SCOTUS

[frank ryan]

This whole flag flying thing is getting out of control... Can you liberals burn some flags like the good ole days?

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So if you fly your flag the right way up then does that make you an American commie.

There aren't any commies on here for you to ask.

[falafel]

This whole flag flying thing is getting out of control... Can you liberals burn some flags like the good ole days?

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So if you fly your flag the right way up then does that make you an American commie.

I love that the Colonel wants a return to our "constitutional republican government" and has no problem with Trump trampling our Constitution to make it happen.

[frank ryan]

I love that the Colonel wants a return to our "constitutional republican government" and has no problem with Trump trampling our Constitution to make it happen.

What's funny is that Colonel's tweet is the kind of thing that makes me associate the upside down flag with right wing batshitery. Think of the Clive and Ammon Bundy crowd.

[frank ryan]

I've seen some snippets of an interview with the Alito neighbor. She seemed pretty credible. The timeline the Alitos put out there is not consistent with was otherwise happened. I think the country is awash in normalcy bias. That means just because something hasn't happened it won't. History is rife with examples of what people - both as groups and individuals do and are capable of. I think there is a sense that just because we have avoided totalitarianism it won't happen. Just because there hasn't been a lot of recent instances of justices on the court being swayed or influenced by petty bias doesn't mean that won't happen or isn't happening. J6 wasn't normal. Coups, successful or not aren't an American tradition. But one did happen and our tepid and divided responses almost guarantees a repeat if the offenders are yet again aggrieved by election results they don't like.

[falafel]

For whatever reason, authoritarian politics are having a day globally. I'm not sure what the cause of it is.

[Pelado]

For whatever reason, authoritarian politics are having a day globally. I'm not sure what the cause of it is.

Lebowski.

[Goatnapper'96]

For whatever reason, authoritarian politics are having a day globally. I'm not sure what the cause of it is.

Tribalism. This is rooted, IMO, in immigration from the developing world and the results of less economic opportunity. There is still great economic opportunity but generally only for the capitalist and technocrat class.

[Goatnapper'96]

Tribalism. This is rooted, IMO, in immigration from the developing world and the results of less economic opportunity. There is still great economic opportunity but generally only for the capitalist and technocrat class.

I also think that for a long time political elites have sought to delegitimize our political institutions when things don't go their way. Now, in my analysis this is more a bottom up response and they have just been throwing the masses the red meat they want to hear but as folks lose faith in the system they will always look for a savior in the political realm-and autocrats are always the first to fill that void.

I think there are a lot of trends conspiring against continuing the base culture necessary for democracy and individual freedom to flourish.

[USUC]

Guys, the SCOTUS is the least autocratic branch of the government right now. Take this convo into another thread and let's continue the contrived handwringing about flags in this thread.

[frank ryan]

Guys, the SCOTUS is the least autocratic branch of the government right now. Take this convo into another thread and let's continue the contrived handwringing about flags in this thread.

Dude, this is thread for talking about SCOTUS stuff. Something's not contrived because just because you don't agree with it.
Don't gatekeep.

[falafel]

Guys, the SCOTUS is the least autocratic branch of the government right now. Take this convo into another thread and let's continue the contrived handwringing about flags in this thread.

I will continue my legitimate handwringing, thank you very much.

[Pelado]

I will continue my legitimate handwringing, thank you very much.

I refuse to engage in any handwringing, whether legitimate or contrived. Sounds painful.

[Bo Diddley]

I refuse to engage in any handwringing, whether legitimate or contrived. Sounds painful.

[falafel]

Whoa, those two smilies look like they might be engaging in some dual hand wringing. Careful.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Guys, the SCOTUS is the least autocratic branch of the government right now. Take this convo into another thread and let's continue the contrived handwringing about flags in this thread.