RantYou know what will stop the T? Conservatives.

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[–]Neo_Shadow_LurkerPronouns: I/Don't/Care 27 insightful - 1 fun27 insightful - 0 fun28 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

We're all just circling the drain massaging our egos here, unable or unwilling to push forward. I'm sick of the daily critiques of mentally ill people and the constant bashing of bisexuals.

I'm going to assume your're not just trolling:

What can I say?

Some need a place to vent, that's all.

Not everything has to be a great and pretentious political standing.

Conservatives worldwide are on an upswing politically, they have the cultural capital to form alliances and win support. They attract people.

Populism is on the rise, not conservatism.

The covid shitshow is eroding political structures in record time and is direcly responsible for this, not TRA shit.

The cultural balance still swings hard progressive and this is not going to change anytime soon.

When the inevitable conservative backlash hits and gay rights are affected, you will all still be here, still complaining about the same things and enjoying your misery.

Well, depends.

It's pretty naive to think that conservatives being in power means overnight repeal of gay and lesbian rights, as there's a whole bureaucratic apparatus that exists just to prevent that from happening.

Even in the long run I believe this won't happen, but what will happen is TRAs losing a lot of their prestiege and political influence in the next few years.

Their bullshit is still an ongoing debate, which hasn't been been properly cemented in the cultural sphere, not even close.

Recent controversies, like child transing and Title IX protections, are also on going questions which have not yet been fully debated, which means that TRAs have much more to lose than LGB people in the long run.

So no, anti-gay death squadrons won't become a thing anytime soon.

You know who I never see any of you critiquing? Straight political liberals. They're the ones fucking the kids up.

I agree with this.

They are the ones pulling the strings, be on the right or on the left, while using LGB people as props to fight their battles.

Who are the ones who profit most from Pride again?

[–]PatsyStoneMaverique[S] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

What can I say?

Some need a place to vent, that's all.

It's not venting, it's bonding through hatred of outgroups. It's toxic and it's 90% of the content here.

Not everything has to be a great and pretentious political standing.

Online communities, where people shoot the shit and joke with each other, can and do get used for political organizing. They are how Donald Trump won the 2016 election and how he's maintaining power in the Republican Party. There's nothing pretentious going on, they just have healthy communities that share information and encourage their members.

So no, anti-gay death squadrons won't become a thing anytime soon.

Obergefell is essentially guaranteed to be overturned once Clarence Thomas is Chief Justice. It will be the gay apocalypse in the U.S.

They are the ones pulling the strings, be on the right or on the left, while using LGB people as props to fight their battles.

Who are the ones who profit most from Pride again?

Thank you, you are absolutely right.

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Obergefell is essentially guaranteed to be overturned once Clarence Thomas is Chief Justice. It will be the gay apocalypse in the U.S.

Excuse me, what? What are you basing this on? Once Clarence Thomas becomes Chief Justice? Why is this a done deal in your mind, let alone a likelihood? Only 5 Chief Justices in history served on the Supreme Court as Associate Justices before their appointment, and I see no scenario in which Thomas becomes CJ.

The Chief Justice is not the longest tenured justice serving at a given time. They are generally appointed to the Court for the first time as the Chief.

The current Chief Roberts is 66 and Thomas is 6 years older at 72. We also just started a Democratic presidency so there will be no Republican appointment of a justice, let alone a Chief one for at least 4 more years. At that time, even if Chief Justice Roberts died or retired, Thomas would be 76. Republicans would want to maximize tenure and choose someone young. Selecting a 76-year-old would be a huge waste.

And I’m not sure what special powers you think a Chief Justice has, but their main power is to decide who writes the opinion, but the writer is chosen from among whichever judges were in the majority.

And in reality, the person who actually writes the opinion is a fresh out of law school grad clerking for the judge.

[–]PatsyStoneMaverique[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

And in reality, the person who actually writes the opinion is a fresh out of law school grad clerking for the judge.

The clerks do writing and research for them, the Justices have their own opinions. The only Justice ever accused of having clerks deliver opinions on her behalf was Ginsburg, because she was so frail it was suspected by her detractors she couldn't work anymore.

Justice Thomas is so hot right now

Today the changes on the court have left Justice Thomas uniquely empowered. First, the new conservative majority now requires two defections for the liberals to triumph. Second, as the associate justice with the most seniority, it falls to Justice Thomas to assign the majority opinion when the chief justice comes down on the dissenting side. That presents Chief Justice Roberts with a dilemma: Since he can no longer dictate the outcome by himself, choosing the dissenting side without Justice Kavanaugh invites a Thomas majority opinion.

He's issued essentially a public call for challenges to Section 230 protections for tech companies and the court will be hearing a challenge to Roe v. Wade this year.

I think the current political situation is a lot more volatile than you obviously do. Biden isn't going to last until 2024. There are many rumors about Chief Justice Roberts being forced to step down going around in the conservative press due to an illegal adoption facilitated by Jeffrey Epstein. Seriously.

I also think the general public would not be nearly as outraged as you do by these laws being overturned. It's been a brutal year and people are tired of liberal political activists.

So, that's that. 2021 is going to be absolutely wild to live through!

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I went to school with, am friends with, have worked with, and was taught by several SCOTUS clerks including Thomas and Ginsburg. And I’m no stranger to being on the inside of the chambers of the federal judiciary myself. I know how this stuff works, but yes it’s taboo to admit the power recent law school grads have on the development of U.S. federal law. But it is what it is.

Whether Biden or Roberts don’t last until 2024, that still doesn’t give us Chief Justice Thomas and Thomas’s thinking on the issues scares me a lot less than others.

[–]PatsyStoneMaverique[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I mean, fair enough. I'll go ahead and take your word for it.

I'm honestly a little thrilled I get to talk to someone with that kind of education and access. Are you an attorney?