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Millions. Billions. It was the largest gathering of human beings in the history of the universe.

We know why. I predicted it in November 1916.IF he is re-elected, it will be with an even smaller minority of the popular vote.

But evil people tend to coalesce into evil groups.

Because that's a lie.

Head in the sand?

Try the CBC and CTV.

If you say you "know" the earth is flat when it clearly isn't, that's a reflection on you, not anybody else.

So... preserving slavery, denying women the vote, that sort of thing.

Well, I looked it up:

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In the context of United States law, originalism is a concept regarding the interpretation of the Constitution that asserts that all statements in the constitution must be interpreted based on the original understanding of the authors or the people at the time it was ratified. Wikipedia

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What do you think it means?It goes on:

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This notion stands in contrast to the concept of the Living Constitution, which asserts that the Constitution should be interpreted based on the context of the current times....

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Votes for women and black people are pretty much the context of the current times, aren't they? You and I are both old enough to remember the "current times" when it was a struggle to get black people the right to vote and sit at the front of the bus.. Well, I enjoy pointing out things that are twisted.

Then what's the point of having current judges?

I'm asking how can you deal with current issues if you don't let current judges consider them?

That sounds more like indoctrination than education.How do you know so infallibly what the original intent of the Constitution was, especially in the context of issues that didn't even exist when the Constitution was written? How could the framers even have an intent about things they had never heard of?

Why would you want to be saddled with the principles of a bunch of slavers, racists and misogynists? Well, no. It was changing views that reduced (some of) the injustices like slavery, racism and misogyny. There's still a lot of injustice that needs to be eliminated, not restored.

The general manager of the store I work at tells me what a great staff she has (and I agree). I remind her that "somebody" must be making good hiring decisions.

Maybe he should have known not to invade Russia in winter, but what's the point of saying that? The point is that it's big decisions can have big consequences and it's better to have a big leader making them, not a child. Nobody's suggesting that he isn't "allowed" - but it reflects on his competence. With an election coming up, the Peter Principle rears its head: "people in a hierarchy tend to rise to their "level of incompetence": an employee is promoted based on their success in previous jobs until they reach a level at which they are no longer competent, as skills in one job do not necessarily translate to another." Wikipedia