Yesterday I had an interaction on Twitter with some friends on strict constitutionalism. The context was the Utah County organize Republican Convention happening today. In response to a tweet I made about being suspicious of strict constitutionalists, Connor Boyack said:
Oppose to adhere strictly to the Constitution of the party? It seems strange. :)
The point is not that I am opposed to adhere strictly to the Constitution. The point is that I am suspicious of the motives of those who make strict constitutionalism a point of its Office platform (in the party or otherwise).
I have no doubt that there are many sincere people who are seriously distraught at what they see as deviations from the standards that have been clearly established. No doubt there is a danger in these outputs. However, I am afraid that many people use the argument of strict constitutionalism as a way to gain power without clearly stating why they want to be able to.
There is nothing human obtain more worked up about that when someone is not following the rules. We see it all the time in the animation at the behest of fury. People hate when someone seems to be getting away with something. I am sure that there is some theory of social sciences on how that instinct is essential for social cohesion or something. Even so, we don't need to understand what the question is a powerful force.
Since that case: valid or otherwise - that someone in power is not following the rules is an easy way to get support for "throw the bum." Not only is it an easy game, but it has the advantage of not requiring the person who makes the burden of being for something else to follow the rules.
I am suspicious of the motives of the people who want to be elected because "they follow the rules". I want to know what to do and what they represent. I am not interested in the politics of children's games and constant arguments about the rules. Such arguments that I tired of political parties. Today in the Convention, be voting for the people who run the party to get things, not to make its platform on strictly follow the rules.
Posted by windley on April 30, 2011, 10: 36 AMsee related entries: utah gop policy
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