This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1458074
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1458074
The thing I find most frustrating about these obviously unconstitutional machinations is that, as long as Chief Justice Roberts is in his chair, none of this will be fixed. He has spent his entire career engineering exactly this result - disenfranchise and dis-empower POC and anyone who might support them. The racists on SCOTUS are all in on gerrymandering, nullification, Jim Crow Redux and more.
ETA First! and Kitty cat.
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Racists, bigots, and fascists nationwide have been emboldened by the Supremely Corrupt Court of the United States. The SCCOTUS parades through our public and private lives clothed only in their naked partisanship. The fascistgop is so proud of their stain on our nation and the corrupted court continues to sing their praises.
Lots of disinfectant called for.
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It’s always appropriate to include lynx in a comment.
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State legislators under the direction of DeSantis (spits) have now a law that university teachers cannot say (along with the word “gay”) that American institutions are or might be inherently racist.
HEY RON…I’M NOT GAY. BUT I’M NOT GONNA SPEND TIME ‘JUDGING’ THOSE WHO ARE.
Governmemt telling folk what they can or cannot say is directly against the First Amendment.
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“Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda. Our mission, therefore, is to confront ignorance with knowledge, bigotry with tolerance, and isolation with the outstretched hand of generosity. Racism can, will, and must be defeated.” ― Kofi Annan
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Red lynx aka bobcat. They routinely wander through our yard in search of rabbits to eat.
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So…a lynx named Bob?
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I’m waiting for DeSantis and the Florida Republicans to get called on these clear violations of the First Amendment. It’s a shame that so many people have to be hurt before a response wends its through umpteen levels of our court system.
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Formally “Lynx Rufus” but all of his friends call him “Bob”.
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I thought Bob was your uncle?
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Seems those in power in Florida enjoy making life difficult and painful for those who traditionally vote for them. And for some reason that escapes me … people will vote against their direct self interest. I’ve seen it in multiple different situations
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If we had addressed climate change when we realized it was a thing we would still be able to have campfires and gas stoves and clean air and healthier oceans. But we tend to wait for death and destruction before we act.
This time it might be for the last time.
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When I was growing up, my brother had some gerbils. My dad built a huge, 2-story, 2 feet on a side cage for them. It was regularly cleaned, with fresh bedding and cedar chips, food and water was always available, and there were toys to play with.The population exploded. Then at some point, a limit was reached. They didn’t look stressed or crowded, but some unwritten point had been breached. After that point, the patriarch made sure that no young survived, no matter how many were born. The population started to drop. Interestingly, the population continued to drop until they were all gone - there was never any point where it started to rebound.
I sometimes think humans have reached that point. We have famines and wars and religious strife. But also ridiculous numbers of gun deaths, suicides, pandemics, etc., etc. And, seemingly, no matter how clever our scientists and doctors are, our governments thwart improvements in medical care, poverty levels, personal safety and security and more. And, China’s population is falling, most of the western countries have birthrates below replacement levels, and many countries including the US and Russia have falling life expectancies. It is a curious thing. 
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An eighth grade education makes it easy for people to let others do their thinking for them.
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what is really weird about Forida, is that these people think they are
free’; it almost funny to hear DESANTOS talk about ;freedum’ and in the next breath he is talking about ‘laws’ he has signed that curtail those freedums’…a glaring example is his thing with Disney…who didnt actually disagree with HIM… the man simply assured emoplyees that their jobs were safe that they would not be fired beause of thei sexual orientation…no matter what the gov. said. Desantos then began his campaign to ban bokks, control education in all forms and other villify anyone who he saw as different… he really is one effed up creature.
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Immediate action 40 years ago would have helped a little bit, but some of the technologies like electric cars and trucks good enough to replace IC vehicles, or more efficient solar power cells might not have been possible back then.
The main driver of climate change isn’t fossil fuel use anyway, that’s a secondary effect. The main driver is the Western industrial revolution that led to a standard of living that spiked the human population. That was going to happen regardless. People weren’t going to stop reproducing if they were encouraged to only have two kids or less, 40 years ago. Or 100 years ago.
We doomed the planet with our reproductive capacity, once our technology of medical advances and food production made that population growth possible.
ETA: Increasing lifespan is also a factor. Note the text in orange at the bottom of the chart. An average lifespan twice as long, is twice the amount of resource consumption per person.
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People will act against their own self-interest. Cooperation is not a universal human trait. In the example of traffic flow, drivers seek, create, and jealously defend congestion, only to slow their own progress.
In society people spend so much time impeding others, that they hold themselves back. DeSantis is a contemporary example as he destroys Florida’s prosperity to satisfy his fascist beliefs.
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I believe Pete is his Aunty.
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All told, it’s better for him than being a “Dick.”
Which is, I gather, what the rabbits think.
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