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[–] 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Probably.

The judges in Trump's various cases have to walk a fine line between justice being served and accusations of being politically aggressive against a high profile defendant.

Accusations which could derail the case and do even more damage to trust in the judiciary and the overall rule of law.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    accusations of being politically aggressive against a high profile defendant

    Republicans already launch those accusations regardless of whether or not they have merit. Worrying about what Republicans are going to say is a losing game.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Republicans should be written off, but Enlightened Centrists matter (unfortunately). You want to keep the merit of the claims low enough that centrists can't latch onto it for "both sides" purposes.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The centrists argue in bad faith all the time and say stupid shit without merit too, they're just smarter about it.

    It's time for us to ignore and dismiss them the way we do right-wingers.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    OK. Now we've ignored and dismissed 60% of the population. How do you propose to do that and still advance policy in a democracy?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Rather than placating the right, you work too ridicule and humiliate them - make their stances unreasonable to sympathise with, let alone adopt.

    Then you've got to deal with the civility politics backlash, but how much has that ever really hurt the GOP - their base love it.

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