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Theocratic Beasts (2)

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Did I not tell you that it is all about a coming theocratic Christian dominionist power-grab, which has been energized (and has fetishized Putin-style Russia) by its disgust about the legalization of gay marriage in America in 2015?

Theocratic Beasts, Meet Aristotle

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The ultra conservative Republican senator John Kennedy, from the deep south, tries to pin down the Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson regarding abortion, and she reveals a wisdom more estimable than nearly anything found in her GOP inquisitor’s Bible (again, excepting Jesus, who they supposedly represent):

I believe it was Aristotle who said, “The sign of a higher intelligence is the ability entertain two opposing views at the same time.”

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson participates in her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 22, 2022. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS