Here’s what people don’t dare acknowledge in this PC world: Dred Scott v. Sandford was rightly decided, based on the Constitution at the time. What went wrong was that it was exploited by early “progressives” who whipped people up into an EMOTIONAL frenzy. That caused the North to respond with violence when the South peacefully seceded.
That is what progressives do. They use emotional arguments to override logic and reason and use mass hysteria among the weak-minded to incite bloodshed.
After the Civil War, it was probably a good thing to grant citizenship to former slaves and their offspring. What else could be done? There was nothing that legally or morally required it. But, as a political matter, that probably was best.
However, the 14th Amendment was poorly written and has been misused tremendously. It’s also not clear that the Civil War amendments were legally ratified. But that’s another issue.
We have A LOT to do to restore the Republic. Much damage has been done over the last 150 years. Reestablishing the idea of legal citizenship and expelling several generations of interlopers is just a start.
“That is what progressives do. They use emotional arguments to override logic and reason and use mass hysteria among the weak-minded to incite bloodshed.”
Yes, and they don’t seem to have an upper limit on their hysteria.
“We have A LOT to do to restore the Republic.”
The forces arrayed against the one man who is trying to save the republic are staggering. I’m not optimistic it can be done peacefully any longer....Trump is leaving everything on the field and the attacks on him just continue to increase- From the Repukis, the dems, the corrupt state, the courts, the media, etc.