sigh my point was that they would happily use the reasoning "it's bad" as a reason for overriding local government, despite having a long history of preaching a

sigh my point was that they would happily use the reasoning "it's bad" as a reason for overriding local government, despite having a long history of preaching about the importance of local government, and using that importance to try to shut down discussion of other issues, as something that should be handled "locally". Call it an aside to your aside if you want.