The good old, old, old days

     

     When you listen to conservatives talk about the documents they feel should guide us in 2022 they frequently refer to the Bible written almost 2,000 years ago and the parts of the Constitution written over 200 years ago.  Any social progress like civil rights, women's rights, gay rights, or the right to an abortion should be viewed as a mistake that needs to be corrected.  Human wisdom to decide how we live ended hundreds or thousands of years ago.  Of course, the conservatives are not mentioning that people were stoned for hearsay, adultery, or were allowed to own slaves during these times of great wisdom.  Selective reasoning can be shown to be irrational. 

    The Supreme Court is supposed to rule on the law and precedence but seems to use states' rights when their politics oppose liberal federal action like abortion but use the opposite reasoning when they overrule liberal state actions like gun restrictions that they don't like.  Conservatives seem to have a problem when society moves in a direction they are not comfortable with and will use whatever lever they have to block that progress.  It may use gerrymandering, stacking the Supreme Court, giving conservative state legislatures supreme powers, the Electoral College, or the Senate filibuster.  All of these methods are designed to prevent democratic majority rule because conservatives are almost always in the minority.  They are not interested in reform but only in stopping reform and progress.  When conservatives are in control of Congress legislating stops except in a few areas like reducing taxes and disemboweling the federal government.  Unfortunately, we have seen how liberals trying to build majorities in a democratic country face an opposition that is only interested in power and control. Democracy is only for liberals.  If all else fails conservatives are not afraid to bring out the guns and attack Congress.  Conservatives have gotten to a place where they are accepting of corruption and immorality if it enhances their power.  Their continued support of Trump shows this reality.