I recently came across this video of Michael Badnarik speaking about the constitution. I thought he made a lot of really good points about our rights. It is far too often that I come across people that think that we get our rights from the constitution. The constitution does not grant us anything. It limits the government from trying to infringe on the rights that the founders thought we already had and were inalienable.
Often I go out to eat with my friends from my school in Maryland. While out we talk about different issues, politics, the constitution etc. They often joke and say that I care too much about these kinds of things. I have been mocked for voting, protesting, boycotting, writing congressmen etc. In the beginning of this video Badnarik says, “it is not the constitution’s job to protect us. It is our job to protect the constitution.” I could not agree more with this statement. In an attempt to make a joke my Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor said to me yesterday that (aside from me) he doesn’t know anyone who has ever protested anything… That is truly sad…
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