How dare these demonstrators approach Brett Kavanaugh and John Roberts homes shouting slogans! How dare they. It's an unforgivable invasion of their personal space.
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"And before you ask, no, I don't see the irony."
-The (alleged) sexual assault enthusiast who assured everyone that he believed that Roe v. Wade was settled law |
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Besides, didn't we fight and win an entire
Civil War over the idea that some rights
should apply to everyone in all the States? |
Sorry, I missed this because I was away for the weekend. And yes, I have a lovely time, thank you. But for real, protestors showed up at the homes of Brett Kavanaugh and John Roberts homes on Saturday to protest the leaked draft of an upcoming court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade and allow states to ban abortion. Because something something, abortion should be left up to the people. Which is horseshit because it
is up to the people. Specifically the people who, for the time being, are allowed to exercise control over their own bodies and choose to have an abortion or not.
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"The Bill of Rights mentions guns, but it
doesn't say anything about a right to a vagina.
It is therefore up to the States to decide."
-Uterus-less Justice Samuel Alito |
That's why we're pro-choice and not, as Fox News loves to describe the overwhelming majority of Americans who support the freedom to choose, pro-abortion. No one is
pro-abortion. Like, it's an invasive medical procedure and a decision I can't imagine any woman takes lightly. But whatever, the anti-choice people call themselves pro-life which is astounding given the Venn diagram of pro-life people who are also pro-capital punishment and accuse kids who survive our daily mass shootings crisis actors for calling for reasonable gun laws. Sorry, spiraling out a little here but for real.
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Holy shit, it's like putting Bill Clinton behind
a podium that says "Marital Fidelity"or Trump
behind one that says "Coherent Sentences." |
On the one hand I can see the dangerous implications of being cool with people just showing up to Supreme Court Justices' houses to protest decisions. It could have a ceiling effect on the rule of law. Sort of like appointing "Election Police" to make sure voters vote correctly. Florida, I'm looking at you. But on the other hand, this is a court packed by a guy most Americans voted against. A guy who filled--some might say stole--three seats on the Court with people who lied about how they regarded the status of Roe v. Wade just to pass the Senate confirmation. So what other recourse is there?
I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest that if Kavanaugh hadn't lied and then turned around to help rip a cherished and hard-won basic right from half the population, we wouldn't now be debating the rightness of people showing up to protest outside of his house. And before you ask, no, that's not victim blaming, that's consequences. He did, as I mention earlier, lie to the Senate to get appointed so in many ways he deserves it. And besides, it's not like they're protesting inside his vagina.
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Hey, and not for nothing but have you ever noticed that when
"far-left" protesters show up, none of them bring guns? |
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