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Well that's the obvious suspect. But those words are so loaded. Poor ruling? Isn't that an opinion? Unpopular rulings? Which ones are we talking about? Totall

Well that's the obvious suspect. But those words are so loaded. Poor ruling? Isn't that an opinion? Unpopular rulings? Which ones are we talking about? Totally subjective. I get that some rulings are unpopular to those paying for the stories... But which rulings, what funding, and why now? Grift is just a clever/convenient "reason" to justify rhetoric like this. Show me the man and I'll show you the crime, etc.

avmich 3y ago
> Unpopular rulings? Which ones are we talking about? Totally subjective. Which objective criteria you'd like to apply to determine this?
- lordfrito 3y ago
  What's objective to me is the uptick in anti-supreme court articles largely based on strawmen and rhetoric. At least it "feels" objective to me. Like a meta trend, cultural undercurrents, etc, which I try to pay attention to as it helps me make more sense out of the "why" behind story trends. Beyond that its just guesswork. So more data is better. Maybe it's just trendy to crap on democracy, as our culture seems to enjoy crapping on anything that used to be deemed good/noble/just. Bad is good, right is wrong, etc. Or maybe it's just the old political tactics used by authoritarians... When winning they tend to talk about how "just" and "overdue" the ruling/decision/policy is. When losing they tend to resort to strawmen and character assassination, an Orwellian way of associating decisions they don't like with people of bad character. "Big brother can't be bad" "Oceana can't be good" etc Personally I don't like all the "crap on democracy" rhetoric that seems to be more and more pervasive. Especially in young people. I've heard it said "Democracy is the worst form of government – except for all the others that have been tried".
Auracle 3y ago
Also, it’s not the job of the Supreme Court to make popular rulings. It’s actually pretty explicitly not, which is why they have lifetime appointments. Popularity belongs to the other two branches of the government.

avmich 3y ago

> Unpopular rulings? Which ones are we talking about? Totally subjective. Which objective criteria you'd like to apply to determine this?

lordfrito 3y ago
What's objective to me is the uptick in anti-supreme court articles largely based on strawmen and rhetoric. At least it "feels" objective to me. Like a meta trend, cultural undercurrents, etc, which I try to pay attention to as it helps me make more sense out of the "why" behind story trends. Beyond that its just guesswork. So more data is better. Maybe it's just trendy to crap on democracy, as our culture seems to enjoy crapping on anything that used to be deemed good/noble/just. Bad is good, right is wrong, etc. Or maybe it's just the old political tactics used by authoritarians... When winning they tend to talk about how "just" and "overdue" the ruling/decision/policy is. When losing they tend to resort to strawmen and character assassination, an Orwellian way of associating decisions they don't like with people of bad character. "Big brother can't be bad" "Oceana can't be good" etc Personally I don't like all the "crap on democracy" rhetoric that seems to be more and more pervasive. Especially in young people. I've heard it said "Democracy is the worst form of government – except for all the others that have been tried".

Auracle 3y ago

Also, it’s not the job of the Supreme Court to make popular rulings. It’s actually pretty explicitly not, which is why they have lifetime appointments. Popularity belongs to the other two branches of the government.