Sister Toldjah!
8/30/2007 - 7:49 pm

… so it shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone to find out that this NYT editorial on gun rights gets the Constitution wrong, as Instapundit explains.

This isn’t the first time they’ve gotten the Constitution wrong, either - I remember last year when they mistakenly confused the right to speak with the mythical “right” to be heard.

Charlie Foxtrot speculates on a possible NYT response to the criticism:

“Constitution, Declaration of Independence…whatever. You are taking my words out of context, and missing the bigger point….blah, blah,blah.”

On a more serious note, Stephen Spruiell makes a good point about another point the NYT attempted to make in the op/ed:

Also worth noting is the editorial board’s use of the phrase, “Second Amendment idolatry.” It’s been said before, but it bears repeating: Can you imagine the Times using this phrase with respect to any other constitutional amendment? Should we start describing its desire to remain free from government censorship as First Amendment idolatry? Support a women’s right to vote? Nineteenth Amendment idolater! Personally, I’d like to see a little less Sixteenth Amendment idolatry from the Times editorial board, but that’s just me.

Heheh.

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Comments

  1. So let me see, Pinch Sulzberger, a.k.a. the New York Times, opposes profiling suspected terrorists, but supports profiling veteans? So what has Pinch been smoking?

    Comment by David L @ 8/30/2007 - 8:00 pm

  2. When Howell Raines was the editorial page editor, I used to write what I thought he would write about “gun control”, and I came close to word for word. No one in their right mind will advertise that they live in a “gun-free zone”, and that includes Rosie O’Donnell, Michael Bloomberg, and anyone else that has private security, but wants to deny it to us. We are the militia; and our right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

    Comment by Tom TB @ 8/30/2007 - 9:39 pm

  3. Lately I have noticed that more gun control dialog has been creeping into the news. Jesse Jackson had one in the Chicago Sun Times this week.

    It’s my feeling that the democrat party is feeling a bit smug lately and have begun to slowly roll out their long hidden agenda. Gun control has been one issue they have been very careful to avoid in the past eight years.

    Going after Bush is getting old and their followers need some freah red meat. I predict more anti-second ammendment pablum to spew forth.

    Kin I git me a huntin’ license here?~:>

    Comment by CZ @ 8/31/2007 - 12:37 am

  4. They’re getting worse and worse over there at NYT.

    Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness - we betting protect those constitutional principles, right?

    Comment by Donald Douglas @ 8/31/2007 - 12:54 am

  5. the new york slimes — nuff said.

    Comment by Drewsmom @ 8/31/2007 - 5:40 am

  6. Evidently the left, in the voice of the NYT, is getting the message that their ideas of how the rest of us are to live under their rule is being rejected and they think we may violently resist the left. Ya think?

    Comment by PCD @ 8/31/2007 - 9:19 am

  7. The NYT has been losing membership subscriptions for years.

    :)

    I never have registered online even to read the rest of a column from their newspaper.

    I have better stuff to read than to be wasting my time with NYT.

    Comment by sunsettommy @ 8/31/2007 - 9:38 am

  8. Due to the Constitutions Supremacy Clause, all other law can only be enforced if it aligns with it. If it doesn’t it is considered un-Constitutional. I do find if funny that so many on the left, including certain posters here, believe that “the pursuit of Happiness” is found in the Constitution. I also think that the NYT should have it’s freedoms suspended just like they wish to suspend the rights of private gun owners each and everyday. They are a PoS rag mouth piece for the liberal left and their constant tush kissin’ really is annoying. - Lorica

    Comment by Lorica @ 8/31/2007 - 10:08 am

  9. It’s my opinion that the Constitution should be strictly interpreted and followed as writen, and here’s whyL

    The founding fathers were light years ahead of everyone else in the world when it came to governements, what they are for and how they should operate along with the concept of individual rights.

    and they still ahead of everyone else on these topics.

    Comment by TedintheShed @ 8/31/2007 - 10:27 am

  10. Actually I think that the NYT engages in First Amendment Idolatry, as do most journos.

    They seem themselves as priests in the holy order of the first amendment.

    ;)

    Comment by Leslie @ 8/31/2007 - 5:16 pm

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