Arguments Against The Constitution

“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.” (Matthew 7:24-27)

In order for any home to stand you must have a foundation. For the United States of America that foundation is the constitution. It was the first of its kind and as such was created with the idea of change. The constitution was designed in order to apply to the
Despite technology allowing the people to communicate, more than ever we are divided. The blame here is not to be placed on ‘old documents’, but rather on the people itself. The Constitution, after all, was created to be a government ran for and by the people. In light of recent events the people have spoken and individual freedoms are being tested, such as freedom speech and press. During the the creation of the Constitution many of our founding fathers disagreed with one another. James Wilson believed in a strong central government while Thomas Jefferson believe there should be limited government with focus on human rights. Instead of insisting on silencing those who disagree the people welcome those with different opinions, because those “without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public Liberty, without Freedom of speech” (Benjamin Franklin). It has been proven time and time again that with open speech the people allow for better and necessary change. The cause of ignorance is the lack of free speech, the lack of communication between people with differing views. As the products of a powerful nation we must lead by example when it comes to listening to different opinions. The voice of the people is what hold the government to the mark. Benjamin Franklin puts it best in stating “... those wretched countries where a man cannot call his tongue his own, he can scarce call anything his own. Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech”. Controversy, though the cause of conflicts, is necessary in any great nation to open up needed conversation which moves the modern world