Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died at 87. - 🦀

I can't imagine said:
Handmaid's Tale was a speculative fiction novel from the 1980's about a future U.S. where a military religious organization takes over following a coup, creating a society where rights (particularly women's rights) are severely curtailed. Most notably, certain women are forced into servitude as "handmaids", forced to birth children for the wealthy and privileged. A TV series adapting it broadcasts on Hulu.

It's usually used as a shorthand to decry people trying to restrict women's reproductive rights.
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Allanon said:
Did the author know that America was founded by a group of military minded religious people? That just sounds so bizarre. I don't know how you'd write anything but some weird and trashy porn when the whole concept is 'women are all sex slaves'.
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How long before we hear #readanotherbook or #watchanothershow with these fuckers and this show? It's like what Harry Potter fans switch to when the situation demands it.
 
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Corn Flakes said:
It doesn't matter. The story was written a generation ago and had a different context back then. It's just the moral panic crusaders of this age latched on to it like it's some sort of prophecy because of the TV series.
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Call me crazy, but I can't trust the opinions of people who shape their world view based on fictional TV shows or movies.

These people need to go outside more...oh wait. Can't do that in 2020.
 
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Allanon said:
Did the author know that America was founded by a group of military minded religious people? That just sounds so bizarre. I don't know how you'd write anything but some weird and trashy porn when the whole concept is 'women are all sex slaves'.
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The weird obsession with the book by the left set aside, it's a decent enough yarn, and definitely not porn. It's pretty obviously inspired by post-revolution Iran, though that gets sorta shoved under the rug nowadays in favor of the parts that are inspired by the religious right in the U.S.

It's also pretty obviously a deliberately exaggerated vision of the future to make a point about (then) current events, like Idiocracy or Demolition Man, not intended as a literal speculation of the future.
 
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Getting tard comed said:
The legal decisions Barnes raised concern me quite a bit. I have yet to run across anyone able to defend he legal decisions. That's my problem with her. It doesn't help she appears to be astroterfed and while I like Trump, the republicans are still a shit and corrupt party.

The idpol/religion stuff are optics for the most part and while important I dont care about that(besides her saying a catholics duty is to the pope but that's a catholicism problem).

We'll find out if Barnes is right in terms of the election. I have no faith whatsoever in her being a good judge. If what Barnes said was correct about the Jacobson decision any judge that cites that case favorably is not a good judge and not a judge I would want on any court.
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Eh fuck it:
>actual traditionalist on gender roles
based
>supported lockdown by using the precedent of Japanese interment and forced sterilization campaigns
incredibly based
>Catholic that actually acknowledges the pope
based
>funded by old southern money
Incredibly based
>Adopted Haitian babies
Cringe
>part of esoteric radical catholic sects
based

There, you now my gut-hot takes from the lizard part of my brain after biting the bullet and being honest.

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>why did she write the Fourteenth Amendment right out of the Constitution
>write out the 14th Amendment
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Gehenna said:
Honestly, all the indicators have been for Barrett from the beginning so I don't know why everyone here got a massive hard on for Lagoa. I did agree she'd be the best for the idpol bullshit, but seemed a stretch to think Trump would pick her just on that.

While I'm not a fan of Barrett's entire record, there are no indicators she is a RINO. That's just doomering. At worst, she leans more towards the economic end of conservativism neutral on issues like gun rights, and is somewhat iffier on social conservatism. But she is a conservative one, which means she'll likely end up siding with the other conservative justices.
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The suspicion was that if Collins Romney and Murkowski had remained obstinate Lagoa might have been a safer choice. Harder for the left to use smears to intimidate any wobbly GOP. But Amy Barret Comey is the one Trump has been looking at for a year. So once he knew Cocaine Mitch had the votes locked in, Trump opted to ram her through. Plus it completely enrages the snowflakes.
 
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I can't imagine said:
The weird obsession with the book by the left set aside, it's a decent enough yarn, and definitely not porn. It's pretty obviously inspired by post-revolution Iran, though that gets sorta shoved under the rug nowadays in favor of the parts that are inspired by the religious right in the U.S.

It's also pretty obviously a deliberately exaggerated vision of the future to make a point about (then) current events, like Idiocracy or Demolition Man, not intended as a literal speculation of the future.
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Maybe the book is exaggerated, but the people who like it sure think banning 4th trimester abortions is literally step 1 to it coming true.
 
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Blip said:
The attacking of Barrett’s faith the dems have already started doing is going to back fire :story:

The Democrats are filled with a bunch of idiots.
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It's hilarious that they're attacking her for being Catholic. I wonder what religion the presidential candidate for the Democrats belongs to?

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Random Internet Person said:
They’d bitch about her solely for being a conservative woman selected by Trump. The Catholic part is just an added bonus.
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Exactly. Also Kamala Harris can't stand Catholics who are actually devoted to their faith and will come off as a bitch.

I don't think Barrett is this big threat to the constitution as people on here are making her out to be.
 
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Random realization.

Barrett was already one of the finalists from the last time this happened. They should have had some oppo research done on her, at least basic stuff. They should have had contingency plans in case RBG died, including guessing who Trump would pick and doing oppo research and having attacks ready to go.

The left can't keep their fucking powder dry. If they had these, they'd have started using them -- outside a bunch of SEETHing twitter trolls shooting their mouths off. We could see hit pieces start to spring up this afternoon / Monday, but you'd think there would be something already leaking out.

Conclusion: The left did not prep for this. They either fully expected RBG to live till 2021 / 2025, or the idea that Trump might actually get a 3rd SCOTUS pick just never occured to them.

Just how broken is the DNC internally?
 
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Personally, I don't think it's a good thing that Barret is pro-lockdown, and I'm worried about her being a potential Souter as far as Second Amendment rights are concerned. Has she made any rulings or statements about firearm rights? :edit: Apparently, Barret is opposed to a blanket ban on persons with a felony record owning firearms. That's good news, but we really need more information about her stance on this issue.
 
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