The point of the O'Donnell first amendment saga is that teabaggers ignore reality.

[Renew Deal]

Does the Constitution say there is a "separation of church and state?" Hell no. I didn't read it in there. You made it up. They are unthinking literalists. They take every word of the constitution literally except those words they don't agree with. Those words are ignored.

They say that we should worship the Constitution except for the first, 13th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 19th, and 24th amendments. Since they don't agree with them, they just don't exist.

[NewJeffCT]

1. A lot of them still think slaves should count as 3/5 of a person

as well.

[Tippy]

2. K&R

[ladjf]

3. Why bother with reality when fabricating opinions is so much easier

and politically productive? nt

[woodsprite]

4. Sounds like they read the Constitution just like they read their Bibles. n/t

[Renew Deal]

6. DING DING DING

You're 100% correct!

[fascisthunter]

9. oooh... good one

short and bitter sweet

[no_hypocrisy]

5. I was predicting she was going to say the Bill of Rights don't apply to the States

because she was ignorant of the 14th Amendment's due process clause.

[arcane1]

7. "Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be"

Spurred by an administration he believes to be guilty of numerous transgressions, self-described American patriot Kyle Mortensen, 47, is a vehement defender of ideas he seems to think are enshrined in the U.S. Constitution and principles that brave men have fought and died for solely in his head.

"Our very way of life is under siege," said Mortensen, whose understanding of the Constitution derives not from a close reading of the document but from talk-show pundits, books by television personalities, and the limitless expanse of his own colorful imagination. "It's time for true Americans to stand up and protect the values that make us who we are."


http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-passionate-defender-of-what-he-imagines-c,2849/

[bullwinkle428]

8. Kind of like Bible literalists, whom I've yet to see protesting outside

of a Red Lobster!

[Pacifist Patriot]

10. It's not just ignoring reality, it's more insidious than that.

It's an inability to think outside of tight literal boxes which prohibits any sort of problem solving because the mental skills of analytics and creativity are utterly lacking. Literalism is a dangerously life-limiting way to exist.