He said that the values enshrined in the 1776 Declaration of Independence have “fallen out of favor” among Americans.

The one who may not have gotten his seat at all if it wasn’t for progress, blasts progress.

Clarence “Steven Candie” Thomas, raper of Anita Hill…

  • TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
    57·
    10 days ago

    “[Progressivism] holds that our rights and our dignities come not from God, but from government,” he said.

    Because it’s unequivocally true. Even if you believe your rights originate from God, unless or until God comes down and forms a state capable of enforcing those rights, they’re meaningless.

    “It requires of the people a subservience and weakness incompatible with a constitution premised on the transcendent origin of our rights.”

    What a stupid thing to say. He’s the one advocating for subservience, that is subservience to the supposed God who is supposedly the originator of our supposed rights.

    That being said, I agree that we should not be subservient to the government. The government should be subservient to we, the people.

    • DomeGuy@lemmy.world
      13·
      10 days ago

      This coming from one of the jerks who wrote the tenth amendment out of the constitution is the rankest hypocrisy ever.

    • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
      5·
      10 days ago

      I wish I could kill God in front of these mother fuckers to show them that the old ways are dead. The only thing we know for certain is that we are here together and better work it out - anti-progressiveness is radically against the people and should be put down with extreme prejudice because it is so wholly toxic to all life on the planet.

    • GraniteM@lemmy.world
      2·
      10 days ago

      "[O]ur rights and our dignities come not from God, but from government,” he said.

      Hmm.

      Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.

      Ephesians 6:5

      …and…

      Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord.

      Colossians 3:22

      Is that the God you want to derive your rights from, Clarence?