Justice Alito flew an upside down flag as he

[Samm]

@Munimula1

But then he’d have to admit that his flying of the flags was inappropriate, and he isn’t going to do that. “Never admit a mistake” is the MAGA way.

The problem is, you© expect them to admit mistakes when they haven’t made one.

[Samm]

@H_Arendt

@Ben_Natuf

why would he acknowledge an action he had nothing to do with was him being inappropriate?

Why should he acknowledge?

1. Because one’a home reflection everyone who lives in it.
2. Because the excuse offered repeatedly here that the upside down flag was flown to criticize a neighbor’s obscene yard scene, does not actually make any sense.
3. Because public officials have to conform to a higher standard of responsibility than neighbors who post offensive signs.

Why are Alito’s defenders here acting like a simple acknowledgement that a brief action was inappropriate, would cause the entire right wing edifice to crumble into ruins?

Has “apology” been relegated to same status in the conservative lexicon as “woke” or “diversity”?

C’mon man … admit it. You only think he should apologize because you want him to.

Apologies should only be made for actual wrong-doing. To give an apology just because some people (like you) think they should apologize cheapens them making them insincere.

[Samm]

@H_Arendt

@DougBH

You are comparing making an apparent statement using the flag (a first amendment right) to criminal theft? Beautiful.

My statement made it clear that I noting how both of them ducked responsibility by attributing blame to their spouses. Your response is to change the subject. As I noted earlier today, it appears that Alito’s defenders here do not believe their political world could survive a simple statement of “I am sorry.”

Alito’s political world is not in jeopardy. SC appointments are for life. He will be there whether he mouths an apology (mind you for something that occurred more than three years ago that he did not do) to sooth your lib soul or not. Get over it. It’s your problem, not his.

[DougBH]

If an investigation shows he stole the flag, then we have an issue.
Otherwise, he or his wife can fly their flags however they want.

[Samm]

@DougBH

@H_Arendt

@DougBH

You are comparing making an apparent statement using the flag (a first amendment right) to criminal theft? Beautiful.

My statement made it clear that I noting how both of them ducked responsibility by attributing blame to their spouses. Your response is to change the subject. As I noted earlier today, it appears that Alito’s defenders here do not believe their political world could survive a simple statement of “I am sorry.”

Why should Alito’s wife be sorry for exercising her first amendment rights?
Or do you think the man is the real person in charge and he should have told her what she can say?
Do we have here a proponent of the man and wife are one person and the man is the one in charge theory of the 18th century?

Seems as though he (and his ilk) wants Alito to apologize for allowing his wife to get out of control.

[DougBH]

A wife, a dog, a hickory tree….

[WuWei]

What’s it flying on?

[Samm]

@H_Arendt

@DougBH

Why should Alito’s wife be sorry for exercising her first amendment rights?
Or do you think the man is the real person in charge and he should have told her what she can say?
Do we have here a proponent of the man and wife are one person and the man is the one in charge theory of the 18th century?

My statement was addressing how both men ducked responsibility. You are offering three more straw men to distract from a very simple argument. Why not engage with the argument at hand? It really does seem as if you view the right wing enterprise as incredibly fragile.

The fragility is yours … Throwing a hissy fit because someone won’t apologize for something they didn’t do. You could really benefit from looking in a mirror now and then.

[Samm]

@Munimula1

The home flag that he blamed his wife for.

He did not blame her, he said she flew it. Blame implies that doing so was wrong. In this instance “wrong” is an opinion, not a fact.

[Samm]

@Munimula1

Someone above said Alito didn’t say that. Post 883

There are only 869 posts in this thread.

[Tguns]

@FreeAndClear

I am a Times subscriber. That article is garbage.

That article is proggy bait and accomplished precisely what it was conjured up to do. Draw a false comparison between Alito and J6 and feed it to the easily manipulated to stoke their rage. The NYT is masterful at this tactic, it never fails to draw out the fools.

[DougBH]

If you include “Alito” and “Jan 6” on the same page, a connection is established in the weak minded.
Same trick with the Trump ad placed in a 1918 newspaper. “Reich” allowed the NYTs to put Trump and “NAZI” in the same article, even though the party hadn’t even been established in 1918.

[thinkingman]

brilliant yes exactly!

[Guvnah]

And now we have AOC asking where Alito bought an upside-down flag, because she wants one.

[FreeAndClear]

@DougBH

If you include “Alito” and “Jan 6” on the same page, a connection is established in the weak minded.
Same trick with the Trump ad placed in a 1918 newspaper. “Reich” allowed the NYTs to put Trump and “NAZI” in the same article, even though the party hadn’t even been established in 1918.

I thought that was bad to begin with (story i mean no trump staffer using it) but i didn’t even realize that it was from 1918. Is that actually what the article date was?

[Tguns]

@DougBH

If you include “Alito” and “Jan 6” on the same page, a connection is established in the weak minded.
Same trick with the Trump ad placed in a 1918 newspaper. “Reich” allowed the NYTs to put Trump and “NAZI” in the same article, even though the party hadn’t even been established in 1918.

Unfortunitly this is a very effective tactic…because there are enough people that are stupid enough to fall for it.

[Samm]

@Munimula1

Fox News called it a saga. They also said it was in response to an anti Trump sign, which means it’s polical…

The article is linked above.

It’s only a saga because you libs can’t let it go.

[Samm]

@Oryx

@Guvnah

Already covered in here.

Thanks. This thread is a doozy, I tend to just skip ahead.

It’s a doozy alright … Almost a thousand posts about a nothing burger.

[Oryx]

@Samm

It’s a doozy alright … Almost a thousand posts about a nothing burger.

Just like most threads. This board is for entertainment purposes only.

[gooddad409]

@Ben_Natuf

@H_Arendt

how is an upside down flag a response to such a sign

it could show you are distressed by the language
or
it could mean “stick this *****”
or
it could mean neither

The Woke Libs are REEKING of desperation to be clinging to such a piddling nothing of a Narrative.