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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
1. It’s not. If you continue using hyperbole recklessly, the words lose all magnitude. Sorry, that’s just the rule. Take it from a serial offender.
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It's not hyperbole. You have a personal definition of those words that's ridiculously narrow.
Also, you said they were "two of the nastiest labels in the language." This is a different (dumb) claim.
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4. I did state two in the hypothetical. One is desire to see a conservative SCOTUS.
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Why do conservatives desire a conservative SCOTUS, though? It's not for abstract reasons. First and foremost, they want a conservative court to scale back or eliminate abortion rights. They also want a court that won't uphold affirmative action, that will aggressively back the police, that will (and did) gut voting rights, that will uphold voter ID and gerrymandering, etc.
In short, much of why they want a "conservative" court is grounded in racism and misogyny.
Heck, even where they aren't explicitly motivated by those things - wanting jurists who are skeptical of environmental and other regulations - they're pining for courts that will help them maintain a racist and misogynistic status quo. Is there anywhere in the country where pollution and health and safety risks fall disproportionately on the affluent white neighborhoods? Nope.
Race and gender bias is everywhere, literally baked into how our society functions. Not caring about counteracting it is pretty much indistinguishable from preferring it that way.
