cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15442706
Multiple video reviews analyzed by MeidasTouch revealed that notably missing from the Constitution in Trump’s Bible are the amendments following the Bill of Rights which make up the Constitution’s first 10 amendments. Trump’s Bible jumps from the original Constitution to the Bill of Rights and then to the Pledge of Allegiance, skipping constitutional amendments 11-27.
This headline is technically correct, but it’s clearly meant to cause outrage. The headline “Trump’s Bible only includes the bill of rights” isn’t going to get as much attention.
Manufacturing outrage obfuscates Trump’s actions that people should actually be outraged about.
The one place you won’t see the trick is where the street hustler tells you to look.
To leave certain amendments out of such a lengthy book is very obviously an intentional choice. This is not a case of “we didn’t have space for them”. It’s a case of “we don’t want to present these ones”.
Similar problem when Republicans insisted on reading it out loud:
Religious and extremist, just not detail-oriented or. . . what’s that other thing.
Competent.
Kinda clickbait-y. The Bible is marketed as containing the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. So it omits any amendments after that, not just the ones in the title.
Amendments to the constitution are part of the constitution. saying it “includes the constitution” and then omitting it, its fair to say it omits things. Yeah, it’s a bit clickbaity but it’s not wrong.
I’m more curious about what got omitted from the bible, heh.
But saying “the constitution and bill of rights” generally suggests the main text and the first 10 amendments
What do you think the Bill of Rights is, not part of the constitution?
You really read “includes the Constitution and Bill of Rights” and are genuinely puzzled that ammendments 11-27 aren’t part of the Constitution bit? Cmon now
To answer the question, the first 10 amendments.
Did you think that was a gotcha?
No my point is 11-27 are also part of the … you know… constitution.
Some of them are obviously quite important, too.
The understanding us normal folks have of the Constitution is like a living document akin to a technical manual that can be added to or updated- preamble, articles, and 27 (currently) amendments.
I can see (though not agree) with the suggestion that the Constitution they were talking about being the original sealed behind glass in a museum physical one, which just seems silly up til you realize that Trump and co. are definitely cheap/incompetent/potentially malicious enough to try and save a buck by not adding in an extra couple pages for 17 more amendments.
It’s shit they want to bring back
So they’ll convince their supporters “it’s not supposed to be there anyways”
I always said that he wanted to take us back to the pre-war US, just didn’t realize how far back…
Up next, only white, landed gentry can vote…
You all are skipping over the very blantant fact that the orange human scrotum is intentionally marketing his bullshit this way to blur the lines between church and state. The problem isn’t his grifter bible and cstitution that he couldn’t quote if his life depended on it - it’s that his lazy unintelligent base will believe this trash over the real things because they are easily manipulated sheep.
All of you that aren’t immediately calling out that bullshit and making excuses for it are helping to keep it going. Fuck all of you that say “well that’s not what is being advertised” or that it’s “propaganda” to call this bullshit out. You are the problem.
Yeah! I want my news media to imply that Trump specifically left out only ammendments 13 and 19 when he left out 11 through 27! It might make me less informed, but more importantly, it makes me more angry!
Fuck everyone who wants accuracy, they’re the real issue!
On one hand, it’s Trump and Republicans and they’re gross. But it would be a bigger deal if they somehow skipped the 13th and 19th in a more purposeful way. Only including the original Bill of Rights in stuff like this isn’t an uncommon thing.
Although funny note, the 27th Amendment was actually proposed with the rest of the bill of rights, alongside another unratified amendment that would have pre-empted the problems we have in the House of Representatives caused by the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929.
The 14th amendment is glaringly missing too
Well, God is pro-slavery in the Bible so adding the 13th amendment to a Bible would be blasphemy.
