• WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    The 14th amendment in the US and the 1864 election happened in war time.

    Changes can be made during war time. An old constitution saying you can’t is irrelevant.

    A new constitution that is identical to the old one except it takes away dictatorial powers from those passing the constitution wouldn’t be sketchy at all.

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      Opponents will always point to it as a violation of the existing constitution and be right. Why is it so important to you that they don’t follow their laws? Are you that desperate to come up with excuses to upset the current governmental structure of nation under seige?

      I’m just gonna assume that at this point, you are a Russian stooge trying to subvert their enemy’s government online.

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        1 year ago

        Why is it so important to you that they don’t follow their laws?

        I don’t care if they don’t have an election right now. Its fine with me if they don’t. My complaint is using “the constitution says so” to justify things like dictatorships as if its a real argument rather than simply begging the question. I don’t even like when people use it as if it were an argument for things like being pro-freedom of speech. Its simply deflection.

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      The 14th amendment in the US and the 1864 election happened in war time.

      On a scale of 0 to 10, how likely were civilian areas to be hit by artillery shells and rockets during the civil war?

      Hint: the maximum range of a cannon at that time was barely a mile.