The degree of overreach from the GOP right now is remarkable. They can't even be satisfied with a 6-3 Court that's heavily stacked in their favor unless it gives Trump absolute deference 100% of the time.
The degree of overreach from the GOP right now is remarkable. They can't even be satisfied with a 6-3 Court that's heavily stacked in their favor unless it gives Trump absolute deference 100% of the time.
"NUH UH!!! YOU DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!!!!" as a political party
a key aspect of Trumpism is oppositional defiance
That's also a key part of my personality #resist
This. All day and all night.
Wilhoit's Law: "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
it's wild that quote is from a message board in like 2018, because it sounds like something someone would have declaimed at Disraeli in a debate in the House of Commons
Yeah. And one of my favorite real world ironies is that the Wilhoit in question is the composer, not the political scientist.
Hubris is a helluva drug.
This is called hubris and great myths are told about it. book bans weren’t even a thing when these pukes were in school so they really don’t have an excuse for not seeing themselves in this condition. Hubris is when you do “Roman salutes” but don’t know who Petulantia is.
Eric Cartman