Not all of these politicians hope to overturn "the system". On the contrary, many if not most of them aspire to seize control over existing constitutional arrangements by displacing entrenched "elites". The word "elites" is in inverted commas because the meaning of this argument is restricted to a specific type of insider.
Because of this, an argument for the former thesis is not an argument against the latter thesis.
There are some basic questions of due process that are conveniently sidestepped because the explosive nature of this argument takes place in faraway locales.
"For me, it's very conservative to support the freedom to marry for same-sex couples, because at the core of this argument is marriage," added Tyler Deaton, another leadership committee member.
Because of this, the argument goes, great apes will only communicate what is beneficial for them and not what is useful for others.
The Administration is evidently aware of this argument, because it pointedly did not respond to the attack with an instant resort to military force.
Say, "are you purposely going to keep changing the subject of this argument because you can't think of a proper insult?".
Because that's the logical end of this argument, that people are property, that certain people are property, and that citizens cannot be denied the right to transport property wherever they want within the bounds of the US.
"We went after 'The Da Vinci Code' because of the argument that it was based on fact, when it was based on fiction," Mr. Donohue said.
