Liberal politicians never have the LEO vote in the first place. They're either nebulously afraid of "seeming soft on crime" (which is stupid because they'll be painted that way anyway) or actually literally afraid for their safety if they oppose the cops (which, again, implications)
Look, either he *can't* reign in the Illinois cops, which has serious implications re: whether it's possible to step back from fascism without a revolution,
Or he *won't*, which has serious implications re: whether he means any of the shit he's saying
In the abstract it's actually very dangerous to have somebody that powerful just fully raving that everyone who even mildly disagrees with him is ontologically evil, but ultimately they're all like that anyway so we might as well find the humor in it
Credit where it's due: starting from a position as stupid and childish as "everyone I don't like is the antichrist" and then *trying to turn it into actual philosophy, theology, eschatology* is a pretty funny bit
Depending on the exact context, the amount of clout that surrounds you exclusively with sycophants so nobody can ever push back on you or tell you no or call you back in when you go off the rails can come surprisingly cheap. Like yeah all billionaires and most celebrities but lots of normals too
It really is kinda hard to reconcile Superman the archetypical selfless superhero from all the rest of Superman stuff with Superman the moody boy who took his ball and went home for ten years then came back expecting everything to be chill, from returns
it's in the name of the book: he called it "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" and not just "One Day, Everyone Will Be Against This"
the eventual revisionism and self-justification is priced in
they're hedging their bets: they're trying to strike the balance between supporting the autocoup and still maintaining their legitimacy if it still fails anyway
there's a reason they're bending over backwards to always phrase it "we don't know if this is legal yet, but the lower court was wrong to issue an injunction" and "the lower court said this was illegal, we think they decided improperly, but we won't explain why and they have to try again"
the circumcision autism thing was so out of left field I didn't even realize it was a pivot from "mom takes tylenol during pregnancy" to "baby takes tylenol after birth"
"Profound, Plainspoken Strength" OHHHH OK so this is probably some culture war dipshit who heard Johnny Cash did an drug and got an divorce and wrote him off as a degenerate, then heard "When The Man Comes Around" late last week
Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.
