tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593664.post4339181613324345559..comments2024-03-22T14:13:55.418-07:00Comments on wmtc: the end of roe and how we got herelaura khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593664.post-6612700230116040882022-05-08T06:14:18.553-07:002022-05-08T06:14:18.553-07:00Thanks for your comment, TDL.
Apathy or lack of a...Thanks for your comment, TDL.<br /><br />Apathy or lack of action is not the problem.<br /><br />No matter how much stink people raise, if their representatives won't listen, it won't help. Stinks are raised. Constantly. Democrats do what Democrats do. <br /><br />Millions of people take to the streets. Democrats do what Democrats do.<br /><br />What has emboldened the radical right is the total lack of opposition.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593664.post-46925012286215296912022-05-07T10:58:27.396-07:002022-05-07T10:58:27.396-07:00Hi, Laura. The corruption of the USSC was manifest...Hi, Laura. The corruption of the USSC was manifest when it delivered its decision in Citizens United. That raised a bit of a stink but only for a while. Emboldened, the court went on to start dismantling voting rights and affirmative action, bit by bit. No one stormed the Bastille then either.<br /><br />Trump and the gerrymandered Senate moved quickly to stack the court, turning it into another Republican vassal.<br /><br />Short of repealing the 13th and 14th Amendments it's been a radical rightwing field day. Even Roberts has said he fears "his" court's legacy may be its blatant partisanship, just another political agency.<br /><br />It is sad to watch the demise of American democracy, albeit from the sidelines. Lincoln, quoting scripture, said "a house divided against itself cannot stand." Shortly after that came the Civil War.<br /><br />Unless and until liberal democracy is restored the country will descend into tribalism and oligarchy. It's also happening here. Democracy is on the wane, authoritarianism is spreading and not just in countries such as Hungary or Brazil.The Disaffected Libhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135599782685108764noreply@blogger.com