The Pledge to Restore Our Democratic Values--current version
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A Pledge to Restore Our Democratic Values
1. REVOKE COVID EMERGENCY LAWS & REQUIRE LEGISLATIVE REVIEW
I support limits on emergency powers. All government emergency laws, rules, regulations, orders, and directives must have strict time limits, not to exceed two weeks. Legislative and administrative government activity must recommence by the end of two weeks. Legislative hearings on the emergency measures, issuing a notice and comment period for the public, and approval by the legislature will be required in order to renew any emergency powers.
2. CONTROL OF ONE’S OWN BODY IS INVIOLABLE. PROHIBIT MEDICAL MANDATES IMPOSED SINCE MARCH 2020
I support the prohibition of all PANDEMIC MEDICAL mandates enacted by federal, state, county, city, and private actors, including compulsory vaccines, vaccine passports, testing, and masking.
3. PROHIBIT GOVERNMENT PROPAGANDA, CENSORSHIP & RESTRICTED COMMUNICATIONS
I support the termination of all federal and state funding used to misinform the American public, censor citizens, or restrict communication between people on all media.
4. PROHIBIT GAIN-OF-FUNCTION (A.K.A. BIOLOGICAL WARFARE) RESEARCH
I support the elimination of all gain-of-function research and related activities (virus hunting, GOF virus production, expansion of high containment labs). ‘Gain-of-function' is defined as the intentional manipulation of microorganisms to make them more virulent, dangerous, or contagious.
In order to save humanity we must wrench away the power away from people at the top of the pyramid and their servants embedded in deep state structures. At this point, the nominal political system is incapable of instituting any of these changes, unless they begin to fear us. Presently, political "representatives" don’t fear us; they fear the oligarchical structures which give them money with which they brainwash us into voting for them. That is whom they fear! Even if we were to convince the political system to pass such reforms, the oligarchical system is unlikely to go along; they will either ignore these or just engineer an event with which they would suspend the Constitutional framework. This is a Brave New World.
The system is still not all powerful, but they are working on it. There are vulnerabilities that could be exploited by much broader and unified resistance. I am not saying we should not try doing this. It is important to exhaust all avenues. But we should not underestimate the criminality and resolve of the ruling few and their minions.
Meryl, I admire what you are doing here.
As I understand it, the pledge is asking politicians and candidates for office to reframe the proper role of government vis a vis pandemics in order to return to and protect democratic principles and individual liberties. We need to do so in the face of the slippery slope of increasing authoritarian rule affecting ALL spheres of life, where the fear of disease and death is superseding normal democratic processes, where we see the loss of constitutional rights as government claims them "for our own good."
My main comment is about #2. It seems that what we need is a restatement of the proper role of public health locally and nationally (including how we interface with global influences such as WHO). That the proper role of public health is to inform and support individual health but not to control what other people do with their bodies nor to exercise political control over their individual rights. Thus no forced medications or injections, and no penalties for failing to take them.
Question: what is the proper role of public health when there is a true pandemic, and the threats are not overblown? To adhere to established and proven methods, and allow free public discourse about public health measures...?
What you are shaping here is a great focal point for thought and action.