Trumper claims protests against Kavanaugh are "slippery slope"
Trumper claims protests against Kavanaugh are "slippery slope"
Steve from Minnesota said the "other side" can "play the same game," as if right-wingers haven't protested Democrats -- and often engage in violent acts.
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In a discussion about protesters who gathered peacefully outside a Morton’s SteakHouse in Washington DC while Justice Brett Kavanaugh ate inside, Steve from Minnesota called my SiriusXM show.
Immediately he asked what if the “other side” got this idea, and began “harassing” AOC in a restaurant, referring to Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
That can only draw a laugh. I pointed out, first off, that no one was “harassing” Kavanaugh, who never even came into contact with the protesters and slipped out the back door. But more than that, Democrats have faced protesters — and harassment and violence — from the right for decades. Anti-abortion radicals have long been harassing women at abortion clinics — and doctors and healthcare workers have been killed.
No one should face violence, I said, like what we saw on January 6th. But everyone in public life has faced peaceful protests, and should expect that.
Steve kept going back to his same talking points, about the “slippy slope” and the “other side.”
It was almost like a threat. And it also shows how pathetically scared the right is when it comes to protest. The fact that Kavanaugh slipped out the back door, unable to face the people who stood up against his ripping a right from millions, spoke volumes.
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Trumper claims protests against Kavanaugh are "slippery slope"
The caller was very obtuse. Nothing to argue but “slippery slope”. Like a misfiring robot stuck on one line. How does he manage to believe such after decades of violence, bombings and murders at women’s clinics from the Christian nationalist dominionist theocracy desiring R side? Sakina is correct, they live by a double standard sans any care of the bottomless abyss level of their hypocrisy. Brett is young, allegedly has enjoyed much and too much in life, rich kid, prep school, frat life, Ivy League bound, groomed for SCourt all his life, he likely feels plainly entitled to get or take whatever he wants. Young and fratty, it is hard to imagine he actually, really, truly has a passionate anti-abortion stance, but instead is just riding the waves where the rolling tide of purists Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch and Coney-Barrett take him on that topic. Roberts probably solidly aligned with those four. What a mess they’ve created with apparently little thought of all the legal court challenges ahead to iron out the details from state to state. Hopefully it has really motivated and energized the D world for equally radical midterm results.
I heard the program when this caller called your show. The longer he spoke the angrier I got. Ay first I thought he was a plant but as he spoke I realized that he was just very uninformed and stupid. All these extremists on the court are illegitimate, especially the three appointed by the maggot in chief. Thomas is in a class by himself as an angry, black man who is now doling out his revenge on the court. What a mess and people must VOTE.