“We have a constitution that protects the minority groups instead of allowing the mindless to be manipulated.”It occurred to me that many people have been brainwashed in their understanding of important historical ideas. The Founders were concerned about “minority groups” but their minds had not been put into little boxes that associated “minority” with skin color.
A “minority group” was any common grouping that was not in the majority. It was something that usually had a political or religious implication. Thus the Quakers were a minority group and their religious convictions as pacifists was recognized. In current times we recognized the right of Jehovah’s Witnesses to refuse blood transfusions based on their religion. Currently we are watching to see if the Little Sisters of the Poor, an order of Roman Catholic nuns, will be forced to accept abortion because the government says so. Keep in mind that what happens to them will someday happen to you.
So grow up and put your mind back in gear. The truth about “minority groups” is that we are all a part of them. To paraphrase the famous Pogo insight, “I have met the minority and it is us.” In some area of our life we are in a minority. The reason the Founders put the Constitution together the way they did was not for majority rule but to keep the majority from trampling on the minorities. That is why we have the checks and balances of our three branch government. That is why we have a federal system. That is why we have an electoral college. Mess with them at your own risk.
If you have no area of your life that you stand in the minority, you have my sympathy. It must really be boring to be you.
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