T.L. Davis: Media is the Message

Any reasonable investigation into how we got so far from the Constitution so fast has to come back to one incredibly simple answer: the media.

Sure, politicians seek to undermine the Constitution, because it’s the only thing that limits or attempts to limit their power. They have always sought to undermine its authority. That’s why Chief Justice Marshall devised a role for the Supreme Court to rule on Constitutionality. Or, he was just a power-hungry megalomaniac, maybe both. By then, 1801, the politicians had already sought to worm their way around the limitations and Marshall saw in Marbury v Madison the opportunity to insert the Supreme Court as an arbiter of Constitutionality. I maintain, and always have, that Marshall lacked jurisdiction and he admitted in his memoirs that he took the case with the purpose of devising a role for the Supreme Court.

But that’s not what has led us to this place in our history. This sort of political wrangling has gone on since the beginning. The fuel to the fire is a media that willingly and enthusiastically turns a blind eye to the truth, working harder to defend liberal/communist ideals than seeking out stories of interest to the people, on behalf of the people. The only purpose of a “free press” is to criticize government, attend meetings only a few ordinary people could or would attend and inform millions about the meeting. Who needs a “free press” if it’s always going to take the side of one political party?

We are this far down the evil path, because conservatives view the media with skepticism and refuse to back it with their finances. It’s a case of having too strong a faith in the American people’s ability to see through lies, or a belief that their funds are better spent on bullets and food. To an extent, it’s true, ammo up, rifle up, put continuing to pile onto that arsenal as a means of conservative virtue signaling will not give one the chance or opportunity to use any of it in their actual defense.

There are several scenarios people suggest for the coming conflagration. All of them are valid to a degree and all of them are fallacious to a degree. Based on recent resistance to something as solidly unconstitutional like shutting down businesses, churches and insistence on masking and distancing requirements only proves that when it comes down to it, most people fold.

It’s easier to go along. This is not a critique, but if it isn’t taken into consideration, it’s one half of the battlefield left uninvestigated, unrecognized. So, what is likely to happen, at least to a certain degree, is that the feds will confiscate most of the rounds being purchased today. It’ll go into their arsenal, not ours. The arsenals become an extravagant gift to the feds.

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