cheeflo:
Stephen Thiel — what’s your position on the rule of law? That’s really the issue, but it’s been obscured by emotional arguments like yours.
Probably the same as anyone else when they perceive present “Rule of Law” is stupid and seek to engage in actions from political up through revolutionary action to change it.
I happen to disagree with Thiel, but blind worship of “rule of law” set by lawyers or lawyers dressed in robes is not the answer either. From the Revolution through the Grange through the civil rights struggle through the tax revolt to courts imposing gay marriage – right down to people fighting petty bureaucrats waving “cast in concrete” regulations at them – Americans have demanded something better and higher than just sheeplike devotion to lawyer’s “rule of law diktats”.
And where we really go wrong in this country is when we have people in position of power surrounded by trusty “rule of law” lawyer-courtiers who determine their course of action on Wall Street is unethical or behavior towards black school kids is simply morally berift, what they do will destroy what they represent in the long term, will screw the average American…but is safe to do and take the short-term personal gain – because it doesn’t violate “rule of law”.
I have noticed that on the Left, in particular, screaming “Rule of Law!!” on matters like burning any Marine who is not 100% perfect in a house to house firefight is now intended as their “Debate-Ender”, much as screams of “Racism! Intolerant Homophobist!!” are intended.
