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The Heartland POD
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Political analysis & culture from folks in the #Heartland. Family of podcasts & youtube shows. "Change The Conversation" Web: https://t.co/68oTLnTTI9
Feb 26, 2022 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
The anti-trans & anti-gay legislation & attitudes showing up are troubling for many reasons.

1. Bigotry and hate are rarely developed“overnight” - this stuff has been discussed behind closed doors for a long time. It wouldn’t be making an appearance now unless -🧵 1/11 the people behind it had data to make them think it is useful for votes.

2. Plenty of reasonable folks will chalk up the transition from things like the nonsensical #CRT and banning books to open attacks on human existence as merely “politics” and not sinister. 2/11
Feb 25, 2022 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
This is such a great time to understand the origin and history of the 2nd amendment. 🧵

The Articles of Confederation had a very similar section. It was much longer than the current text of the 2nd as we know it now. It spelled out that in order for the people to defend the newly won liberty there should be a freedom to have publicly available arms - a storage of arms that were to be open for public use in case of invasion. When the Bill of Rights was written the language was shortened. Good legal writing often does that.