“…that President Barack Obama should get to name the replacement for
the late Justice Antonin Scalia.’ I have a serious problem with that
language. It is patronizing, and sounds like caving in to a child. “He
gets to go to the circus.” Barack Obama does NOT “get to” appoint the
next Supreme Court justice. He is entitled to and responsible for that
appointment, per the Constitution of the United States of America. This
is NOT a concession he needs to win. The rightwing narrative
around this is absolutely false and anti-Constitutional. The radical
Republicans are a vile, petulant, hateful, passel of obstructionists
whose only unifying goal is their loathing of a black president who
became their target the day he was elected by the American people to
lead them.“
~~Sandra Day O'Connor, retired Justice of the US Supreme Court, a Ronald Reagan appointee
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“that character is a war criminal” that character is from a fictional fantasy world and did not attend the geneva convention
Disgust has absolutely no ethical weight. If you are basing your ethical positions on the emotion of disgust you should stop, it is entirely unjustified and leads to a huge amount of harm.
Word for today: wisdom of repugnance
The logical fallacy that because something disgusts you it must be bad
ALTthis is probably the funniest example of a tumblr user simply not reading the post theyre reblogging at all
Hey anyone who reads, I have a poll for you!
When you read, do you prefer reading in past tense (he said,) or do you prefer reading in the present tense (he says)? Reblogs for sample size genuinely would help not for note grabs
Past Tense (he said)
Present Tense (he says)
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