“With these lies, the defendant created the tinderbox that he purposely ignited on January 6.”
I guess the thing that unnerves me so much is that Trump’s plan pretty much amounts to a promise of civil war but everybody seems to be behaving as if there’s no need to prepare for that horrifying contingency as long as it looks more likely than not that he’ll lose the election. Seems risky?
![2 ~ The fundament upon which the majority rested its opinion -- the falsely modest precept that "the Court is not the source of the Constitution's meaning" - guaranteed the outcome but misstates judicial (and political) reality. ... [T]he meaning of the Constitution is no more fixed than is the composition of the majority in the highest courts of the land -- especially when formerly bedrock principles such as stare decisis appear to be on the wane. Given that less majestic but undeniable reality, the more logical approach to assessing whether a legislative enactment is void at the time of its passage is to rely on the then-controlling Constitutional interpretations. ... Otherwise, "ghost" laws from years or decades past, enacted by legislators long since voted out of office, can spring to life when our ever-changing politics yields a new majority on our high courts, a majority which in turn imparts a new meaning to a supposedly unchanged and unchanging Constitution. But here we are.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreicdihebbrfa6vtzgpfynw7t5nvqr4uc5avbztv432p75rfc6rd4fe@jpeg)
I, for one, would prefer not to live in a society shaped by the whims of a violent sociopath
I think it’s hard to separate from 6 decades of GOP attacks on media. No one at the Times (or anywhere) recalls a time when conservatives weren’t wailing about liberal bias in the press. It is ingrained in the institution that deference must be extended to cons and criticism to libs.
Let’s see Professor Krugman try to refute that!
Eeeegads.
“In the eight decades since World War II, European and American politics have undergone remarkable change. But one constant remains absolute: If your political coalition includes Nazis, and your rhetoric sounds like Nazis, you’re not the good guys.” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Intolerance isn't a substitute for tolerance — anywhere.
“The Springfield terror campaign is an almost perfect emulation of a Dixie lynch mob, refashioned for the age of social media. Demagogues spread a lie, and the mob responds. Before you know it, everyone is gathered around the tree in a festive mood.”