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constitution protects minority rights. and it does. but it doesn t protect the minority that is trying to disenfranchise the majority. and that is what is happening now. so, what is the argument for leaving the filibuster in place, rick stengel? well, i got to say, what is the point of preserving an anachronism like the filibuster if it undermines our very democracy? if you have no democracy left, what is the point of the filibuster? and i might add, the history of the filibuster is that it was mainly used by people to suppress voters of color and suppress rights of black citizens in america. that is what the voting that s what the filibuster was used for 50 or 60 years in the senate. why do we want to preserve that? i don t know. it s an anachronism that actually undermines our history and if it undermines the preservation of our democracy, there s no point in saving it. you ve got everybody nodding.

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