re: #59 majii

Anytime someone brings up the “Constitution” canard to my face, I ask them if they’ve actually read the goddamn thing. “Not the whole thing, just the important parts” is a popular response.

You morons! 4,543 words in the original document, including signatures. 7,591 words if you count all 27 amendments.

I ask them “So what’s the important part?” And they say 1st, 2nd amendment, etc. “Yeah, what about the rest of the document *before* the amendments, what do they say?” That’s usually when our conversation ends. I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised to hear that most self-described conservatives don’t even know that the constitution a.) divides our government into three branches, b.) only mentions religion twice; once to outlaw a religious test for office and twice when the first amendment was drafted which in effect separates church and state, and c.) like you said, was ratified in 1789, a full 13 years after the Declaration of Independence.