Newt Gingrich started the attack against the US constitution in the beginning of the week. He launched operation shock and awe by striking against one of the most cherished principles of this country - the freedom of speech. It worked, because after all we've been through in the last six years, I was still shocked by this.
The first amendment! I am not sure I can name something more sacred to the principles of America.
Then Dennis Prager came in and delivered the second blow to the first amendment (if you don't know him, don't worry, you're not alone; he is a buffoonish conservative talk show host who has made a cheap living desperately trying to copy Rush Limbaugh his whole life). Prager went after the establishment clause. He argued that every member of Congress should show their allegiance to the Bible in order to be allowed into Congress. The first amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."How much clearer did they have to be?
I was shocked too. Uygur then says the following:
The problem with these conservatives is that they truly don't understand the idea of America. They have no idea what this country stands for. If all we stand for is the religious views of the majority, then we are no different than any country in the Middle East. If we strike out against our enemies by trying to shut down their right to speak, then we are no better than communist China or the Islamic Republic of Iran.
A commenter on this article said that they actually do understand the idea of America. They just detest that idea and want to destroy it. I'm afraid that person had a good point.
Gingrich says he wants to "close down every website that is dangerous." Well, boys and girls, you know what that means. He want to shut down dissent.
If that doesn't alarm you particularly, remember, this man wants to run for president.
We'll not regain the West the way it should be until politicians, particularly American ones, get the intellectual honesty to separate conflated issues, and the balls to reject proposals and bills with the idea of `terrorism' tacked-on.
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