(#4692) Our social contract within democracy demands our protection!

      Only once before has the stench from within our democracy been this serious as to question the legitimacy of our democracy going forward. That one other time was our Civil War back in 1860. Having put that in perspective I am now tasked with showing you why I say they are nearly equally disruptive. Our Civil War was about keeping human beings as slaves, thus less than citizens. This current denial of voting protection rights is about reclassifying citizens as less than other citizens. Not quite to the level of slavery in it's application but a true diminution of individual rights and societal participation.
     Once again it is the conservatives/libertarians within our political spectrum who would deny rights to many in order to preserve advantages and privileges for themselves. While again it is we liberals/progressives who are faced with stopping them in the court of public opinion, court of law, and if needed, again on the battlefield. There cannot be another attempt allowed within our democracy by those who would take democratic values and subjugate them to authoritarian cruelty. Our democracy has been held in high esteem for centuries and for us now to lose that esteem to a gang of thieves, thugs and conmen is not to be borne!
     This rallying cry by the many of us can be simply solved with the 2 rogue senators in the democratic caucus voting to carve out voting rights protections from their unreasoned argument and misinformed belief of the sanctity of the filibuster senate rule. Manchin and Sinema can avert a disastrous scenario where the chaos of stolen election claims and denied legal voting is the outcome. These 2 senators have it within their power to stop the republican party from claiming victory in our elections even though they have fewer votes. You would think these 2 senators would see the urgent necessity of protecting voting rights as a constitutional duty yet so far they have not had that ability.