...that as long as partisans on either side revel in all acts committed by their leaders, no matter how illegal, that forward their agenda and thwart the other side's, there will never be progress. When rule of law becomes a matter of perspective - if we break it for what we think are good reasons that is okay, but if you break it for what you believe in, it is not - then there is no law. Perhaps this is the ultimate result of relativism, in whatever form it arrives. Sadly, if there is no absolute - no core rule, no unassailable freedom we can cling to - then there is no law and no freedom.
So, we can go a little ways down the memory hole and see this; Bush was a bad guy for using the IRS against is political enemies.
We can come right up to the almost-now and see this; Obama is a bad guy for using the IRS against political enemies
Sadly, one side thinks one is had and the other thinks the other. Let's be clear; if both did this both are assholes.
But the rule today is that one is good (if I know your party affiliation I can tell which one). One is bad (if I know your party affiliation I can tell which one).
So here's our dilemma: Both are wrong, but today's standard practice is to use the misdeeds of one to justify the other or to consider one good because it was your guy doing it to your enemy. In the end, it only makes the country weaker. If feeds on and feeds the divisions that harm all of us. All tyrants, R or D, white or black, should be made to nourish the tree of liberty when they defy the rule of law and the freedoms our Bill of Rights protects.
This is the same with other concerns as well. If the nation limits freedom by banning firearms, then that is good to some. If the nation limits freedom by banning alternative forms of marriage, then that is good to some. In both cases, freedoms are being limited, which is bad for everyone.
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