Posted on 05/09/2016 9:34:12 AM PDT by aimhigh
Liberals, stop being so defensive. That’s the message of Harvard law professor Mark Tushnet in a new post at Balkinization, titled “Abandoning Defensive Crouch Liberal Constitutionalism.” The problem, according to Tushnet, is that liberals have been too defensive when it comes to advancing their agenda in the courts.
Tushnet blames what he calls the “culture wars” on conservatives, and he says liberals should now make conservatives pay. “The culture wars are over; they lost, we won,” he writes in italics. Tushnet claims that conservatives “had opportunities to reach a cease fire, but rejected them in favor of a scorched earth policy.”
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“Our side has to realize the fight is never ending with these people.”
I have an anecdote that demonstrates this.
A high school classmate is part of the gay scouting movement. A few years ago, he would post on Facebook about what racist, homophobic, wife beating Neanderthals the scouts were.
The scouts relented to this pressure, and allowed gay scouts but not gay leaders. Less than an hour after this major victory, he was back at it - calling the scouts racist, homophobic, wife beating Neanderthals because they wouldn’t accept gay leaders.
So, the scouts relented on this, and now allow gay leaders with one caveat - if a sponsoring church was against gay leaders, they could opt out. Still a major victory. But, because of the caveat, in less than an hour he was back at it, calling the scouts racist, homophobic, wife beating Neanderthals.
To me, this is a case study in how liberals operate. They are like a ratchet, and never give an inch - only move in one direction. There is no way to compromise. And, deep down inside, most liberals would just as soon kill a conservative, rather than have a ‘spirited debate’.
Hey people...CONSERVATIVE LIVES MATTER!!!!
Yeah, they offered compromise and we rejected it.
RIIIIIIGGGHHHHT!!!!!! /s
What you see is the Hegelian Dialectic being used.
The US term for it is incrementalism. Liberals call it progress.
From kindergarten to Harvard, with some jaunts into democrat/marxist politics along the way, it’s no wonder that any and everyone with a view dissimilar to his own is decried as a nazi.
As for discrimination, the university in general is among the most discriminating of all institutions. Those so associated are the elite. Everyone else is among the little people. Even those graduates no longer so associated.
If you want to know how our educational system became so far left David Horowitz spells it out in his book:
Radical Son: A Generational Odyssey Paperback – April 21, 1998
by David Horowitz (Author)
You will find out the goal set by the leftist (Communists) early on and how their ides became fact.
“You students come to this Harvard Law School with a skull full of mush and after three years and $200,000 you leave here with a skull full of oatmeal.”
Interesting. I’m familiar with the term incrementalism, but not the other. And the left has a knack for taking a word and twisting its meaning - who could be oppose to progress?
My friends ask me, “how come you don’t hire ivy leaguers?”
This is why.
Law Professor needs to study the Equal Protection Cause.
BIG DIFFERENCE, American Christians are ARMED.
Every liberal is a totalitarian thug.
Sounds like something Herr Goebbels would say.
Not sure if Professor Tushnet realizes what he's asking for.
Be careful what you wish for, baby.
Yet more Jewish hostility to the historical American nation.
Harvard Law - every graduate, every current student, every faculty member - exile them to Attu.
Yes, you hang them - AFTER you win the war.
The shooting hasn't started yet. When it does - don't bet on the Harvard law professors.
Lots of people are willing to kill for socialism. The issue is, how many are willing to die for it.
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