Actually, it’s a way to get rid of stupid laws. Leftists are always happy to do unconstitutional, unconscionable things, as long as the victims are not leftists.
But when those laws are turned around and applied to leftists, they lose their marbles, while never mentioning that they were the ones who made the bad laws in the first place.
For a great start in equality before the law, let’s try “hate crimes”. Imagine how many black racialist’s heads would explode if they were charged with hate crimes for spouting off racial hatred at others?
“But...but...but...black people *can’t* be racists!!!”
Guess again.
And how about having the IRS go through all the leftist NGOs and churches with a fine toothed comb? This might even turn into a RICO charge against George Soros and Te-RAY-sa Heinz Kerry, along with a lot of leftist foundation boards of directors.
That’s one of the troubles with leftist organizations. They hate having paper trails. However, without them, the IRS can just savage you.
Conversely, conservatives should do leftists a big favor by scrubbing one of their “prison America” ideas. That is, make it very easy for Americans to renounce their citizenship, as long as another country offers citizenship to them. Unless there are red flags for outstanding warrants or ongoing criminal investigations, outstanding taxes or debts, or a few other things, they should be able to leave America within a month, taking most of their assets with them. Buh-bye.
Being miserable people, they will likely be just as miserable in their new country, but “no backsies”.
People are more than willing to have these laws on the books because they know that at least half of time “their side” is in power and will wield them like a cudgel against the “other side”. And we want that. Until they’re used agains us, then we whine and moan. There is no principle involved, it’s just human nature.