Comment on We're in the endgame now

octopus_ink@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• PunnyName@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Just like the Bible, they love the idea of the Constitution, but they haven’t actually read it.

  They have someone else interpret it for them, so they don’t have to think.

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  • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Or better yet, use the parts they like to forward their agenda and casually disregard/forget the parts they don’t like. It’s a buffet of rules for thee but not for me.

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    • Reyali@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      So yeah, exactly like how they use the Bible!

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• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  At a minimum you’d think a rabid conservative fanbase that claims to love the constitution would be aware of this

  Conservatives who say they love the Constitution are a bit like Prosperity Gospel preachers who say they love the Bible.

  They don’t see this statement as an expression of ideology. They see it as a psychological hack to disarm their audience.

  That would require Republicans and US Conservatives to have actual ethics and principles

  The idea of a politician with principles used to be the punchline to a sitcom comedy routine or the climax of a utopian drama.

  It’s dizzying to see people blindly trust what has always been a pool of con artists and hustlers, both along conservatives (who doge-edly insist Trump is the Real Deal) and liberals (who keep screaming “hypocrite!” at a party that flaunts its hypocrisy)

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  • octopus_ink@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The idea of a politician with principles used to be the punchline to a sitcom comedy routine or the climax of a utopian drama.

    I’m talking primarily about the voters, which it’s becoming increasingly clear I need to specify.

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• Arghblarg@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Oh, they know exactly what they’re doing. They are attempting (and apparently succeeding) to bulldoze their way through an administrative coup.

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• SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  JD Vance has a law degree from Yale.

  "Let’s dispel with this fiction that Barack Obama JD Vance doesn’t know what he’s doing,” the Florida senator I said. “He knows exactly what he’s doing. He’s trying to change this country.”

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  • TokenBoomer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Exactly. He should be disbarred in Ohio.

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  • octopus_ink@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m not surprised Vance knows what he’s doing.

    I’m surprised the people who voted for him don’t, especially given how often I see a Trump sticker paired with a “We the People” window tint.

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    • refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They just have that sticker for show. I doubt a single one of them ever read the constitution.

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      • FauxLiving@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Unfortunately, simply reading the constitution without any knowledge of how to parse legal language or any background knowledge about major Supreme Court decisions will leave the average person more confused than informed.

        So I don’t doubt that people read it, but there is a reason that law school isn’t simply reciting the constitution.

        While the average voter may be ignorant… JD Vance absolutely knows better, he doesn’t get to hide behind claims of ignorance or confusion.

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