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Before this, claiming that Roe was going to be completely rolled back was also "fear mongering nonsense".

• AlexandrB 4y ago
  Feels like the argument that people are overreacting will be made every step of the way. The last Roe thread had many posters claiming that the SCOTUS decision is fine because "it just leaves it up to the states" even though the clear, stated goal of Republican lawmakers is to ban abortion nationally. I can't tell if these arguments are being made in bad faith or it's just denial.
  • p_j_w 4y ago
    >I can't tell if these arguments are being made in bad faith or it's just denial. I think it's a combination of denial and an absurdly strong desire to be seen as "above the political fray." That or they're all auditioning for writers positions at The Atlantic.
  • papito 4y ago
    To be honest, there is a lot of this on HN. These are intelligent people. It really baffles me. "Yeah, we have a lot of evidence that the US form of government survived this time only due to a chain of extremely fortunate events, and the VP and some senators got nearly executed, but you are missing the bigger picture of history, stop freaking out". They said - without a hint of irony.