Horsefeathers. There have always been, and will always be, conservatives and liberals in one form or another. The viewpoints are direct by-products of our dual nature as individuals vs. society. Immediately after the Constitution was inked some of the Founding Fathers still did not agree amongst themselves what 'promote the general welfare' really meant, or what that was restricted to.
Tentherism and similar types of 'originalism' buy into the central fallacy in part because it avoids having to actually think or consider the merits of any given idea. It's much like clinging to a totally literal interpretation of Genesis. A fool's errand from start to finish.
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