Protest at the Steak House.

[Jolly]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Protest at the Steak House.:

@George-K said in Protest at the Steak House.:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Protest at the Steak House.:

Do you think what Schumer said/did was equivalent to what Trump did or better/worse?

Oh, I don't want to get into a pissing contest as to who's worse.

However, Schumer issued a direct threat to the justices of SCOTUS.

And with regard to protests, what, exactly, did Trump say? I'm not interested in what the Jan 6 "commission" has found about the goings-on in the West Wing, or the Presidential Limo. What did he actually say to the people?

And, if you're going to cite "Go to protest," as part of his speech, be sure that you include the "peacefully" part of it.

He refused to accept the will of the electorate. He said that Joe Biden would be not be a legitimate President.

I cannot remember this ever happening in any country I've lived before. He edged the USA closer to becoming a banana republic.

You don't think this is a big deal?

And sure, I'm sure you can find examples of congress people saying this type of thing. But he wasn't a Congressman, he was the Head of State.

And incidentally, I have no interest in trying to defend Schumer. The move towards banana republic continues....

Because he thought the election was stolen. A lot of people do. Millions, in fact.

And it's not necessarily from anything Trump said. Look at Carl Rove's most important counties. Look at the votes that suddenly "appeared" after 2 AM. Look at Dem cheating in urban areas in the past. Look at allegations of ballot harvesting and the nursing homes that voted 100% Democrat. Look at the split tickets. Look at the problems with mail-in ballots. look at the Dems fighting election reform on every front and their attempts at letting illegals vote in our elections.

It doesn't pass the sniff test.

If the Dems want people to accept the results of elections, work with the GOP to make elections fair and not subject to tampering by any means, by either side. That's good for all of the people.

Now, hide and see what happens...

[George K]

Journalism

SCOTUS Justices have a security detail?

I had no idea.

[Jolly]

If Kavanaugh hadn't been set up with a hit job, what do you think those cited poll numbers would have been?

[taiwan_girl]

@Jolly said in Protest at the Steak House.:

The protesters did not enter the building, so it's somewhat better than some of the incidents with Cruz, etc.

But I still don't like it. I don't like people protesting at people's homes, doxxing the addresses of their church or their children's schools. The next step is physical.

TG said the other day that people are born with innate common decency. To that, I say Hah! to her face.

I agree with everything you said above, (except for the last sentence 555)

You, for example, (or me) would not think of doing something like that to the judge, even if you disagreed with the person. I think that is a part definition of human decency. I think pretty much everyone else on this forum board is the same also. So yeah, I do think that most people have common decency.

[George K]

[Jolly]

As long as it promotes their views. Otherwise, it's athema.

[LuFins Dad]

I find it interesting that the Judges’ privacy is being violated by people over a twisted perversion of a definition of privacy…

[LuFins Dad]

What I don’t get is why? Okay, the court made it’s decision and you are pissed. Harassing them at this point accomplishes nothing. The next move is harassing legislators, both state and federal. Harassment and intimidation of the judiciary accomplishes nothing except wasting your time.

[Jolly]

Pssst!

They're not that smart...

[George K]

Hay @Catseye3 ! Your AOC post of the day!

[LuFins Dad]

[George K]

Oh, and by the way, Rep Ocasio-Cortez, having taken care of dozens of ectopic pregnancies, I can assure you that the only place where treating an ectopic pregnancy considered an "abortion" is in your mind.

[taiwan_girl]

There should be an automatic function on the internet that when she says something, it is automatically deleted.

And the protesters, something should happen to them. It is really bad of them to do that.

While @Jolly , @George-K and I may disagree with the Supreme Court decision, we should respect it.

[George K]

@taiwan_girl said in Protest at the Steak House.:

@George-K and I may disagree with the Supreme Court decision, we should respect it.

I really haven't expressed my opinion on the Court's decision, have I?

[Jolly]

No, you haven't.

[taiwan_girl]

@George-K @Jolly Just testing to see if you guys would notice.

:couple_with_heart:

[George K]

@George-K said in Protest at the Steak House.:

I really haven't expressed my opinion on the Court's decision, have I?

Actually, let me rephrase that.

I think, as a matter of law, the Court's decision is correct. As a video about it I posted earlier explains, if not enumerated in the Constitution, "rights" are such only in the context of other rights (free speech, eg) and in the context of historical precedent.

So, to rephrase, I haven't expressed my opinion on abortion - and I won't.

[Horace]

The social discussion is entirely about abortion and not about the legal theory. All the way down to the imputed motivations of the justices, that's the discussion. The justices who overturned Roe are rabid pro-lifers, just ask all the breathless high status intellectuals engaging in public discussion on this topic. I mean literally breathless sometimes, you should hear Ezra Klein and his discussion partners on the subject. Ezra is legit terrified. I'll go through my life without being as scared of politicians and political movements as these people are, as a matter of course in their lives. On some level I think they enjoy it. They get to be part of the dominant, winning culture, while play-acting as if they live lives of courageous defiance in the face of oppressive evil encroaching from every side. Jon Stewart sounds exactly like that, too.

[George K]

Nice.

[LuFins Dad]