LPT: Worried about martial law being declared in response to mass peaceful protest? Then you already have no rights guaranteed to you so you lose nothing by applying other means to stop injustice

HappySkullsplitter , 1 month ago

This is what happens when one party gets complete control of government

alekwithak , 1 month ago

When one particular party does, yes. The last time the Democrats had this much control they passed the civil rights act.

grue , 1 month ago

And the New Deal the time before that.

SatanClaus , 1 month ago

Man. They used to be the good guys. Now they worry about death threats and hide in their holes as the country is pillaged.

givesomefucks , 1 month ago

The last time the Democrats had this much control

It was 2021...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_divisions_of_United_States_Congresses

But they choose to "look into" things till that inaction gave Republicans control of the House, and they stopped pretending to even look into things.

.it's the danger of the only option to fascism being "maintain status quo and profits".

partial_accumen , 1 month ago

Democrats didn't have control/majority over the Supreme Court, so there was at least check on power. No such checks on power exist for the GOP right now.

elephantium , 1 month ago

Not accurate. In 2021 the Supreme Court was split 6-3 in Republican favor.

Also, the Senate was super split with 50 Republicans, 48 Democrats, and 2 Independent Senators (who, although they caucused with the Democrats, wouldn't necessarily vote in lockstep) -- and two of the Democrats (Manchin and Sinema) seemed more interested in obstructing things than in the party's agenda.

You'd have a better argument if you'd brought up the ACA, IMO. The numbers in Congress favored the Dems more in 2009-2011.

givesomefucks , 1 month ago

When they want to do things.

Four years ago the other party had the same, but they didn't want to do anything.

Which depressed turnout, and allowed this to happen.

elephantium , 1 month ago

Four years ago the other party had the same

As noted elsewhere in the thread, this is blatantly untrue.

givesomefucks , 1 month ago

As noted elsewhere in the thread,

That was you're own rambling unsourced interpretation...

And now you're acting like it's a source?

FartsWithAnAccent , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

6 3 split in the court is an established fact, so I'm not sure what you're trying to argue. Their other statements were also accurate as far as I can tell.

Edit: Downvote all you like but you'll still be wrong lol

givesomefucks , 1 month ago

Because no one was talking about SC....

And if we are, then Biden should have expanded it after McTurtle stole Obama's last seat.

Like, you have to draw the line somewhere, don't claim that we also have to factor in the Reno County dog catcher now.

Moderates don't have it in them to fight fascism.

FartsWithAnAccent , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

SCOTUS is irrelevant? Really???

Let's go ahead and ignore that absurd take.

How would he have the means to achieve that?

Edit: No explanation given, just drama and flouncing. Duly noted.

givesomefucks , 1 month ago

Let’s go ahead and ignore that absurd take.

Why would anyone want to interact with someone acting like this?

It's a rhetorical question by the way, I'll never see your response or any other comments you ever make.

FartsWithAnAccent , 1 month ago

k, bye!

alekwithak , 1 month ago

You are incorrect, I was referring to the Dems having a majority across all three branches of government. The judicial branches being one of the big three I'm not sure how it could possibly be irrelevant 🙄

alekwithak , 1 month ago

You are correct, I was referring to the Dems having a majority across all three branches, the judicial branches being one of the big three I'm not sure how it could possibly be irrelevant 🙄