The U.S. Supreme Court begins a new term amidst a collapse of legitimacy, historic corruption and scandal, conflict of interest, and efforts to obstruct investigations into right-wing billionaire purchasing of influence over the High Court.

[above image] : Abortion rights advocates protested the Supreme Court’s attack on women’s rights when it ended Roe. The Court is expected to intensify its attacks on democracy in the new term. Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP

  • betwixthewires@lemmy.basedcount.com
    35·
    9 months ago

    I never unreasonably assumed he meant personal ownership. I just thought you know, since you can read a dead mans mind and know he was talking about the French revolution or something you must really, really know what you’re talking about.

    “Let them take arms” can be reasonably construed to mean “let them own guns”. Saying “in no way” is categorically incorrect. Saying it might not mean that is not unreasonable, but saying it definitely doesn’t is absolutely unreasonable, which is what you’re saying.

    What he meant, what was going on in his head, we can’t know. Well, except for you apparently, because you really know what you’re talking about. But the rest of us, all we can do is take his words at face value.

    • VikingHippie
      21·
      9 months ago

      This is not going anywhere except nitpicking, clarification and more nitpicking etc, so let’s just stop now rather than continue to waste each other’s time.