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It is absurdism. It is dismissing the 10th amendment because the argument was also used for slavery. No one is thinking that states rights wasn't an argument us
by ecshafer 1y ago
It is absurdism. It is dismissing the 10th amendment because the argument was also used for slavery. No one is thinking that states rights wasn't an argument used for slavery. But this is arguing vegetarianism is evil because hitler was.
- toomuchtodo 1y agoI argue it isn’t absurdism when the evidence is clear that the idea of state rights is continuing to be used to subjugate in direct conflict with democracy, versus the actual collective and agreed upon belief of deferring to states rights and putting power closer to the governance of those states. Historically, it was slavery. Now it’s immigration, reproductive rights, etc. History doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes. It’s always about control exceeding genuine governance. Maybe that'll change, but until evidence and outcomes demonstrate otherwise, "the purpose of the system is what it does."
- reliabilityguy 1y ago> the evidence is clear that the idea of state rights is continuing to be used to subjugate in direct conflict with democracy Can you provide an example of such evidence?
- toomuchtodo 1y agoAbortion primarily, but also the examples I enumerated upthread. https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/07/republicans-expose-their-hypocrisy-on-abortion/670562/ https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/07/repu... | https://archive.is/2022.07.18-235856/https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/07/republicans-expose-their-hypocrisy-on-abortion/670562/ https://archive.is/2022.07.18-235856/https://www.theatlantic...
- reliabilityguy 1y agoAbortion is a bad example. Plenty of states protect reproductive rights. The issue was that it was not a law in the first place but rather court ruling.