I wasn’t going to chip in much more, but this statement demands a response:
“Taking that “logic” to its natural conclusion, our Constitution is hopelessly out of date, and the meaning of it has utterly changed, so we might as well ignore it completely.”
That is in fact the strategy and view on the left. They try to control the evolution of language in order to gut the original meaning of the Constitution. Now, the meaning of words does evolve, devolve, and just plain change. The term “gay” is a prime example. That’s why the counter to the left’s attack on the Constitution is not to deny that the meaning of language changes, but rather to have “originalist” or “Constitutionalist” judges who try to determine the original intent of the words used in the Constitution. See the Keller gun control case for a prime example.
The quoted part of your comment simply doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.
Yup, why not take everything completely out of context, that way you can say anything you want to, and it can mean anything you wish it to mean.
I realize you probably haven't read the entire thread, and I certainly don't expect you to do so simply on my suggestion, but had you in fact read it, you would see that it was not I who wants to trash the Constitution, but rather the leftists who are posting POSING on this thread.
I agree with your statement that changing the meaning of our language is a tactic of the left, but seeing as how there are many FReepers who do exactly the same thing, I leave it to you do decide for yourself who is writing the truth, and who is writing from out in left field.