MissConstrueDec 9, 2024

Scientific American delivers a scathing article about the theologists holding the majority in the US Supreme Court. It’s so good, and so tightly written, that it’s difficult to pull an excerpt without wanting to also include the lead in and follow up. I’ll tempt you with some opening paragraphs, but the article is brilliant and deserves to be read.

“In five instances, Justice Neil Gorsuch’s opinion confused nitrogen oxide, a pollutant that contributes to ozone formation, with nitrous oxide, better known as laughing gas.

You can’t make this stuff up. This repeated mistake in the 5–4 decision exemplifies a high court not just indifferent to facts but contemptuous of them.”

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-supreme-courts-contempt-for-facts-is-a-betrayal-of-justice/

#supremecourt #ScientificAmerican #corruption #failingempire

The Supreme Court’s Contempt for Facts Is a Betrayal of Justice

The Supreme Court majority’s recent decisions about homelessness, public health and regulatory power, among others, undermine the role of evidence, expertise and honesty in American democracy

Scientific American
Show threadAndreas K

@MissConstrue 🤦‍♂️ You are just now realizing that the USA has this beautiful part called the “Bible Belt”?

And yes, that Theocracy is in the finishing stages of turning the whole of the USA into a Theocracy, very much like the good old Iran, just with a James King Bible instead of the Koran as its governing constitution.

You reached the point where the more “forward-thinking” GOP are considering how to remove the franchise from females.

Or was that “backward-thinking”?

Dec 9, 2024 at 7:22pmWeb
Show threadMissConstrueDec 9, 2024

@yacc143 Oh no darlin', I am in the very buckle of the bible belt. I'm a Leftist in the rural part of the Texas prairie land. I'm a tattooed, black-wearing neopagan looking Lebanese woman with a trans daughter in the very heart of the new confederacy. I have long been aware of what the prosperity gospel people are up to.

I don't think the entire country is likely to fall to theocracy, although I think some regions may, albeit temporarily. The thing is, they're really loud and so people think there's a lot of them. There really aren't. We're not outnumbered. But we have been outplayed. Dems keep acting like the GOP is a political party and not an existential threat to life.

Show threadobscurestarDec 10, 2024
@MissConstrue @yacc143 Thanks for being awesome!