Thanks Kara! This is great!
I don’t attend Operation Hope meetings. I think I went to two before getting caught up in other things. So, I hope you don’t mind me asking, but what will become of the “The Contract Was Clear” article idea? It’s lovely. These parts stood out the most to me today:
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Zip codes decide verdicts. Wallets decide innocence.
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bipartisan system built to perform concern—without ever delivering justice.
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We want enforcement of the original terms.
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Deliver what was promised. Or step aside.
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Refusal to be ruled by lies, loopholes, or lobbyists.
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We are enforcing a contract.
Those who abuse power distort all (for lack of a better word) sacred words and texts to achieve their end goals. I still don’t know enough about those “originalists” or whatever the hell they call themselves — the ones like Scalia who wanted/want to interpret the constitution in self-serving, disturbing ways. It’s like we have to get down to basics, like a Government 101 class — What Is Freedom? Is Man inherently “good”? — to deal with these wannabe World-rulers. They want to walk around acting like only THEY can understand the “oh so complex” meanings of self-rule and governance.
In my day to day life, I keep thinking about the abuse of trust. So, I love the idea of framing our displeasures in the form of a breach of contract. They exploit the trust that is already there, build on the “trustworthy” messaging, and then pull a switcheroo. And when WE are horrified, they act like WE should have read the fine print!
They are taking advantage of our trust and belief in the constitution and its beloved principles. Freedom for all is not fucking ambiguous, no matter how badly they want it to be.