Slade would you stop acting like a bitter piece of hipster trash?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...nspired-by-justice-thomas-obergefell-dissent/ Here why Thomas Dissent was bullshit, Too long to read? Well, he ignores any meaning other than the one he gives.
Interesting article. The impression I got from it, however, is that Thomas' opinion is
incomplete, not
incorrect. It's important to note that Thomas joined in Roberts' dissent, which did address the equal protection argument. As for the freedom of contract argument, that didn't seem to play a role in the majority opinion, or the claims brought by the petitioners and their amici.
Also I won't even bother with the dumb ass who tried to imply that marriage can be found in Historical roots, ignoring the civilizations with same sex unions.
You mean Kennedy? Because that's as much a part of the opinion of the court as it is Robert's dissent.
No need to patronize me, I speak the language fluently and have since the age of 8, don't get sarky with me.
Fair enough.
Do you know how the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq where to impose democracy on the Middle East?
Interventionism is a tricky business, and one I'm not entirely decided on. Saddam was a pretty nasty dictator, though.
What we Europeans try to do is the same thing with the US, but with other important things such as healthcare and equality. I do realise that it's hard to take advice from a socialist wasteland like Denmark, where people aren't expected to pay not to die
I'm not prepared to commit to a position on socialized medicine.
and where a police officer gets litigated against and loses his job if he shoots an unarmed kid.
This is an issue, but I disagree with the characterization along racial lines. The killings of Eric Garner and Walter Scott were reprehensible murders; the homicides of Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin* were justified acts of self defense. Whether or not these are isolated incidents is
difficult to tell, and the lack of good data plays a big role in that. Most of these incidents are just as adequately explained by officer incompetence due to insufficient training and discipline (such as the tendency to jump immediately to the tail end of the
continuum of force) and the unwillingness of officers to testify against their colleagues (
anti-snitch mentality) as they are by racism. Transparency and known efficacy strike me as sufficient reasons to mandate policies like body cameras for police officers and a national database for statistics on police homicides. These artificial media controversies do little more than put
police and
civilians in danger.
* Not a police shooting, but the media reaction was nearly identical.
Oh, and our constitution was written in 1849 and almost wholly rewritten in 1949, something you might want to consider when major events change the makeup of your country.
It's much easier to subvert the Constitution here than to amend it, which is why we see cases like this one.
Actually I didn't mention the Clintons because as far as I'm aware Hillary is the second candidate from that family, and the Bushes outweigh that with three. But if I'm wrong, do tell.
The oligarchy argument is greatly strengthened by noting that the potential nominees from
both parties come from these kinds of families. Either way, it's a bit early to tell. I think there's still hope that Jeb won't get the Republican nomination.
And of course, racism is wholly over in the United States. The Klu Klux Klan has been disbanded because they all realised what absolute fools they looked and the Confederate flag has been cleansed of all charges of being linked to a segregated, non-United States army bent on preserving slavery.
No one is seriously contending that racism is over. However, the claim that racism is still entrenched in our laws and institutions is an empirical one, and the evidence is sorely lacking.
LOLOLOLOLOLOL Go Kill yourself faggot. Good job and further showing me why I should just outright ignore you.
I don't condone this. Don't assume that someone is arguing in bad faith and use it as justification to do the same.
