The Inquisition 2.0

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RedState: The Inquisition 2.0 Getting with the Pogrom

By: freewilledthinker (Diary) | April 3rd, 2015 at 09:31 AM

 

The Inquisition 2.0 is a government-backed series of civil and criminal prosecutions designed to punish private citizens for behavior not in accordance with a new set of “enlightened” beliefs. The Constitutional Congress enshrined protection for a set of beliefs directly out of the Age of Enlightenment. Those beliefs were silent on slavery, women’s rights and other areas which were left to the States to determine in accordance with their own beliefs. The power to disagree was preserved to the States.

 

Ever since the Civil War, we have been gradually eroding States’ rights through the Supreme Court. When the “right” result has been reached, in cases such as Roe v Wade, the victors have been able to impose restrictions on states regardless of majority sentiment. The victors have been free to cajole, belittle, castigate and ridicule the losers. Publicly, leaders have impugned ignorance, stupidity, sloth and any other kind of pejorative to those who oppose their new-found “traditional” power.