Ends Justifies the Means
This is an example of arguing for the ends as a justification of the means. I could never take someone like this seriously if they started demanding the enforcement of their constitutional rights. On the other hand, many of his detractors in the comments make even less sense.
I have to say that he doesn't appear to have read my argument, much less dealt with it. I'm not arguing that Roe should be overturned because it's Constitutionally correct (though I'm also saying that), I'm arguing that Democrats should overturn it in order to pick a fight which will emasculate the Evengelical Right. I would go further and say Congress has no more business in this state issue than the Supreme Court.
Ever seen The 13th Warrior or read the story on which it's based, Crichton's Eaters of the Dead? In it, a member of one of the two factions picks a fight with the other, pretends to be losing the fight, then kills his adversary. When the protagonist asks why he didn't just kill him outright, his mentor says, "Deception is the point! Any fool can calculate strength. That one has been doing it since we arrived. Now he has to calculate what he can't see." It's called stategy.
And, both my ends and means are justifiable.
On the other hand, one of my reasons for pursuing the strategy was to reinvigorate the Democratic Party's intellectual foundation. According to this interesting post, it was never dead.
I have to say that he doesn't appear to have read my argument, much less dealt with it. I'm not arguing that Roe should be overturned because it's Constitutionally correct (though I'm also saying that), I'm arguing that Democrats should overturn it in order to pick a fight which will emasculate the Evengelical Right. I would go further and say Congress has no more business in this state issue than the Supreme Court.
Ever seen The 13th Warrior or read the story on which it's based, Crichton's Eaters of the Dead? In it, a member of one of the two factions picks a fight with the other, pretends to be losing the fight, then kills his adversary. When the protagonist asks why he didn't just kill him outright, his mentor says, "Deception is the point! Any fool can calculate strength. That one has been doing it since we arrived. Now he has to calculate what he can't see." It's called stategy.
And, both my ends and means are justifiable.
On the other hand, one of my reasons for pursuing the strategy was to reinvigorate the Democratic Party's intellectual foundation. According to this interesting post, it was never dead.
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