Anyone who thinks that this wouldn’t be hijacked by whackjobs of all kinds is living in a fantasy world. We don’t have the kind of statesmen that we need to make any serious mods to the Constitution. I’d be better off with returning it closer to the original document.
The goal of an Article V would be to return it closer to the original document. Any amendments that came out of it would still have to be ratified by 3/4s (38) of the states. If there’s enough ‘whack jobs’ in the states to do that we’re gone anyway!
If you’re interested in getting any reform done this is the only way to do it. Professional politicians are NOT going to do anything that is against their professional interests. Of course, if sitting and complaining is the goal, they fine let’s not do it.