James O’Donnell for St Louis, MO, USA, & Earth

Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck and murdered George Floyd. We saw it with our own eyes. Right? Well not according to the autopsy, but the well was poisoned and they burned him like a witch. Right there in Minnesota. No person knows for sure what happened in that confrontation yesterday. Did a gun misfire? Was there miscommunication? Did some agent just go rogue? I’m not certain, and neither are you. But I’m told “as a libertarian”, I have to pick a side, right now, and I must call for everyone involved to be h*nged. But as a libertarian I hold the presumption of innocence pretty high, much higher than any desire to exploit a sad situation and fragile emotions, in the fog of war, to abuse what little influence I have and push some radical agenda. I understand the supremacy clause as it pertains to the 10th amendment, and the Graham v Connor ruling, and how to amend The Constitution, and I don’t have the ultimate goal of burning it all down, unlike many in my own camp do. So “as a libertarian”, I’m not going to violate your trust. But I will say this: Alex Pretti did in fact have the right to carry a gun. So let’s get that out of the way right now, instead. That said. When John Adams defended the redcoats, he risked his friendships, his career, and his reputation. But he believed in his heart of hearts, that those men deserved a fair trial. Adams said in his defense, “Facts are stubborn things, and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the facts and the evidence.” What does that mean? It means Justice doesn’t care about your biases against the narrative, or for the narrative. If you claim to love America, you have to love the 5th and 6th amendments too. Cherish them. And anyone trying to get you to not be patient right now, and hurry up and pick a side— they are not your friend. You may feel fatigued right now and that’s the point. It needs to be tempting for you to ally with the communists. Some people will and they’ll alienate you when you don’t. And that will be hard. You can be mad that someone was killed and still hold true to your values without selling your soul to Marxism. The agitators aren’t your friends. They want to burn the country down and take you out with it. They hate you. This is Summer of Love 2.0, and it will get worse. However, there are ways within the framework of our founding documents to redress your grievances— petition to end qualified immunity, for instance. Congress is in charge of naturalization. Why don’t you call your congressman and ask them to fix that process. Why don’t you run for office? School committee? Big change starts small. But if instead, you find yourself attacking the enforcement of the law, but not the law itself, you should probably reevaluate how serious you are about enacting change. Otherwise, you’re just throwing a tantrum for TikTok likes. If you're a true constitutionalist— or a libertarian like me who believes in limited government, individual rights, and the rule of law—you don't join forces with pitchfork mobs. You fight smart: Push for congressional reforms to rein in federal agencies, elect better leaders who respect the Tenth Amendment's reserved powers, or challenge specific overreaches in court without pretending states can just ignore federal law and the articles. They can’t do that in a constitutional republic & I refuse to be part of any alliance who lies about that. Abolishing The Constitution is not fixing the system; that's burning it down. And once you start pulling at that thread, the fabric unravels—leaving us once again with actual 1775 fascism. We should be challenging specific abuses in court, and holding everyone— federal and state— to the same legal standards that John Adams insisted on in 1770. Shredding the U.S. Constitution now, because we couldn’t tell some retarted commies to stfu in 2013, will not end with more liberty— but centralized control & us up against a wall.