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The man who set the stage for an imperial presidency if Trump wins (www.salon.com)

submitted 3 months ago by spaceghoti@lemmy.one to c/atheism@lemmy.ml

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...pay attention to Leonard Leo. He is the judicial kingmaker responsible for the list from which Trump selected Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Leo has shaped this Court and acted effectively to keep its Republican justices from abandoning his – and their – sectarian-right vision of America.

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[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 43 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I wish people would fuck off with their religions. If you want to be religious or whatever, fine, but stop trying to force your mind-numbingly idiotic beliefs on everyone else.

[–] Xanis@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They do it because we let them. The vast majority of us don't even challenge the random stranger holding a sign. We are patient and polite to people who come knocking. We laugh and make fun when we receive stuff in the mail.

Like it or not those of us who don't like this are far too tolerant.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago

Nah. I saw two dudes in suits coming to my door with pamphlets on Saturday. When they rang I opened the door and told them I was an atheist then closed it. I have no patience for that shit anymore.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 27 points 3 months ago

i'm so fucking sick of religion ruining this country

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

John Yoo made contributions as well under the auspices of the War on Terror.

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You mean John Yoo who wrote the bullshit legal opinions that turned the United States into a country that tortured people?

That John Yoo?

[–] ChronosTriggerWarning@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

"It's not torture. It's 'enhanced interrogation.'"

That John Yoo?

[–] Icalasari@fedia.io 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Why does he look like Evil Stephen Colbert? Not like Stephen Colbert, but specifically like an evil version of him from a universe that doesn't use goatees to identify the evil counterparts

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I remember when there were all these raging science vs religion debates about 15 years ago......but in recent years, it looks like lots of debatelords who were on the side of science and atheism in that debate jumped into the MAGA bandwagon and start to say theocracy is necessary to control the masses...scary crowd.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I haven't encountered a single person who supports trump who was previously on the side of science. Everybody who's in the MAGA crowd now weren't the brightest bulbs to begin with.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

All the ones I know are Jordan Peterson fans. It's like he managed to hijack 1/3 the reaction against the vicious monopoly of virtue by religion into a reductive hate of the left's moralism (the good and the bad parts) through a synthesis of psychology, theology and sociology.

[–] SoylentBlake@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Didn't Leeja Miller just make a YouTube vid about this guy? I'm pretty sure she did.

I'll edit and update with a link if she did