• mhague@lemmy.worldEnglish
    778·
    4 months ago

    Based on the headline I got the impression that the bible was excluding these two amendments. As in, their absence was jarring in the presence of the other amendments.

    The truth is that they left out 17 amendments. Because it’s Trump. It’s aimed at people who don’t care about the Constitution. The customers just want the greatest hits, the big names.

    Misleading headline aside, here’s what the they actually omitted (aka here’s a truth which doesn’t leave anything out.)

    1. Can’t sue a state unless you live there.

    2. Structures electing presidents / VPs.

    3. Slavery is banned except when it isn’t.

    4. Born on US soil == you’re 'Merican, Harry.

    5. Suffrage regardless of race.

    6. Taxes.

    7. Structures electing senators.

    8. Prohibition good!

    9. Suffrage regardless of sex.

    10. Specifies length for Presidential / VP terms.

    11. Prohibition bad!

    12. The two term limit for Presidents.

    13. Gives D.C. electors.

    14. You can vote even if you didn’t pay taxes.

    15. Formalized the VP succeeding a dead president.

    16. Voting age set to 18.

    17. That time when Congress took 200 goddamn years to impose a restriction on their salary.

      • mhague@lemmy.worldEnglish
        232·
        4 months ago

        Essentially, they needed a list of things their target audience would eat up. Then they included the minimum amount of content required to say they had those things. (Remember, Trump et al are cheap as hell.)

        It’s like an anthology saying, “We have Anne Rice! Stephen King! Issac Asimov!” and then it’s just one novella from each. But the customer just wants a book with those names on the front so it’s fine.

        • ouRKaoS@lemmy.todayEnglish
          16·
          4 months ago

          I think the real thing they want is:

          “Of course this is a Christian Nation™, the Constitution is right here in the Bible!!!”