re: #158 thedopefishlives

You moved the goalposts. You asked where in the Constitution it said American Citizen. I showed you. The Constitution is, fundamentally and foremost, a document preserving the rights of the American Citizen from its government. To apply those rights universally would be an affront to those who work so hard to become citizens every year, just to earn that priceless protection.

This was not “moving the goalposts” — you chose to ignore common english language colloquialism. To the point: you have committed a strawman fallacy.

I would have hoped you would have understood the question as posed, which was:

“Show me where in the constitution is states the rights of the people are only given to citizens”.

I showed you amendments where it says “The people” instead of citizens.

I can also show you where, in the constitution, it says citizen (to describe the who can vote, or be eligible for a seat in congress) — so there is some evidence the writers understood the difference.

Lastly, the lines associated with “We the people” defines the people enacting the legislation, not the people whom the legislation is targeted.

Really lastly: Let’s not play word games — let’s actually try to have an honest discussion.