The 14th Amendment protects everyone; any rule, any law, any regulation, any policy, that gives one set of people rights other people donβt have is inherently unjust, unconstitutional, and fundamentally at odds at what America should aspire to be.
Example: I expressed my support for Sec. Buttigieg. And I got a MAGA person who 1) Started off her statement with an insult, and 2) claimed he was incompetent. Look, I'm pretty generous, but I do not believe there are a lot of people who care who the Sec. of Transportation is.
but because they go from just chill to ultra-violent faster than you can get ready. But here's the problem. If that rush fails, if you know they're going to do that, you plan for it. And suddenly, the sudden attack is just so many eggs against a wall.
work sometimes. Cats can scare off things much more dangerous than they are because many cats don't give a fuck. They go straight after whatever it is, convinced that even if they go down, they'll go down attacking. Mobsters are often scary not because they're tough and violent
While I'm at it...what is the overriding, most common characteristic of the Trump Administration and MAGA in general? It's that they're not competent, careful, or smart. Because those characteristics aren't valued in their circles. They act without thinking. And that can
Go back to your command, and try to think what we are going to do ourselves, instead of what Lee is going to do." I think we're currently in an analogous situation.
do. And Grant said "βOh, I am heartily tired of hearing about what Lee is going to do. Some of you always seem to think he is suddenly going to turn a double somersault, and land in our rear and on both of our flanks at the same time.
was expending resources the South couldn't really replace) and regroup. Lee tried this against Grant in the Battle of the Wilderness, and while there's some debate about the outcome of the battle, people around Grant started nervously talking about all the stuff Lee was going to
During the Civil War, Union generals tasked with dealing with Robert E. Lee followed a pattern. Lee would do something surprising, the Union would take casualties, and then retreat to a safe place, nervous about what this daring commander would do (what he was doing
