Also the reason gothic architecture is called "gothic" is that Renaissance folks thought it was so tacky it was a desecration of Western Civilization, so they named it after the Goths who sacked Rome.

Those barbarian Goths of course were... the white folks of Central Europe.

So what you're saying is that Bluesky is a left wing echo chamber and we all should return to X to hear a broader set of public opinions, ranging from Nazis all the way to Nazi-adjacent.

I'm actually not particularly inclined to that view myself, but I think it's both common and valid.

I mean, I think that for many people it's also a genuine belief that it's extremely dangerous when individuals presume to end the state's monopoly on power and act as judge, jury, and executioner to impose penalties in the absence of laws - no matter how much we agree with the moral position.

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I'm struggling whether to renew. Serwer and Warzel are superlative. But are even they worth suffering through Brooks and TCW?

Can you elaborate on the COVID example?

Which part of Citizens United? Are you claiming that the previous restrictions on "independent" political spending meant there was no free speech in the country? Because that is clearly the aspect of the ruling that people are objecting to and wanting to overturn.

"No more free speech" if we don't have Citizens United? Was there no free speech prior to 2010?

Our voters are too dumb to be allowed to vote.

Your point stands, but Biden won by 4.5 points, not less than four.

Yes, I was wondering the same thing! I've seen him before and I know people on the right take him seriously, but who exactly is he other than an anonymous X account?

They went to the same high school???

@grok, is it bad when the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity?

Cancelled the Post in 2024, but finally subscribed to Democracy Docket yesterday. Thank you for the great work!

Broke: black Jesus

Woke: black Santa

Bespoke: black Zeus

Ammon Bundy's certifiably insane but he's for real. Curtis Sliwa if he knew how to stop a cattle stampede. Dude mostly avoided the authoritarianism virus and has realized that everyone he trusted got infected and is now a zombie. He's an asshole but I gotta sympathize.