Democratic Senators "Warn" SCOTUS

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(08-15-2019, 02:00 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: With respect, you really didn't.  You said you were against the concept of court packing, which is good, but you didn't address the fact that five Senators issued a thinly veiled threat to one of our three branches of government.



The more to add would be utter condemnation of threats made to one of the cornerstones of our Federal government.



Your argument here actually works against you.  If a sane person makes such a statement then you can count on their having given the matter a lot of thought before making it.  Having done so they made the threat anyways.  It's like being mad at a five year old and a thirty-five year old for the same thing.  The thirty-five year old will, rightfully, be subject to far more scrutiny and suffer far greater consequences for their actions.  Phil is perfectly correct here, there would be complete bedlam in the media if Trump made the same statement to the SCOTUS.

Well, again, Trump routinely makes insane proclamations.  That people keep trying to say he's crazy and should stop isn't that odd.  When someone makes one bad idea public they get told they are wrong and we move along.  If they repeat the process the condemnation gets louder.  Or should.

Steve King didn't get censored for the first racist thing he said.  Or the 100th.  But eventually people had enough.

That you call it a "thinly veiled threat" is your take on it.  Tinted by that fact the Blumenthal is attached to it.

As so you said, we see it (the "threat") differently.  You care a great deal about this subject and so you go after it harder than something you care less about.  Nothing wrong with that at all.  We all do it when we discuss subjects near and dear to us.  And then we can't see why others aren't as outraged as we are.  Human nature.

If one of these people tires to force through their idea or continues to make make "threats" that become more real there will be greater outrage probably.  IMHO.