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Is the N.R.A. Un-American?
The New York Times ^
| May 13, 2013
| Professor Stanley Fish
Posted on 05/14/2013 7:09:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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A professor who doesn't know we aren't a democracy?
To: 2ndDivisionVet
these are the types that are running things now.
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posted on
05/14/2013 7:12:10 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I suppose General Washington was unAmerican when he resisted the tyranny of his government.
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posted on
05/14/2013 7:12:34 PM PDT
by
gop4lyf
(Are we no longer in that awkward time? Or is it still too early?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“I mean those who read the Second Amendment as proclaiming the right of citizens to resist the tyranny of their own government, that is, of the government that issued and ratified the Constitution in the first place.”
And his point is? It’s exactly why we have the second amendment. And the IRS scandal and going after the press is bordering on tyranny.
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posted on
05/14/2013 7:12:40 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(The reason we own guns is to protect ourselves from those wanting to take our guns from us.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
...the government that issued and ratified the Constitution in the first place. The government neither issued nor ratified the Constitution. The Constitution of the United States was issued and ratified by "we the people," as it states in the first sentence of the preamble."We the people," formed the federal government by delegating to it certain powers that are inherent in the people themselves.
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posted on
05/14/2013 7:13:02 PM PDT
by
Thane_Banquo
( Walker 2016)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
We have a President who feels “constrained” by the Constitution, and the professor is not the least bit worried where that might lead??? What universe does he inhabit? /s
To: 2ndDivisionVet
This Nation was founded with the overthrow of what was a legitimate government. The Declaration of Independence clearly spells it out.
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posted on
05/14/2013 7:15:15 PM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
This communist twit of a “professor” is un-American.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
05/14/2013 7:18:11 PM PDT
by
Repeal The 17th
(We have met the enemy and he is us.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
He’s an idiot. The govt did NOT issue and ratify the Constitution. It was written by delegates of the states and ratified by the states, not the government which was only created by the ratification process.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
No the NRA is not Un-American but those who write Nazi propaganda for the New Yawk Slimes are.
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posted on
05/14/2013 7:18:24 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(If you think ObamaCare is a train wreck, wait until you see the amnesty bill.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
If he has to say he is a professor then he is not much of a teacher.
During the Cold war, armed citizens were a invasion deterent.
The USA has more armed citizens than countries with standing armies. The fact we have had orderly power trasitions for (even in the civil war nobody stopped the president from becoming president) for all our history.
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posted on
05/14/2013 7:18:58 PM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Stanley Fish??????
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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posted on
05/14/2013 7:19:45 PM PDT
by
jobim
(.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
05/14/2013 7:20:38 PM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(0bama's agenda—Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
To: Cousin Eddie
this is google search manipulation for the nra.
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posted on
05/14/2013 7:20:45 PM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
[[A professor who doesn’t know we aren’t a democracy?]]
He’s unAmerican, what do you expect?
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posted on
05/14/2013 7:21:00 PM PDT
by
CottShop
(Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I am deeply unpersuaded by professors. I have my degree, but I have been working in the real world for nearly 30 years. I owned a business for over ten years. I must say, listening to professors is a waste of time. I learned little about dealing with the real word from college professors.
Perhaps this twit might be brighter than most of his colleagues. Perhaps he knows his liberal ass is in our sights.
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posted on
05/14/2013 7:26:17 PM PDT
by
ConservativeInPA
(Molon Labe - Shall not be questioned)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
as proclaiming the right of citizens to resist the tyranny of their own government, that is, of the government that issued and ratified the Constitution in the first place. Is this idiot trying to say that the Fed Gov created itself rather than the States?
" Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own voluntary act. In this relation, then, the new Constitution will, if established, be a FEDERAL, and not a NATIONAL constitution. " James Madison Federalist No. 39, January 1788
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posted on
05/14/2013 7:27:39 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(My faith and politics cannot be separated)
To: EQAndyBuzz
I love how this author doesn't think the second amendment is about resisting a tyrannical government. The whole Bill of Rights is a set of guarantees against tyranny.
His other premise is wide of the mark as well. The idea that the "government" grants the rights in the Constitution requires ignoring that the "government" exists only throughout the authorities granted in the Constitution. It is scary that someone so devoid of understanding makes a living teaching people.
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posted on
05/14/2013 7:28:13 PM PDT
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
By his logic the founding fathers were also radical extremists.
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posted on
05/14/2013 7:29:20 PM PDT
by
Exton1
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