Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@qoto.org

@randy I agree with all that, and sometimes keeping up appearances matters, but sometimes it's important to stop caring what the opposition will say and just do what's right.

@artisanrox Those things you listed aren't violence.

@randy I mean, it's kind of hard to clutch those pearls when the only demand to end the tyrannical abuse of power is to revoke the tyrannical abuse of power.

@artisanrox That's different. Germany invaded; they initiated the violence. The Allies defended themselves.

We should absolutely be prepared to use violence defensively. I would never argue to the contrary.

My point is simply that we cannot be the aggressor. We cannot initiate violence and still claim to be any better than Trump is.

I've been seeing calls for Biden to order assassinations and arrests all day and I've been thinking...

Why doesn't he take a very simple, demonstrative, non-violent approach to demonstrating just how bad the precedent is?

He could order that the 6 SCOTUS justices that voted for absolute immunity get put under house arrest, under armed guard, every weekend until they reverse the decision. This would be enough to send a message without being overtly tyrannical itself. And it would be difficult for them to complain about him exercising a power that they gave him and he demands they overturn.

#uspol #scotus

@artisanrox You have two choices: The moral high ground, or become that which you despise.

"Liberals are ruining America so we need to use fear and violence to stop them" is exactly how we got Trump in the first place. "Conservatives are ruining America so we need to use fear and violence to stop them" doesn't get us out of it. It just leads us on a race to the bottom.

@artisanrox How about "Please do not lash out with violence because it is wrong."?

There's a wide gulf between inaction and violence. We need to take decisive action without giving up the moral high ground.

@lwpembleton It's worse.

@Shivadam Yeah, but as we've already established, the administration is not "tough".

@Shivadam That's pure fantasy.

He's already said he's not going to do it and there's nothing to indicate that anyone in his team feels differently.

@Shivadam Right, but there's zero evidence that his team isn't totally behind him on this.

The idea that he'd do a 180 before the election is very far-fetched.

@Shivadam I didn't mean physically or mentally weak. I meant politically weak.

His team can't operate without his say-so, and he just said on national TV that he won't give it. His team is moot.

@Shivadam So what?

@Shivadam The speech he just gave showed how weak and ineffectual he is.

@Shivadam No, because they knew damn well that he's too weak to use the power.

@BruceMirken He is the only person in the world who is uniquely positioned to clearly demonstrate what a bad ruling this was. And he's choosing to do nothing.

@BruceMirken A speech full of empty vibes and no action?

#President #Biden: "The Supreme Court just set a dangerous precedent that gives the President unchecked power, and I'm too weak to do absolutely anything about it, as everyone expected. It's your problem, now. Good luck, jackasses."

#uspol