Good day for the #GOP, the #fascist #RepublicanParty is begging their puppets on #SCOTUS to keep #traitor #Trump on the Colorado ballot while alternate Führer Nikki Haley (because no Republican will vote for her if they realized her real name was Nimrata or that she’s Indian, for God’s sake being a woman is bad enough) comes out in favor of Civil War #slavery.
@bigheadtales yeah, such fascists, promoting the concept that maybe just maybe the people have more of a voice in their government.
This is why all the shouts of fascist! come across as so out of touch with reality.
@volkris
You’re suggesting that the Consitution should only be followed when it suits your point of view.
Nobody is preventing someone from casting their vote or that their vote be counted. (That’s what Republicans do)
The Constitution is very clear that Trump is disqualified from holding federal public office again.
@bigheadtales that's not what I'm suggesting, nor is it my position.
@volkris
It appears that you are suggesting that the 14th amendment as it pertains to public office eligibility be ignored.
@bigheadtales and that would also be a misreading of what I was suggesting.
Notice emphatically that I said nothing about any amendments.
I said nothing about any amendments, because I wasn't suggesting anything about any amendments.
I was merely trying to point out that standing out of the way of the peoples' abilities to express themselves in the voting booths is generally the opposite of what we think of as fascism.
That has nothing to do with any amendments.
@volkris
So, are you in favor of removing restrictions on presidential eligability?
That would be a different discussion.
@bigheadtales if it's a different discussion why bring it up?
I don't consider my personal opinions to be particularly interesting or relevant, but to the extent that I'm in favor of blocking voters' say, I own it.
@volkris
No votes are being blocked.
Your assertion is false.
Trump is ineligible to hold office under the Constitution.
@bigheadtales I didn't say any votes were being blocked. The voting process is certainly being interfered with, though.
And that's independent of whether you've bought into the claims about constitutional ineligibility.
@volkris no voting process is being interfered with.
Trump is ineligible under the constitution.
@Joe_Hill Oh yeah, that podcast is really great. It has so much very important information about how the US legal system works, how the US government is structured, etc.
I can't recommend it enough for anybody willing to put in the effort to learn deeply about how the US system works.
That being said, I am very frustrated because in episode after episode on this topic Amar rests on exactly the sort of consequentialism that he calls out on others.
He proclaims that a consequence is absurd, which is to say he doesn't personally like it, and therefore the reasoning leading to the result that he doesn't like must be invalid.
I am at this point BEGGING him to take a step back and provide the basis for his opinions other than he just doesn't like it or he just doesn't personally understand it.
It's still a great podcast to take in, it is still extremely informative, even if it presents a perspective that sometimes, as in this case, I don't find compelling.
