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There doesn't seem to be a thread about Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. This writer contends that focusing on her anti-abortion, anti-ACA positions are a distraction. He calls her a Christian fascist.
The legal calculus for the Christian right no longer revolves around the concept of universal human rights but around the tenets of "Bible-believing Christians" who supposedly authored the Constitution. Huge segments of the population are stripped of moral worth and legal protection. This process is incremental and often unseen. As the Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels understood: "The best propaganda is that which, as it were, works invisibly, penetrates the whole of life without the public having any knowledge of the propagandistic initiative."
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If you are poor, if you lack proper medical care, if you are paid substandard wages, if you are trapped in the lower class, if you are a victim of police violence, this is because, according to this ideology, you are not a good Christian and not blessed by God. In this belief system you deserve what you get. There is nothing wrong, these homegrown fascists preach, with the structures or systems of power.
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https://www.salon.com/2020/10/08/tr...arrett-another-step-toward-christian-fascism/

Senate hearing start Monday.
https://nypost.com/2020/10/06/mcconnell-confirms-amy-coney-barrett-hearings-will-begin-monday/
 
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Well, she is certainly not the kind of Catholic the Vatican would approve of.

She has also put her name to some very extreme positions on abortion and women'S rights.

All in all, more a 19th than a 21st Century pick for SCOTUS.
 
The legal calculus for the Christian right no longer revolves around the concept of universal human rights but around the tenets of "Bible-believing Christians" who supposedly authored the Constitution.
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Except that those "Bible-Believing Christians" are fundy protestants. Many of those don't consider the Papist Barrett to be an actual Christian, not that that'll stop them from making use of her to get what they want.
 
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Except that those "Bible-Believing Christians" are fundy protestants. Many of those don't consider the Papist Barrett to be an actual Christian, not that that'll stop them from making use of her to get what they want.
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She isn't a papist, she is part of a weird mixed church which has members of different denominations - more Cult than anything recognizable as Catholic or Protestant.
 
I think if she gets in, supreme court decisions will be more correct (based on a heuristic).

There is a single correct conclusion in every supreme court case. The only question is if we can know what it is.
 
BobTheCoward said:
I think if she gets in, supreme court decisions will be more correct (based on a heuristic).

There is a single correct conclusion in every supreme court case. The only question is if we can know what it is.
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You mean there is some divine Truth? Maybe she has the Holy Grail. Someone must have the Holy Grail, after all.
 
angrysoba said:
You mean there is some divine Truth? Maybe she has the Holy Grail. Someone must have the Holy Grail, after all.
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It is about time traveling back to the 18th century and subjecting yourself to the same prejudices and limitations.

We must force ourselves to wear this coat from our childhood.
 
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The initial hearings are starting now. I can think of little else that I would care less about watching, due to its foregone conclusion.

I do think it's in bad form to have her young kids there in the front row, even without the virus risk. Bad enough they were at the superspreader announcement event without masks, but it's not "Take Your Kids to Work" Day. Granted, the lewdness of the subjects of previous candidates will probably not occur. I'll be surprised if they're there a second day due to sheer boredom.
 
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I'm going to laugh is Graham comes down with Covid and he's the reason there's no quorum. Mike Lee may have done the nation a great service today. He's showed up while still symptomatic.
 
Republicans are arguing against straw-men. They're trying to make the case that Democrats hate her because she is religious or because she's a woman.
Of course, all Republicans have are lies.
This hearing is all about convincing to public that this lady is or isn't a good choice. We all know she's a shoe-in because the Republicans have all the votes. I'm certain that the majority of people understand that this lady is a poor/dangerous choice.
 
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