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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
I'm not disagreeing with the points you're making generally, but I also think the point Ark raises is most likely true. Most people across the political spectrum have a faith that the court system is and should be apolitical. Identifying the people who are doing all of this damage to the integrity of the court with the broad label of conservative lumps in a bunch of people who actually hold principled beliefs about the impartiality the supreme court should have. There are real political monsters in the GOP who are destroying this. Those monsters and the GOP deserve to be called out by name for how they are destroying America for liberals and conservatives alike. They shouldn't be enabled to hide under cover of a broad term and diverse group.
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I'm not sure about this. I believe conservatives (people/voters) in the US also want to the courts to be biased in their favor because again, they believe that otherwise the courts will be biased the other way 'to let the evil liberals destroy the world'. It's easy to say the GOP are manipulating the courts and brainwashing the public but i think it's the opposite, I think the egg came before the chicken. The people keep voting these people in because they are scared and want their reps to put elephants on the their side of the seesaw. Abortion, guns, immigration and healthcare are not really issues we face in Canada. But in the States, if you are conservative, you really feel the sky is falling.
Therefore, if progressives really want to put through their changes, healthcare, climate change, gun control, abortion etc.. they have to put bomb-throwers on their side of the seesaw.