nostr:npub1wd735u8m6krfqzeqkveg2zh49gtu2wpz8g7cucavdzzrllxyzqcqrhy77c And you think Dr. Jake Kleinmahon has no conscience and is somehow blaming someone?
nostr:npub1383k9kcwt0lf8lv0l3fazalus8cky635l8282qacn64wr6rlvedqe7frpr Yes, that's right. It's always disappointing when members of long-oppressed minority communities turn around, once they have power, and oppress others, but it definitely happens. It's a sad dynamic rooted in the sordid side of human nature and our refusal to learn from our history.
nostr:npub160pt0jm828yqgtduyzs2y9zp30vpxkx3drjxzl98ekfhu6kq4zxqqxwp4t There's definitely a serious problem of abuse of vulnerable people by religious authority figures across religious boundary lines, and not only denominational lines within Christianity but lines between world religions. My friend Ruth Krall, whose academic background spans both religious studies and therapy, has written extensively about this.
nostr:npub1t2r2mz0553256unvu4a7yvd42v94ajrfsxh86x4aft94gp2a0cmss5qjkt Yet millions of Americans agree with her — which says something disturbing about the mental health of many of us.
nostr:npub1rj4p6xvmu67qjh75zja2xyytpk365zl26f5jzcy3ypfzvfz3fh6qv7t2fy I'm not understanding the reference to celebrating the memory of a pedophile.
nostr:npub16a63nsfz465nndfakqdtjl4qhm9a6cw2980yr4mgjr9u35v82nzq338qn5 Indeed. And just as ephemeral.
nostr:npub1j5ghna8w8xpu5m0f93vd4enpz8vdmwhhnqfvm2eqltwjqvh4gwqq4mh654 Yes, they do for sure.
nostr:npub1nhl70v5cfj50j9wcu0kvgswqkqmehpew3vprqflz8was7p5zeh0s5sjdt0 Yes, I think you're making a very good point. I lived through the integration period in the US South, and saw white Southerners perfectly willing to shred the common good, to tear things up, if we were expected to share with Blacks. We targeted swimming pools, which were shut down, and public schools, which got undermined as we moved our children to segregated church academies. We abandoned inner cities and bult all-white suburbs, causing urban decay.
nostr:npub1smmzpp6tncrt6jsk33wpchxswp4lh0yhsvwz5h09hcc80aw8r97snzpm4m You mean you'll have to stop Republicans right there. I for one know better than to read that text literally.
nostr:npub1jre7em0zn30jaqqhq2qz6j6fmwygz0emz03e8shs33v7mhpxfngs7q6weg From Federalist Society members no less. Ironic that Federalist Society members, who at least until recently were still members in good standing, were instrumental in the attempted execution of the coup.
nostr:npub1agua0nvwdckv9kv5uggc2am4du0jyuu5kdxcf7us7ja5g753qz5s39j0sk Ironic, and deeply troubling. What this says to me, coupled with lots of other evidence, is that the Federalist Society has been operating a long-game coup for a very long time now.
nostr:npub1dej924nftkjpzllnc06k2xwpj0xgvxtl68mef6xndfu9utndrfvsakcdgt Yes, that's correct. The Judaeo-Christian Bible is a compilation of many different books written over many different centuries by many different hands, and it's possible to find just about any prooftext we need in it. The question — which your comment points to — is, What's central here? What's the main gist? What holds it all together? One leading reputable biblical scholar after another would say the answer to those quesitons iis love, justice, and mercy.
nostr:npub1e0wca3dhcw8et9egss0cgds7szjq8rn0jyl6gff9gfsqv3sa6qcsd4tuz0 Yes, and a latrocinium in many ways, or so it seems to me.
"Citing 'unfortunate economic realities,' Clarence Thomas is hiking the price of Supreme Court decisions to keep up with inflation.
The jurist disclosed his new rate card in a mass e-mail sent to more than a hundred super-donors."
~ Andy Borowitz
N.B. The Borowitz Report is satire.
#ClarenceThomas #SupremeCourt #corruption #ethics
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"Republican strategists face a no-win conundrum. Retreating on abortion would infuriate the majority of their base that wants to ban the procedure, while their current strategy is alienating a formidable slice of swing voters who favor some GOP positions but oppose the party’s stance on reproductive rights."
~ Sahil Kapur
And who has created this catch-22 for the GOP except the GOP itself?
#abortion #Republicans
As Adam Gabbatt reminds us, Florida judge Aileen Cannon, who raises eyebrows because of her ineptness and willingness to bend over backwards to serve the ends of one Donald Trump who appointed her, is also closely connected to Leonard Leo and his Federalist Society. Of which she has been a member since 2005….
#AileenCannon #Trump #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/11/leonard-leo-aileen-cannon-trump-conservative-judges
Jose Paglierry does a deep dive today into the strange career of Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon and her manifold baffling mistakes on the bench. As he notes,
Last month, The New York Times discovered that Cannon has only handled four trials, collectively accounting for just 14 days in court—less than three weeks of experience before handling a potential turning point for American democracy.
#AileenCannon #Trump
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-one-egregious-mistake-from-trumps-florida-judge-aileen-cannon
As Adam Gabbatt reminds us, Florida judge Aileen Cannon, who raises eyebrows because of her ineptness and willingness to bend over backwards to serve the ends of one Donald Trump who appointed her, is also closely connected to Leonard Leo and his Federalist Society. Of which she has been a member since 2005….
#AileenCannon #Trump #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/11/leonard-leo-aileen-cannon-trump-conservative-judges
“If three times makes a pattern, what does 38 times make? We’ll tell you: the fact that Clarence Thomas has taken 38 luxury trips with billionaires without disclosing them means this kind of ethical lapse is part of his lifestyle. He needs to resign.”
~ Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics as cited by Martin Pengelly
#ClarenceThomas #SupremeCourt #corruption #ethics