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> That's because you seem to be carrying water for the regime in your increasingly narrow interpretations of legal issues to defend that which is clearly indefe

> That's because you seem to be carrying water for the regime in your increasingly narrow interpretations of legal issues to defend that which is clearly indefensible. Hey now, my interpretation of legal issues has been narrow since I was a law student. My second-year administrative law class used Gary Lawson's textbook (https://fedsoc.org/contributors/gary-lawson https://fedsoc.org/contributors/gary-lawson). The seminal cases all had notes after them along the lines of "isn't this clearly unconstitutional?" I remember nodding along and getting angry that the mid-20th century Supreme Court had fucked up the Constitution so badly. So, no, I don't care that Trump is dismantling an administrative state that shouldn't exist in the first place. Despotism is not when the President fires Department of Education bureaucrats. It's when the President tells you what you can and cannot build on your own land. So far, Trump hasn't been doing that. Putting all that aside, I'm perfectly fine for you to attack me as a constitutional Taliban. But why bring my skin color into it?

jacquesm 1y ago
> I remember nodding along and getting angry that the mid-20th century Supreme Court had fucked up the Constitution so badly. As opposed to what is happening right now? Do you think Trump is fixing the constitution somehow? He's all but wiping his ass with it. > So, no, I don't care that Trump is dismantling an administrative state that shouldn't exist in the first place. He's not just dismantling an administrative state. He's wrecking your countries' institutions left, right and center and those institutions are the glue that kept the country alive and together. It kept you healthy, educated and employed. > Despotism is not when the President fires Department of Education bureaucrats. It's when the President tells you what you can and cannot build on your own land. I don't think that matters much when your land is bought at firesale prices right out from under you because otherwise you won't be able to make ends meet. The manufactured crisis you are going through right now is redistributing wealth at a fantastic rate. And guess who is on the receiving side. > But why bring my skin color into it? Because unless you are living under a rock it should be painfully clear by now that you've voted massively against your own interests. Skin color is exactly the thing that this administration seems to be using as the distinguishing factor between the 'in' and the 'out' groups and that does not change because there are a couple of convenient exceptions. Or do you think giving White South Africans a speedrun through US immigration is an accident of chance? Maybe you think that you too will be one of the exceptions but more and more people are finding out that they too voted against their own interests. This doesn't stop just with illegals, criminals, immigrants or homeless people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_views_of_Donald_Trump https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_views_of_Donald_Trump Have a look there and then look through that lens at the last six months. See a pattern? It's racism as one major theme and probably misogynist overtones as another. The last thing Trump has respect for is the law (whether private, constitutional or criminal does not seem to matter much) unless it is as a tool to exact revenge. That a lawyer would support the man whose own lawyer needed a lawyer and ended up convicted is already weird enough.
- dudefeliciano 1y ago
  it's an often heard cliché at this point, but trumpism is a cult, no logic anywhere in there. I doubt your response will lead to any understanding. Recently someone commented to me that the whole point of the tariffs is to curb consumerism in the United States, without further explanation when asked where they got that outlandish idea from. There is no point in arguing anymore, it is literally a waste of time...it's so sad to see obviously intelligent people fall for for this, even against their own interest as you mentioned.
  - jacquesm 1y ago
    Mind boggling, really. And scary too.
  - rayiner 1y ago
    I'd respectfully submit that the people who are displaying illogical and cultish thinking are the ones who cling to this narrative of "racism" about a guy who just won an election with a majority of naturalized citizens and non-white voters under 26 of both genders: https://data.blueroseresearch.org/hubfs/2024%20Blue%20Rose%20Research%20Retrospective.pdf https://data.blueroseresearch.org/hubfs/2024%20Blue%20Rose%2.... The man is single-handedly eliminating racially polarized voting in this country. There's so much to criticize Trump about! A lot of the COVID-era inflation was Trump's fault thanks to those Trump checks. You could provide a stirring defense of free trade. RJK, Jr. is a kook! Anything that doesn't put you in the untenable position of arguing that the non-whites in the U.S. aren't as smart as you in knowing their own interests.
    - jacquesm 1y ago
      > The man is single-handedly eliminating racially polarized voting in this country. Ok, so you're just trolling. Fine. It is not funny. > Anything that doesn't put you in the untenable position of arguing that the non-whites in the U.S. aren't as smart as you in knowing their own interests. I have six months of evidence and I think that is enough. I'll happily collect another 6 months and we'll see how you are going to twist to justify whatever they'll do between now and then. Prediction: it won't be good. Best of luck.

