Roe Vs Wade Overturned

[Dill]

(08-23-2023, 06:33 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: The bottom line is you're basically saying you don't like our system of government because it doesn't allow majority opinion to run roughshod over minority interests.  You don't like that right now because you perceive it as damaging to your political positions.  If the shoe was on the other foot you'd be singing its praises, god bless the Senate for keeping that evil GOP majority from enacting legislation as it pleases!  I, on the other hand, take the consistent and imminently more logical position that policies, when applied equally, will sometime hurt your interests and will sometimes aid them.  But if applied fairly you can always rely on them and their outcome.  I personally agree with the Framers and their position that simple majority rule is anathema to a truly free society.  Putting protections in place that protect minority interests directly protects against a tyrannical government, something I'd assume you'd be very much in favor of.  Maybe not if your side could be the tyrants though, eh?

Yow, mention the Framers and we are back on it. 

As I recall, and explained to you once, the Framers ditched the Articles of Confederation precisely because they were tired of minority control of legislation.
They intended a simple majority votes to decide legislative issues. You are confusing minority protection built into the separation of power and interests with super-minority control, a kind of tyranny which the Framers, certainly Madison, Jefferson, and Washington and Franklin did NOT want.

Looks like you've been coming at my arguments with all these presumptions about "what I don't like," and that's what pushes you past the actual argument and into all these "point-by-point-beside-the-points," meant to address not my actual words but the other intentions/goals you think are behind them. Not an evil deliberate misconstruction, but a misconstruction nevertheless. One that may be sorted out.

For now, let's adjourn and watch the debate.