths of a person in the Census, giving a boost to the slave-owning states in the House of Representatives and the Electoral College.â€
Obviously, those parts have been superseded by Amendments, but he is Very Unhappy that citizens are allowed to read history. I bet they’d like to whitewash the racist history of the Democratic Party. And everything else they don’t like. Because they’re the educated Party, ya know!
Modern copies of the Constitution (such as that at Archive.gov) typically show the text as it originally was, while also including a note that such clauses have been superseded by later amendments. That may seem reasonable, but Bain says that kind of approach is the reason nine people found themselves brutally gunned down in Charleston.
“One might justify this presentation of our national charter by saying that it commemorates an earlier time or instructs students on the nation’s political history,†says Bain. “That kind of thinking has prevailed for a long time in Charleston, only recently yielding in the face of an atrocity.â€
Yeah, he went there. Who does he want to redo the Constitution? Why, himself, of course, as he pimps his book, “The Constitution of the United States of America Modern Editionâ€. You can get it for just $9.99, Kindle edition!
Alas! I might Kindlize his book ’twere it free, but I’ll keep my $9.99 for something of actual value.
Our esteemed host quoted:
Oddly enough, I thought that the amendment process was the editing of the Constitution, updating the document to reflect modern needs and concerns.
Silly me!
I followed the link, and read the description of the book:
Oddly enough, I can read the Constitution as it is written now, and understand it. I s’pose that “old fashioned and unusual terms” like Bill of Attainder might need to be defined for
Democrats and leftistsless educated and literate readers, but you can Google “Bill of Attainder,” and get 240,000 hits; the definition is easily found.Howsomeever, it seems to me if the author wishes for readers to “easily understand what the writers of the Constitution envisioned for America more than two centuries ago,” then he’d not want to see portions edited out. If the slavery sections are edited out, so no one will be offended, how can anyone understand that many of the Framers wanted to maintain slavery as an institution?
Yes alas it is sadz but true the Confederate battle flag will be taken down in SC probably by that Surrender Monkey fella who is causing so much damage to the kulture of the South. No one seems to be able to control him
He even repainted that General Lee car
Now the Surrender MOnkey after threatening the House Reps with being fired from their jobs has convinced the House to prohibit Confederate flags in National cemeteries
CAN HE BE STOPPED !!
That’s not quite correct. Most statutory processes replace the old text with the new, but the U.S. Constitution appends amendments, and doesn’t explicitly replace earlier text.