Cult-like behavior. Literally. "You're with us all the way and must always back anything Dear Leader does or says. If you disagree with anything, you must be kicked out, expelled, recalled, fired, or voted out!" It's absolutely psychotic to view the world in such zero-sum, black/white terms.
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Okay, she doesn't have to be sent to El Salvador when Empress Cortez assumes control
It'll be a cold day in hell before they let us vote for AOC
More proof the right wing does not, nor have they ever, given one flying fuck about the Constitution that they go on so much about.
They have only read one of the amendments all the way through and part of another one and the rest is too boring to read.
Curious which ones? I don't think they read all of the Second. The ding-a-lings certainly never read the First and actually understand it, because they keep acting like this is a "Christian" country, when the First says I don't have to give two shits about the chosen lifestyle of the xtian book club. Meaning I most definitely have freedom FROM religion.
One in full is the second amendment, one they read partially is the first because they know FREE SPEECH and nothing else.
They only read part of the 2A, as well, and none of the context in the rest of the document about it, either.
The whole "well regulated militia", and who and why the militia is.
It's like they'd already been conditioned to be outraged about some other selectively-ignored sacred text…
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Is it wrong that I'm thankful for Amy Coney Barrett? She might be the key to stopping this madness.
they fast tracked her to the highest court in the country thinking she was properly trained to be their good little soldier
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If we can't have a progressive, Coney-Barrett would be a better chief justice. She seems to at least try to follow the Constitution (most of the time). Eff her for lying about RvW in her confirmation hearing, though. Eff all those guys.
She’s certainly performed better than expected. She actually seems to give a damn about the application of law in most cases.