Adam Serwer: In fairness to Alito “if liberals are rude it’s ok to support overthrowing the government” is as concise a distillation of trump era conservatism as you’ll ever see

In fairness to Alito “if liberals are rude it’s ok to support overthrowing the government” is as concise a distillation of trump era conservatism as you’ll ever see

The "I saw something disturbing in a chain e-mail so let's invalidate all Democratic laws" school of jurisprudence pioneered by his mentor, Scalia.

Aren't they the "Fuck your feelings" crowd tho?

"fuck your feelings, only MY feelings count"

"fuck your votes, only OUR votes count"

Frank Wilhoit: “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

Beat me to it.

Yes. But it’s “Fuck YOUR Feelings.” Their feelings are pure and noble, and worthy of the highest protections law and society can provide.

correct, they view their opinions as factual & self-evident

They're the true AMERICANS and Patriots that hate everything about our country.

Accurate. It's quite an ethos for a movement that idolizes a strongman. The fuck-your-feelings crowd get the vapors pretty easily

This is even funnier when you recall the original meaning of "get the vapors".

Look what we made them do.

Same energy

Updated

"If liberals are rude it's ok to support overthrowing the government" vs "if the conservatives support overthrowing the government, it's ok to be rude."

They call it "Originalism."

I think some might beg to differ on how original it is

Major retaliation for minor, or even perceived, slights.

I think it'd be more accurate if you replaced "liberals are rude to us" with "we don't get what we want" or "everyone doesn't agree with the absolute rightness of our opinions" but yes

The excuse for the flag that he gave was literally that the neighbors were rude, I’m not making my own assessment here

Sorry. This seems to be a DQ from any position of power for the T's though - if being angry at your neighbors leads you to support insurrection, no one wants to see what happens when you have to make actual policy choices.

No apology necessary I just want to be clear that this was his explanation

Also, "Liberals existing is rude." 🤨

Liberals are “rude” to say coup’ing is wrong. 🤦‍♂️

"I'm sorry, I have to do this. The liberals mocked me on Twitter." Bari Weiss sobbed as she locked the men, women, and children in the barn.

From the Times article about Mrs. Alito: “The way the world is these days, Sam is by far not even close to being an imminent threat to civil liberties,” she said in the 2006 interview. Gosh. What changed? He has been on the wrong side of so many civil rights cases.

I thought it was: "I get to do what I want, and most of what I want to do is to resent people."

And just being a liberal is rude, so it’s always okay to support the Trump coup

But in this case rude is defined as "daring to question my omnipotent might in any way".

But shouldn't 'conservatism' be in some sort of quotes?

A patriot who truly respected the flag would not so carelessly fly it upside down. (What he did is like stomping on it or burning it.)

Thank you, Adam 🙌🏻

They aren't helping you; just themselves. That's not how it works. Govt was supposed to protect the people from the corrupt crooks, not BE them. ...2

And corruption and unfairness is also okay by conservatives, just as long as it is never applied to conservatives. Conservativism double standards; do to you, not to me bs. Impeach these traitors and corrupt crooks from govt. ... 1

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"Or if they say something mean to me in my own imagination."

It’s the apotheosis of lib ownership

I think the democracy may have died in the darkness too

Nationalists don't love their neighbors.

I like this formulation!

Correct. Also true: “if liberals are rude it’s ok to support overthrowing the government” is as concise a distillation of BlueSky Communists as you’ll ever see.

The Fascist Housewives of the Supreme Court

And mainstream DC political punditry.

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