Steve Benen expresses discomfort at the self-importance of the conservatives when it comes to rule of law:
Not surprisingly, voters on the left weren’t exactly eager to endorse indifference to the rule of law: 11% of Democratic voters and an identical number of voters who describe themselves as liberals said presidents should put side rules and laws.
But on the right, it was a different story: 36% of Republican voters, 38% of voters who backed Donald Trump and 40% of “very conservative” voters all expressed support for a president “willing to break some rules and laws to set things right.”
I use self-importance because these conservatives consider their views to be more important than the rule of law, of their fellow, and co-equal, citizens.
And, oddly enough, it reminds me of the behavior of the transgender advocates. As I’ve mentioned before, their failure was to not put their issue, and their views on it, up for debate, but rather impose their views, via the law, on their fellow citizens.
This is in violation of one of the most basic tenets of liberal democracy, that of not imposing arbitrary regulations sans debate upon the citizenry.
The arrogance of both sides continue, to the great destruction of the American polity. Will the independents figure it out and force it out? How about MAGA, which must seek redemption?
