Amazing that this #SCOTUS ruling wasn't an email. It's the literal text of the 14th Amendment yet it's striking this was up for debate.
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The problem is that much of the public have leaned heavily into patterns of reasoning heavily laced by confirmation bias.
They embrace and promote any proposal that gets them to their preconceived conclusion, often calling it common sense, with little interest in things like coherence or technicality.
With substantial calls in the public to deny the 14th based on the outcomes they want to see, and toady experts indulging the calls, the debate was joined.
Really, this is a trend that was heavily accelerated by COVID responses. We're still having waves from it.
