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    Default Re: POTUS Election Thread 2020

    Quote Originally Posted by Pannonian View Post
    On a related note, would you say that proponents of the Second Amendment as the guarantor of liberty who have also supported Trump's violations of constitutional norms have lost all authority?
    They have the same "authority" they had before -- the suffrage.

    If you meant, 'do I believe that they have lost the moral high ground to preach about the vital nature of one aspect of the Constitution by championing a fumbling would-be pseudo-autocrat who is at best operating extra-constitutionally and quite possibly in direct contravention of other portions of that document' I would say "yes" -- while noting that they will never recognize much less acknowledge the logical and ethical fallacy in which they are engaged.


    I once had a chap on this forum ask me how I, a small government conservative, could oppose abortion -- since any legislation thereupon by government would be intrusive to the individual. As in, how could I keep calling myself a small government somewhat-libertarian and, at least implicitly, call for greater government intervention into people's everyday lives.

    It was a darned good question. And one I not only took days to answer for myself, but to which I still review/consider my stance every once in a while.

    I would not expect that level of reflexive evaluation from the Trumpian Core.
    Last edited by Seamus Fermanagh; 08-06-2020 at 05:24. Reason: grammar
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