A CONSTANTLY-REPEATED, AND RATHER PATHETIC-SOUNDING MEME, CERTAIN SPECIMENS OF ZEALOTRY AND TRUE BELIEF WHO SHOULD KNOW BETTER will enjoy spreading is excusing the cause of hate, bigotry and intolerance as essential to the defence of America's "antient and pecuilar soverignty and soverign identity," forever seen by that ilk (and their droogs) as "under constant threat from the New World Order."

Not to mention a somewhat related meme suggesting that the defence of American "soverignty and soverign identity" is that of free-market capitalism with American characteristics--which, consistent with conservative thought patterns, they see as reversible if and when the need requires this.

And among the arguments these weird and unwholesome elements will use to excuse a "patriotic" hate being "essential to the defence of America's traditional soverignty and soverign identity" is their citation of the infamous Dred Scott v. Sanford ruling in 1857 as upheld slavery and, with it, the enforced second-class status of blacks and others deemed to be "inferior peoples" inasmuch as they

are not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word 'citizens' in the Constitution, and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States.

Which, to such a weird and unwholesome element, belongs only and exclusively to white male Christian (preferably Low Church) freeholders (especially so such with "free and clear" title), though not expressly implied in the Constitution.

To further such an argument, these comments from Dred Scott are also likely to be thus invoked (emphasis added):

[The Constitution] must be construed now as it was understood at the time of its adoption. It is not only the same in words, but the same in meaning, and delegates the same powers to the Government, and reserves and secures the same rights and privileges to the citizen; and as long as it continues to exist in its present form, it speaks not only in the same words, but with the same meaning and intent with which it spoke when it came from the hands of its framers, and was voted on and adopted by the people of the United States. Any other rule of construction would abrogate the judicial character of this court, and make it the mere reflex of the popular opinion or passion of the day.

In effect, excusing racism, sexism, anti-Semitism, misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia and intolerance in general as "Constitutional" is "American."

And such elements will love to stop @ nothing to reinforce such sick and illogical interpretations.

Interpretations which need to be challenged @ every opportunity.