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How do you take someone seriously when their tendency is to just call names rather than grant any credibility to their opponent's arguments?
I don't think Roger Taney was crazy, I think he just operated under a different set of premises than other people at the time wanted to accept.
Our modern era is somewhat similar. Nowadays in the Liberal circles, if you don't accept that a biological male can become a "woman", they consider you crazy.
The same people who thought Taney was crazy then, were the very same liberals, living in the liberal parts of the country, and pushing social boundaries, just as they are doing today.
DiogenesLamp:
"I don't think Roger Taney was crazy, I think he just operated under a different set of premises than other people at the time wanted to accept." Believe me, DL, I do understand your argument here.
It's the same one Polonius made to his king and queen regarding Hamlet's inexplicable behavior:
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't."
Act II, Scene 2
Sure, I "get" that, and therefore: once we figure out the logic behind such seemingly crazy behavior, it might not seem so "mad" after all, isn't that right?
But here, precisely, is your problem: what if the alleged "logic" behind it is all a Big Lie?
What if there's nothing true about it?
Then, I say, it's still madness, it's still crazy -- if your whole argument is built on lies and nonsense, then you are still nuts, not just "different premises" -- lies make you a lunatic.
That's why SCOTUS Chief Justice Taney can only ever legitimately be Crazy Roger.
DiogenesLamp: "Our modern era is somewhat similar.
Nowadays in the Liberal circles, if you don't accept that a biological male can become a "woman", they consider you crazy."
And why? Why? Why? Why do they do that?????
It's because, just like Crazy Roger Taney, they are DEMOCRATS!!
Democrats are all about the Big Lie -- it's who they are, it's what they do, it's how they make their livings, and always have!
Today's Democrats are nothing more than Crazy Roger Taney dressed up in drag!
How possibly can you not see that?
What's it going to take to open up your self-blinded eyes, FRiend?
The common thread through all of US history is one word: Democrats -- they have dominated and abused this country since the election of 1800, and are today as abusive as they ever were, including the 1850s and 1860s.
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1. Crazy Roger ... 2. Crazy Roger ... 3. Crazy Roger ... How do you take someone seriously when their tendency is to just call names rather than grant any credibility to their opponent's arguments? I don't think Roger Taney was crazy, I think he just operated under a different set of premises than other people at the time wanted to accept. Our modern era is somewhat similar. Nowadays in the Liberal circles, if you don't accept that a biological male can become a "woman", they consider you crazy. The same people who thought Taney was crazy then, were the very same liberals, living in the liberal parts of the country, and pushing social boundaries, just as they are doing today.Not only does he just hurl epithets at Taney but he also tries to pretend Taney alone was the only one who decided what the Constitution meant and everybody had to just consult him - like the Oracle at Delphi - on matters constitutional.
Dred Scott was the majority opinion of the SCOTUS.
That's what he doesn't want to admit. A majority of the Supreme Court decided that case and its judgment was the law of the land. No, it wasn't just one crazy guy's opinion. It was a majority of the highest court in the country and its decisions were legally binding. The law was what it said it was. His or anybody else's personal distaste for that decision is IRRELEVANT. It. was. the. law.