The Supreme Court

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Re: The Supreme Court

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EAllusion wrote:
subgenius wrote:The Democrats are not that politically savvy.


Like many people who are ethically challenged, you confuse will to do something with savvy to do it. "You're just not smart enough to lie like me." No, subs, some people are just more ethical. The Democrats mostly need to be encouraged to be more politically shameless, not more savvy.

It’s is noted how often subs’ rationalization above is used by those so often claiming a higher moral ground than their political opponents.
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Dr. Shades wrote:
honorentheos wrote:Arguing partisanship is a sign of their lacking intelligence seems like a bad way to refute my belief you want to see authoritarian leaders who cut Gordon knots with ease whose rightness is recognized by how closely their rulings align with your assumed view of what is right and wrong.

Would you please break that down into two or three sentences for me? Because it looks like that last part is missing its object.

Fair enough. It's what happens when I post on my phone while waiting for someone.

For DT -

Arguing that increasing partisanship on the court is a sign they lack intelligence seems like a bad way to refute my previously stated belief. That being, you would prefer an authoritarian decision maker or committee who cut through tough decisions like Alexander cutting through the Gordian Knot with ease. How closely their judgments align with your prior beliefs of what is right or wrong is still the measure you seem to use when determining if the court is flawed or not.
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I'm bumping this because I'd like Ajax to answer me.

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In the face of madness, rationality has no power - Xiao Wang, US historiographer, 2287 AD.

Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
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canpakes wrote:It’s is noted how often subs’ rationalization above is used by those so often claiming a higher moral ground than their political opponents.

actually it is EA that is conjuring up some sort of yet-to-be-seen-imaginary "higher moral ground"...a concept that you, and others, maintain as woolliness from another thread.
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EAllusion wrote:Like many people who are ethically challenged, you confuse will to do something with savvy to do it. "You're just not smart enough to lie like me." No, subs, some people are just more ethical. The Democrats mostly need to be encouraged to be more politically shameless, not more savvy.

I think you may misunderstand what the word "savvy" means.
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subgenius wrote:
canpakes wrote:It’s is noted how often subs’ rationalization above is used by those so often claiming a higher moral ground than their political opponents.

actually it is EA that is conjuring up some sort of yet-to-be-seen-imaginary "higher moral ground"...a concept that you, and others, maintain as woolliness from another thread.

Oh, do you have a ‘moral ground’? Or is that something restricted to others?
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canpakes wrote:Oh, do you have a ‘moral ground’? Or is that something restricted to others?

If you had bothered to read the thread, i noted how "moral high ground" was a term of convenience for the posters using it, especially since they had no foundation for its structure...check the context, return and report.
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subgenius wrote:
canpakes wrote:Oh, do you have a ‘moral ground’? Or is that something restricted to others?

If you had bothered to read the thread, i noted how "moral high ground" was a term of convenience for the posters using it, especially since they had no foundation for its structure...check the context, return and report.
OK, so you are unable to answer the question here, as there.
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canpakes wrote:OK, so you are unable to answer the question here, as there.

oh, there was a question? please, do tell.
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Re: The Supreme Court

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subgenius wrote:
canpakes wrote:OK, so you are unable to answer the question here, as there.

oh, there was a question? please, do tell.

Yes. “Do you have a moral ground, or is that something restricted to others?” :smile:
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