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Tyla (Combat Waifu Yuri Arc)
@FinalGirl@blackqueer.life

@oldladyplays@wargamers.social The thing is, white people act like the Supreme Court used to be so great and fair and suddenly it's awful. Like are you fucking kidding me? With the exception of the Warren Court, the Supreme Court has NEVER been a substantial voice for civil rights. Like literally never. We have people like RBG and Sotamayor who were notable specifically because they crossed the standard line. The history of most Supreme Court rulings around race and gender ruled for the dominant demographic majority. Hell, even issues not specifically about race were entirely about race (looking at you abortion access).

But yeah, tell me how this is all new.

Jessica Rooster
@rooster@beige.party

@FinalGirl@blackqueer.life @oldladyplays@wargamers.social they are decrying the loss of legitimacy and impartiality of an institution that for many never had legitimacy or impartiality to begin with


FoolishOwl
@foolishowl@social.coop

@rooster@beige.party @FinalGirl@blackqueer.life @oldladyplays@wargamers.social I've thought "legitimacy" is a critical concept to understand. It's a spiritual concept that is rarely understood as that.

Liberals insist on the legitimacy of the state because to question whether "legitimacy" means anything triggers an existential crisis. Their entire worldview collapses.

This is why they can acknowledge "structural racism" as an abstract concept, but balk at the conclusion that the entire history and structure of states is bound up with it.