In catching a rare break from the Supreme Court, we can see the blatant racism that governs the MAGA movement. When SCOTUS found that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution was constitutional (duh), the speed with which the MAGAts moved to capitalize on the moment was eye-opening.
Almost immediately, the talking points were obvious, with multiple talking heads and inside sources postulating fantastical stories about citizenship mills and birth tourism, all designed to replace white people in this country. They must have had this stuff already locked and loaded before the decision, with versions for either outcome. Steven “the Ghoul” Miller’s fingerprints are all over this.
Late last week, there was a letter to the editor in the formerly
reputable Baltimore Sun, in which the letter writer decried this new “can of
worms,” just opened to destroy America. In fact, many of the blurbs put out on
social media employ this raging fallacy.
What makes it a fallacy is this: If the decision lets the 14th Amendment stand, which has been in place for over 158
years, how in the bloody hell is this opening a “can of worms” if it's already been open for
longer than anyone has been alive? There is exactly nothing new being put forth,
just the clearly written law of the land, which states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to
the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State
wherein they reside.” Where is the wiggle room? Where is the “interpretation?”
There is no “interpretation” without making up a bunch
of far-fetched crappola drawn out of thin air.
They talk about what they think the writers intended. I
say if there were any caveats, they would have been written in, but they weren’t.
It just says, in plain English, if you’re born here, you’re an American. Case
closed.
Remember, these are the people who cling to a literal reading
of (part of) the 2nd Amendment, insisting that the rules made to
cover single-shot, hand-loaded rifles were designed
to expand to include guns that fire hundreds of rounds per minute, so no further
interpretation is permitted. “The right to bear arms shall not be infringed,”
that’s what they repeat and contend that it covers everything. (Of course, they
always ignore the “well-regulated militia”
part.) They are only constitutional “originalists” when it serves their purpose.
Otherwise, like when it comes to brown foreigners entering the country, they’ll
twist any explicitly written statute until it says the opposite of what was
intended at creation.
All of these new doomsday predictions, in the wake of the
decision, were just as possible two weeks ago, yet no one was talking about
them. Apparently, it just wasn’t that important. But now, when the headlines go
against the Administration’s stated goals of whitening America, they want to
rally support for new legislation. After picking through the dissent of the
three fascist-supporting judges, I’m sure they will find an angle that would be
upheld under constitutional scrutiny. That’s what these guys do, even when a Republican
measure fails; they leave breadcrumbs for the next time.
And there will be a next time. Republicans don’t have
anything to offer in the way of economic or environmental relief, just tax cuts
and support for the rich. So they need to produce something to draw votes, and racism, sexism, and homophobia are
consistent winners. And best of all, it doesn’t cost rich people anything.
“Wait,” you
say, “Won’t it cost business owners by
removing all the people who work cheap?”
Yes, it would, except they’re already getting
replacements lined up, namely, people like us. Look at the massive cuts to
state and federal jobs. Look at AI and robotics taking over jobs done by
humans. Look at brick-and-mortar stores that have disappeared in favor of E-tail.
Suddenly, there is a glut of people looking for work. Do you think they’re all
going to train to be coders? With the prices rising like they are, people who
normally wouldn’t lift a shovel will be fighting to work on road crews and
farms, just to keep the lights on.
It’s a theory, anyway. And I wouldn’t put it past these bastards to see it through. After all, Project 2025 sounded pretty far-fetched at one time. Now its contents are found in the daily news.
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