In case you
haven't heard, North Carolina has just found a new level of stupid to
sink to. With this move, it appears that Mississippi has competition
in their stampede towards “Idiocracy.” (Incidentally, I don't
believe Mr. Judge intended that movie to be a suggestion.)
North Carolina's State Legislature is about to pass a bill that declares
North Carolina to be above the rulings of the Federal Courts and the Constitution, with regards to the Separation of Church and State.
You see, North
Carolina only has ONE religion that matters, and everyone who
believes differently from them are simply unworthy of equal rights or
representation. Therefore, they believe that this religion should be
the OFFICIAL religion of North Carolina, and that for that reason,
they deserve special advantages and privileges that are ignored to
other religions... I mean, those religions aren't THAT religion, so
they must be WRONG... they must be some kind of CULT... they simply
don't matter...
… so that
their schools can lead prayers...
… so that
they can go to a “school voucher system” that excludes religions that they don't agree with, like other states have tried to do...
… so that they can use ONE RELIGION
to govern (or rather, oppress) people...
… so that they can pass bills like Tennessee's law that makes it legal for Christians to bully gays...
Am I the only person who sees something
WRONG here???
I mean, if North Carolina is declaring
that they magically, for some reason, are above the courts and
Federal Government, doesn't that look like an attempt to secede???
Following this logic, North Carlina can
just as easily pass more measures regarding ways they feel
“oppressed” by the Federal government... they can declare that
their citizens don't have to pay Income Taxes, for example... or that
their cops have the right to search and seize anything they damn well
please; warrant or not... or that the Second Amendment says you can
own tanks and F-18s... or that there is no such thing as a minimum
wage... or they could even bring back slavery, if they wanted to
(although, if they undo the minimum wage, it would do the same
thing)...
In the articles I've read, they haven't
stated where North Carolina believes they have the authority to do
this, but I can assume that they believe it comes from the Tenth
Amendment, which reads:
Now, when most morons talk about the
Tenth Amendment, they know they're talking about “State's Rights,”
but most of them have NEVER READ THE FUCKING AMENDMENT!!!
If they had, they would understand that
this basically says “if it doesn't say it here, then it's up to you
to figure it out...”
What THEY think it means is, “States
can do whatever the fuck they want; even if they want to eliminate
parts of the Constitution to meet their own sick desires.”
If they didn't think that, then they
wouldn't be attempting this legislative coup d'etat. That's the only
rational reason I can conceive to explain their actions.
… but then again, it may not be
entirely rational to attempt to understand the rantings of irrational
people... I mean, sure, they're interesting and all... but only a
Schizophrenic could follow what they call “logic.”
North Carolina, you may have just
inspired me to create a “movement toward Idiocracy” timeline...
while I'm thankful for the creative inspiration, I just have to
ask... wouldn't you rather be known for doing something GOOD?
Of course, the problem runs deeper than
just the legislators... I mean, SOMEBODY had to put them in office,
right? They didn't just APPEAR there, magically. They didn't just
walk in one day and start legislating... they were VOTED IN!
Now, what does that say about the
voting populous of North Carolina? Well, given the fact that they
voted for Obama twice, it's safe to say that the majority of the
people only vote once every four years (which, by the way, is the
case across THE ENTIRE COUNTRY).
The State Legislature, however, is
obviously elected by an entirely un-informed electorate; nearly
impervious to such things as “facts” or any understanding of the
Constitution. The people who elect these morons only serve to
further prove the hypotheses in my earlier post, “Cultivating the Stupid.”
Yes, as people get dumber, they elect
dumber people, who do things that help to make people dumber; which
only hurts the rest of us, because those of us who actually DO have
the ability to think rationally have to constantly deal with the pure
rivers of mental sludge that come from this segment of the
population.
Watch out going through doors... they
might close on your hands, with your knuckles dragging behind you
like that...
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