Some good, if basic, discussion here about the right’s abuse of the 10th Amendment. The bigger problem, which author Robert Parry notes, is the refusal of the press to provide basic information to readers, many of whom will therefore come to the natural conclusion that there must be some validity to these specious arguments. The press fails if it refuses to educate.
Repeat this stuff long enough, and it actually does become true. Consider the fact that we are now saddled with an interpretation of the Second Amendment that insults the memory of its author and ignores the introductory phrase of the Amendment. Years of groundwork were required to achieve that victory for insanity. Twenty five years from now the Tenthers may get their way. The South may win the Civil War yet. (Yet one more reason to re-open negotiations and let them leave peacably – or throw them out.
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