Originally posted by bulletboy2311:
I think the 13th Amendment that safetalker is referring to, is an amendment which was passed by congress but never ratified by a sufficient majority of states to become an official amendment. Interestingly, it is an outstanding amendment, which means if 3/4ths of the states were to ratify it today, it would become law. Its wording is as follows:
"If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, or receive or retain any title of nobility or honour, or shall, without the consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office or emolument of any kind whatever, from any emperor, king, prince or foreign power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the United States, and shall be incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under them, or either of them."
Those who argue that this amendment was ratified are generally of the ilk who incorrectly believe that it would strip lawyers of their citizenship (and are working toward that end) due to their use of the "Esq." suffix.
Anyone who actually believes that the Amendment that was not ratified is the real 13th Amendment is not rational and has Zero credibility, and everything that person states should
not be believed by any intelligent and rational person. And adding to that the mistaken belief that this unratified Amendment would get rid of Attorneys proves beyond any reasonable doubt, at least to me that, the person who believes this is not fit to vote or to make any decisions affecting anyone else's life, liberty or pursuit of happiness and everything he or she says should at least be fully researched before giving any credence to it or to save a lot of time just tossed in the trash.
Posting total garbage like that on any Patriot board does a disservice not only to that board but to the entire Patriot cause.
What will be the next garbage posted on this board, that the Earth is Flat.
I can see how the Militia and the Patriot Movement in general is viewed as a bunch of uneducated hicks by a large percentage of the American People, what with all the garbage that gets posted and all the stupid things that most of us believe in.
Patriots need to stop posting crap like what was posted about the BAR and all the conspiracy theories and instead post only the facts and truth that can be verified or at least can be easily understood by intelligent people, otherwise the Militia and other Patriots will be considered Looney Toons and nut cases by the general populace.
Actually we are already considered nut cases by a large percentage of the people, could all our talk about conspiracies and stupid stuff about Amendments that never got ratified etc. etc. etc. have anything to do with this.
