I just received this from the Montana Secretary of State. Analysis below.
There is so much wrong with this relatively short statement. Maybe I'm nit-picking, but stuff like this bothers me. So where do I start?
1) "The 4th of July celebrates our democracy..." No it doesn't, because there was no government at all besides the British Crown. And even when the government was finally formed, we were given not a democracy but a representative republic.
2) "It serves as a reminder that we, as American citizens, share the right and the responsibility to elect the people who make and uphold our laws." No, it serves as a reminder that government tends to suppress and oppress, and therefore the people have the right to throw off this oppression.
I wonder if Ms. McCulloch realizes that there is no enumerated right to vote mentioned in the Constitution until the 14th amendment was passed on July 9, 1868. One might justifiably wonder if there was no right to vote, as liberals conventionally construe the meaning of rights, until nearly 100 years after the Declaration? And where did this idea of the responsibility to vote come from?
3) "I encourage you to celebrate your right to vote..." This is so strange that it barely needs commenting on, except to say that the idea of celebrating a right must be akin to celebrating a birthday, apparently.
2) "It serves as a reminder that we, as American citizens, share the right and the responsibility to elect the people who make and uphold our laws." No, it serves as a reminder that government tends to suppress and oppress, and therefore the people have the right to throw off this oppression.
I wonder if Ms. McCulloch realizes that there is no enumerated right to vote mentioned in the Constitution until the 14th amendment was passed on July 9, 1868. One might justifiably wonder if there was no right to vote, as liberals conventionally construe the meaning of rights, until nearly 100 years after the Declaration? And where did this idea of the responsibility to vote come from?
3) "I encourage you to celebrate your right to vote..." This is so strange that it barely needs commenting on, except to say that the idea of celebrating a right must be akin to celebrating a birthday, apparently.
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