Your idea of a meaningful, unhijacked, convention is Pollyanish, to say the least. Regardless of whether there are ‘adults’ in this country or not. Liberals don’t do ‘adult’ they don’t do ‘fair’ and they don’t do ‘nice’.
Your other comment assumes there are enough of a contingent outside our urban cesspools and high-pop areas that could make a difference after they’ve destroyed themselves in a feeding frenzy. This is the primary reason they want popular election of Presidents - because they do not represent the dispersed population of the rest of us. (ROTFLMAO, too)
I actually don’t see much chance of a “hijacked” convention, but I would be interested in your thoughts as to how that could actually happen - within the reality of how these conventions are set up and function. Beyond that, even if the convention were “hijacked” all the convention can do is propose amendments to the Constitution. The convention would have no power to adopt them. Any proposals still have to be ratified by 38 of the 50 states where Wyoming’s voice is equal to California’s and Idaho counterbalances New York..
And as for Liberals not playing “nice,” “fair.” or “adult”,” I don’t care; they’re just doing what is natural to them, and we know what to expect. We can beat them on the battlefield or off. We just can’t expect the Beltway party animals to do it for us.
As for your second comment, you have succinctly revealed why the Amendment Convention can work, if you only listen to your own reasoning.