jacquesm 1y ago

> I remember nodding along and getting angry that the mid-20th century Supreme Court had fucked up the Constitution so badly. As opposed to what is happening right now? Do you think Trump is fixing the constitution somehow? He's all but wiping his ass with it. > So, no, I don't care that Trump is dismantling an administrative state that shouldn't exist in the first place. He's not just dismantling an administrative state. He's wrecking your countries' institutions left, right and center and those institutions are the glue that kept the country alive and together. It kept you healthy, educated and employed. > Despotism is not when the President fires Department of Education bureaucrats. It's when the President tells you what you can and cannot build on your own land. I don't think that matters much when your land is bought at firesale prices right out from under you because otherwise you won't be able to make ends meet. The manufactured crisis you are going through right now is redistributing wealth at a fantastic rate. And guess who is on the receiving side. > But why bring my skin color into it? Because unless you are living under a rock it should be painfully clear by now that you've voted massively against your own interests. Skin color is exactly the thing that this administration seems to be using as the distinguishing factor between the 'in' and the 'out' groups and that does not change because there are a couple of convenient exceptions. Or do you think giving White South Africans a speedrun through US immigration is an accident of chance? Maybe you think that you too will be one of the exceptions but more and more people are finding out that they too voted against their own interests. This doesn't stop just with illegals, criminals, immigrants or homeless people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_views_of_Donald_Trump https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_views_of_Donald_Trump Have a look there and then look through that lens at the last six months. See a pattern? It's racism as one major theme and probably misogynist overtones as another. The last thing Trump has respect for is the law (whether private, constitutional or criminal does not seem to matter much) unless it is as a tool to exact revenge. That a lawyer would support the man whose own lawyer needed a lawyer and ended up convicted is already weird enough.

dudefeliciano 1y ago
it's an often heard cliché at this point, but trumpism is a cult, no logic anywhere in there. I doubt your response will lead to any understanding. Recently someone commented to me that the whole point of the tariffs is to curb consumerism in the United States, without further explanation when asked where they got that outlandish idea from. There is no point in arguing anymore, it is literally a waste of time...it's so sad to see obviously intelligent people fall for for this, even against their own interest as you mentioned.
- jacquesm 1y ago
  Mind boggling, really. And scary too.
- rayiner 1y ago
  I'd respectfully submit that the people who are displaying illogical and cultish thinking are the ones who cling to this narrative of "racism" about a guy who just won an election with a majority of naturalized citizens and non-white voters under 26 of both genders: https://data.blueroseresearch.org/hubfs/2024%20Blue%20Rose%20Research%20Retrospective.pdf https://data.blueroseresearch.org/hubfs/2024%20Blue%20Rose%2.... The man is single-handedly eliminating racially polarized voting in this country. There's so much to criticize Trump about! A lot of the COVID-era inflation was Trump's fault thanks to those Trump checks. You could provide a stirring defense of free trade. RJK, Jr. is a kook! Anything that doesn't put you in the untenable position of arguing that the non-whites in the U.S. aren't as smart as you in knowing their own interests.
  - jacquesm 1y ago
    > The man is single-handedly eliminating racially polarized voting in this country. Ok, so you're just trolling. Fine. It is not funny. > Anything that doesn't put you in the untenable position of arguing that the non-whites in the U.S. aren't as smart as you in knowing their own interests. I have six months of evidence and I think that is enough. I'll happily collect another 6 months and we'll see how you are going to twist to justify whatever they'll do between now and then. Prediction: it won't be good. Best of luck.