Roe Vs Wade Overturned

[Dill]

(06-29-2022, 05:19 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Are you talking about the filibuster?  If you are, please don't pretend Democrats haven't championed it for its entire history until now.  

Actually, Mike, I've discussed the history of the filibuster in some detail already, on several threads, arguing that it evolved first to protect the "minority rights" of slave holders (e.g., Calhoun), and then to protect segregation. And I have argued, citing Founders like Jefferson, that their emphatic support of majority rule was a response to the failed Articles of Confederation, in which minorities could paralyze government for years. Congress was not "designed" for superminority control.

 E.g., on one thread I repeatedly asked SSF whether the Founders designed Congress so that legislation could be passed by minority rule. The straightforward and historically accurate answer is "yes." But he has never answered that question with a "yes." Instead he's repeated obfuscations like "the Senate works as designed" or simply gone silent.  He did not want to talk about that history you now presume to remind me of because it made discussion of the filibuster too "emotional." 

http://thebengalsboard.com/Thread-Gov-Pedro-Pierluisi-%E2%80%98Puerto-Rico-will-be-the-first-truly-Hispanic-state%E2%80%99?page=7&highlight=filibuster  #s 132, 134, 139.

So my question to SSF, to which you responded, was prompted by his claim that Dino would "dodge" and "obfuscate" rather than answer a question directly, accusing Dino unfairly of behavior SSF himself regularly engages in, while also claiming that he prizes consistency. My point wasn't about Republicans or Democrats or even the filibuster, but to suggest SSF either stop dodging and obfuscating himself or, if he cannot, then at least stop projecting that behavior on others.

As he is doing now: when I answered in some detail his question "Does owning slaves make one a horrible person?" then asked him for his answer to his own question too.  He's refused until I also explain how "Muhammed" would respond to the question.