| ▲ | butterbomb 6 hours ago | |
It’s less about any of that. It’s more that I’m glad I won’t have to hear them deify the constitution anymore because they don’t care for it much anymore. | ||
| ▲ | 5upplied_demand 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
I don't believe that will happen. The Constitution will continue to be paraded as a tool to attack perceived enemies and protect allies. We already see it all over the place when MAGA talks about the 1st and 2nd Amendments. The hypocrisy doesn't matter to them because it isn't (and never was) about the "ideals" of the Constitution, it is about punishing enemies. | ||
| ▲ | epistasis 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
For the political movement in control, the law and the constitution exists as a tool to protect the in group, and to restrict the outgroup. That's why they get so upset at the elected veterans that did a simple video saying "the law says you must disobey unlawful orders," the reason that such a statement is viewed literally as "treasonous" and worthy of "hanging" according to Trump. Using the law to restrict those in power goes against their fundamental understanding of law. There is no hypocrisy, just a completely different view of what is criminal: namely the other guys are all criminals. | ||