Posted on 07/27/2025 8:53:23 AM PDT by Twotone
Amazon Prime making a TV show blasting Convention of States probably wasn’t on your bingo card. But, alas, here we are.
The show is called Shiny Happy People: A Teenage Holy War, and it’s a sensationalized polemic about an evangelical organization that apparently “radicalized” Christian youth, which takes an unexpected turn into “exposing” the COS grassroots who want to “rewrite the Constitution.”
According to the series’ description, “Teen Mania captivated a generation of fervent evangelical Millennial kids with adrenaline-fueled, ecstatic religious experiences through ‘Acquire the Fire’ rallies. But beneath the glittering surface lurked sadistic boot camps, staged martyrdom drills, and fascism disguised as faith - transforming innocent teens into fanatical soldiers, with devastating consequences still unfolding today.”
Don’t fall for the melodrama. The show, which, to be clear, features precious few shiny happy people, basically rehashes the left’s favorite talking points about Christian nationalists, religious fundamentalists, and radical right-wingers forming an “existential threat to democracy” — a line which actually appears in the show.
You see, when leftists educate schoolchildren about their values, it’s called “progress”; when conservatives do the same, it’s called “fascism disguised as faith.” When the former seek to see their values reflected in politics, that’s called democracy; for the latter, it’s called authoritarianism.
As one interviewee says in the show, “Guess what? All the authoritarian people got together, and they’re coming after you.”
It’s right in the middle of this exposé about a supposedly ominous Christian group from the 90s that Convention of States makes its debut Amazon Prime appearance, described in the most sinister terms imaginable.
According to one review of the show, “Basically these fanatics are insecure people who feel threatened by the existence of logical minds. Today, they want to invoke the Convention of States, a method through which they can amend the constitution. That can only be done if two-thirds of the state legislatures apply to Congress, and the extreme right-wing people do believe that they would be able to make that dream into reality.”
“People who threaten to break the democratic fabric of the nation, need to be stopped, and more importantly, need to be told that nobody is above the constitution,” it adds.
The show never really bothers to explain how that relates to Teen Mania. (To the uninitiated, Convention of States aims to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, impose fiscal restraints, and place term limits on federal officials, none of which sound like very “fanatical” or religious goals.) To be clear, the two organizations have nothing to do with each other. The point, however, is abundantly clear: the American people should fear Convention of States.
But who, really, is afraid?
The radical left fears an Article V convention, not because it threatens to enact fascism in America (to the contrary, we seek to forestall tyranny), but because we’re closing in on their power. And they know it. Despite what the show may insinuate about us, we don’t believe in a top-down approach to government; we believe power should be left as close to home as possible. The left, on the other hand, has been consolidating power in Washington for decades, making true self-governance nearly impossible.
Between the sinister description of COS as an organzation that wants to “shred the Bill of Rights [and] the First Amendment” and footage of non-COS activists carrying torches, it’s clear that Amazon is uninterested in contending with the facts about who we are and would rather erect a strawman narrative about “insecure people who feel threatened by the existence of logical minds.”
In reality, it seems the powers that be feel threatened by us. We’re apparently living rent-free in their heads; we’re over the target. That Amazon would use a hot cultural property to attack us tells you just about everything you need to know.
So, which side will you stand on? The side that views traditional conservative values as a fascist threat to democracy? Or the side that seeks to use the Constitution to restore greater power to the American people, regardless of their religious or political backgrounds?
The real threat lies not in the hands of “We the People,” but within the grasp of an elite establishment in a far-distant capital seeking to control our lives. Rest assured, my friends, the second group knows its days are numbered.
V COS would also be a good way to revoke the 17th amendment.
I recognize this issue is causing a debate of For and Against Nationally. I once was For a Convention of States BUT the more research I did convinced me to be Against. With Voter Fraud so rampant a Convention of States is Too Risky.
Please understand …. a Convention of States is Too Risky. I believe the Founders of our Nation gave the People enormous power over those seeking to govern the People. My belief has become, after personal research, the risk For the People could through a Convention of States could create a government with more power to further enslave the People more than is the current state. I’m currently slave enough.
Br’er Rabbit comes to mind.
“Don’t toss us into that COS briar patch. Oh, no—we would really hate that!”
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More risk than we face today ?
I disagree.
And I believe the fear porn narrative of
” it's too risky”
is on the same level of the
” you are a conspiracy theorist”
narrative.
Dems and rinos favorite go to assertions.
You say you are “ slave enough”
And yet fear worse tyranny ?
How much worse can tyranny be for a “slave “ ?
No, we have a bureaucratic and oligarch tyranny NOW.
What ? We should vote our way out of it ?
Rely on the federal Congress to legislate the tyranny away ?
No, they act too slow to save our nation.
Article V COD could right ALL the wrongs in 1 fell swoop.
Our only hope is for the states to regress the fed back into its proper constitutional role .
Repeal the 16th and 17th amendments.
Revoke D.C. sovereignty and independence, and return it to state property and jurisdiction.
The founders KNEW. tyranny would eventually creep in due to man's sinful nature.
They knew they had to provide an “ in case of federal decent into tyranny emergency “ lever for states to reign in federal over reach.
There is no other reason for article V COD to have been added to the founding documents or to exist.
The only thing “ at risk” is to the federal bureaucratic tyranny, demcommies, rino’s, crony criminal corporatists, oligarchs and apostate tyranny .
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Absolutely. Your above comment confirms and solidifies my belief. Too Risky. If the People cannot have our representatives of our government govern “For the People” I can only believe due to man’s sinful nature, a COS would be taken over by sinful men and women seeking to destroy the Peoples’ Constitution.
You said you were a slave, but it's too risky ?
Riskier than being a slave ?
You're argument holds no water
Just cuz men are sinners doesn't mean there aren't lots who have repented and are willing to do what's right
It took years for individual reprobates to corrupt our gov
COS could change that in one fell swoop
Your way, rolling over and peeing on yourself crying
It's too risky
It's too risky
It's too risky
Stinks of rank cowardice
My comment solidifies your belief ?
Oh bullshit.
You are just grasping for any argument to maintain your “ it's TOO risky” narrative
I see it took you over 24 hours to think up a rebuttal
A lame on at that.
The more your crowd kicks and screams and crys
The more I see it as pure fear it might happen and put your idea of utopia back in the trash can with all the other tyrants this country has thrown off.
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destroy the Peoples’ Constitution.
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.the constitution is ALREADY destroyed
A COS could restore it in one fell swoop.
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