coming in hot, although Aoshima said most of what I was thinking

in many cases, I agree that people take their hatred for political figures to too much of a visceral, violent place, wishing physical harm on them and whatnot. however, it's not our fault that lifetime appointments lead to morbid discussions such as these. criticizing people for being happy that we have a chance of getting a supreme court that consistently votes 5-4 for progressive causes instead of 5-4 against, because of the human life that had to be lost for that reality to happen, is as inherently politically loaded an action as those people expressing happiness. if Scalia had simply retired (which he would've never done under a democratic president btw), that would've been a win-win. but at the end of the day, I don't think we need to let the standard obituary lines of "he was so charming and funny and him and Ruth Bader Ginsburg were BFFs" obfuscate the fact that he did a lot of damage in social and criminal justice issues.

luckily there are several other reasons why the death penalty is unconstitutional

i can only think of some interpretations of the 8th amendment what else are you referencing

uhhhh?

Would like to add that its very ironic how this judge who is for the death penalty (if i'm not mistaken) unintentionally gives one of the strongest arguments against the death penalty. Even the smallest chance of a totally innocent man being murdered by his own country should be enough to get rid of it.

that's one, the other being the huge racial/class disparity in who actually gets the death penalty in relation to the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment

if more justices were willing to use disparate impact, (aka scalia's replacement), you could easily see that being factored in in the futre

whats a thread without mustard

whats a sandwich without mustard

Obama can't get a Governor of the US Postal Service confirmed there's no chance in hell the he'll get a Supreme Court Justice confirmed in the next year.

The only thing that died from aids was your grammar apparently.

Seeing how a lot of David Bowie's music/albums made it into the top 10's when they were released, you can't really say that "no one" listened to him.

(Ik I'm feeding a mongo troll but still...)

i'm glad he's dead and i hope we all follow him off this mortal coil as soon as possible

oh no i forgot a space in no one, report it to Interpol, if that is going to be the brunt of your post against a non native speaker making an ironic post, you acnowledge i'm prolly trolling and still you give a retarded defense of David Bowie that shows you have no reading comprehension and can be countered by saying that the only Billboard 200 album he ever had, was the one that came out with his death proving my point, people only "care" about some artist legacy, when they kick the bucket. at least he was rich during his lifetime, and not a deadbeat with one ear, like Van Hogh. And he prolly did die of AIDS considering he was mick jagger's fuckboy.

You may also voltunarily resign from the Supreme Court in case something comes up that may permanently influence your duty. For example, dementia or Alzheimer's.

Ars Technica has a pretty good writeup on some of his more recent supreme court decisions. Especially those regarding personal privacy.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/02/through-the-ars-lens-looking-at-justice-scalias-opinions-dissents/

with acception to his reaction to gay rights issues what's laid out in the article seemed like a perfectly reasonable person who upheld the rights of the people the majority of the time.

The people who will constantly claim themselves to be tolerant and will constantly get into your face about tolerance and acceptance are glad a judge died because he didn't share their views

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this basically

it's the horseshoe theory, they're so far left they're actually right again

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cleary disconnected, please teach me how to be tolerant

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Has it occurred to you that I might understand what you're trying to say about being glad he's gone, but chose not to believe thats what everyone who posted that they're glad he's dead actually thinks, especially when they post things like "I'll celebrate his death just as much as I'd celebrate the death of a horrible dictator."?

But by all means start using insults for no reason straight away just because I disagree with celebrating someone dying because you don't share his views, it only further proves my point. Of course you're allowed to disagree with his views, and I'm allowed to think its vile when someone posts something like that in a thread about a human being dying that isn't an evil shit.

Downfrag me all you want but Sheepy is actually right this time.

echo chamber to the max

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There's your literal quote, page 1

And yes, plus frags on a video game forum is my entire motivation for posting my opinion on someone's death, how else am I going to find self validation???

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It's ok, glad we cleared up the misunderstanding. All good.

With my initial post I wasn't just referring to what was posted here solely, my facebook feed is full of people who supposedly preach tolerance, acceptance and inclusion being glad the man died solely for his views. I just think that doesn't make any sense. That's not me trying to take a moral highground or play a victim over differing opinions. That wasn't the impression I was trying to make.

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now kiss and make up you two

Just posting to complete the checklist

it's also important to note that Scalia's conservative opinions are less "i hate the gays and want them to suffer" and more "it isn't the court's field to decide these things" due to his staunch belief in originalism