Posted on 08/29/2021 9:03:15 AM PDT by Kaslin
In the midst of such a polarizing time in our nation, I keep coming back to the most unlikely of friendships: that of Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia. Polar opposites of the political spectrum, they were each known for their razor-sharp wit, powerful prose, and an unshakeable certainty in their own rightness. Their families vacationed together, celebrated one another’s triumphs, and mourned one another’s losses. They even spent many holidays together.
When asked about their friendship, they each admitted that part of it was their mutual appreciation for a good sparring partner, a worthy opponent with whom to debate ideas. But it was based on other things as well, things such as shared interests, common personal (if not public) values, and a respect for the law.
During an era in which the political spectrum is clouded by the smoke of cannon fodder inflicted from each side, we would do well to remember the peculiar bond between these two jurists. Scalia put it this way: “I attack ideas, I don’t attack people—and some very good people have some very bad ideas.”
Hate is the greatest corrupting, destructive influence known to mankind. And at one time or another, all of us are guilty of harboring it.
Hate prompted Cain to kill Abel. Hate causes one person to enslave another. If mankind has an original sin, it’s hate.
Hate reaches its zenith when we find ourselves incapable of separating the inherent worth of an individual from our perception that their beliefs and behaviors are foolish. Further, hating the person provides a convenient excuse to avoid the marketplace of ideas altogether, dismissing ideas based on who holds them rather than debating them on their own merits.
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Difference being Ginsburg’s crowd would kill Scalia’s crowd if given the chance. Anyone who thinks murdering the unborn child is ok will vote to kill anyone. We’ve seen it too many times in history.
We would do so much better if the media reported everything. And social media was fair. Politics got to media full time and it’s allowed them to go crazy right in your face and if you know the truth then it’s angering.
This isn’t a high school debate.
We are up against The Democrat Party Organized Crime Syndicate.
They steal a LOT of money.
You don’t see duels over politics, but you do see murders for money.
We need Mad Max, Rambo, Patton, not verbal sparring partners.
Two people with more power than most of any person on the planet..
That’s an exclusive club.
It’s those clubs that need to be knocked down a few pegs
Good on two employees of the Banana Republic to fawn over each other.
Scalia and Ginsburg are a poor analogy. Elliot Ness and Al Capone would be more apt, and I can’t envision those two getting chummy or vacationing together with their families.
Hate prompted American Stinker to beg Trump to concede!
And yet many loyalists to the crown left for Canada in the wake of the revolution.
NO!
I could not spend even a day with my enemies....
There have been any number of bad decision form these smart, oligarchs in their black robes.
Most of them endeavor to make words mean something other than their actual meaning.
As Rush used to say, "Words mean things."
For instance, if a certain physical act is abominable, then substitute another, passive word to describe the abominable act.
Repeat it enough, then it becomes the lexicon in the language for that act.
Yep. See Tagline.
How about the principles of rule of law, limited government, federalism and sound money?
Violation of these principles are far more clear and understandable than silly, emotive pontificating about "hate."
Hate is the greatest corrupting, destructive influence known to mankind.
Our Founding Fathers were fighting FOR something. We should all knows what that was. Anyone remind me?
Being against hate takes you nowhere. the is no destination. The French revolution was for what they DIDN’T want. It lead to more revolutions .
The article misses the point of the headline.
Our Founding Fathers were fighting FOR something. We should all knows what that was. Anyone remind me?
Being against hate takes you nowhere. the is no destination. The French revolution was for what they DIDN’T want. It lead to more revolutions .
The article misses the point of the headline.
Mother of Ryler McCollum, Marine killed in Afghanistan
Sorry, buT one was a lying hateful tool of the Evil One, who hated and tried to destroy the constitution, while the other was an American patriot who loved and tried to uphold the constitution
Hitler too ‘passionately beleived that he was right’, because when Satan blinds a person, they think that their evil agendas are ‘right’, even while the spirit of truth is gnawing at their consciences telling them they are dead wrong
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