An "Abnormal" Court and Making Liberals Look like Idiots

A For Funk's Sake Friday courtesy of the Supreme Court of the United States

Happy Friday Morning!

Grab your popcorn, ‘cuz SCOTUS threw water on the Wicked Witches of the Left, and we’re going to enjoy the meltdown together.

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So the Supreme Court announced that Harvard (or any other school for that matter) can no longer use race as a deciding factor in admissions.

The left melted down as was predictable, but the funniest story to come out of it was this tweet:

Here is Erica Marsh’s bio . . .

Now watch the dates on here. That tweet was from June 29th. This person supposedly joined in September of 2022.

From the Daily Beast:

A “proud Democrat” Twitter account which regularly went viral sharing extreme liberal opinions is probably not a real person, according to a report. The account with the name Erica Marsh claimed to have worked as a field organizer for the Biden presidential campaign and was repeatedly mocked by conservatives for her histrionic takes, including in one post last month saying she still wears “2 masks whenever I go out and support Ukraine.” Last week, one of her tweets attacking the Supreme Court’s controversial affirmative action decision saying “no Black person will be able to succeed in a merit-based system” was even viewed over 27 million times. But a Washington Post report claims the Biden campaign has no record of her, and neither does the Obama Foundation where she previously said she’d worked, and a digital-imaging expert said her images show signs of digital manipulation. “I strongly suspect that this person doesn’t exist,” John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, told the Post. “It’s as if she dropped from the moon and arrived fully formed with this narrative that makes liberals look like idiots.” The account was suspended on Sunday after the Post raised questions with Twitter.

“Extreme liberal opinions.” Honey, those are just regular “liberal” opinions.

Here’s what is hilarious about this. The original tweet was on June 29th, the account wasn’t removed until July 2nd, and then only after ten months of tweets such as this and this one in particular because it was so on the nose.

What does that tell you about how hard it is to tell Democrat talking points from parody? (Hint: you can’t, not really.)

As for John Scott-Railton’s claim that “it’s as if she dropped from the moon and arrived fully formed with this narrative that makes liberals look like idiots.” I have news for him: these so-called liberals need no help in that department.

That’s why this parody account lasted so long.

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Speaking of parodies and making “liberals” look like idiots . . .

This one is just too easy. You have at it. All I have to say is if Joy Reid is the argument for affirmative action, my mind is made up. It’s got to go. We’re way over our quota of arrogant bigots with oversized mouths and quarter-size brains.

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And then there is our own favorite champagne (for me, water for thee) Marxist . . .

Apparently AOC was too hung over to go to civics class while she was at Columbia. That’s not how the Supreme Court works.

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But the one that took the cake . . .

Two things: First, Michelle Obama makes absolutely sure you know that she herself was not at Harvard due to affirmative action. One wants to ask Ms. Obama if affirmative action is so great, why she goes to such pains to point out that she was not a recipient of its largesse? It’s almost as if being chosen for attributes other than academic prowess is not something to be proud of.

Second, she compares affirmative action to legacy admissions and parents who can afford tutors or who send their students to schools with resources. While the latter (tutors and schools with resources) are easier to obtain for wealthy people, they are not the exclusive province of wealthy people, as many Asians (and others) have proven.

However, like the fake Ms. Marsh above, Michelle seems to suggest that black people simply cannot succeed without being given deferential treatment. However . . .

Benny Johnson has a whole thread on this on Twitter, but it ends thusly:

Once upon a time . . .

Now it’s good to be the Oppressed™.

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Oh, and now Asians are agents of white supremacy because, you know, it wasn’t white people bringing this lawsuit:

I want to know what exactly is white supremacist about merit-based admissions. It’s like they think the search for knowledge, a quest for self-improvement, and the ability to articulate ideas in a logical and clear fashion are the province of white people alone. And it’s almost like they’re admitting that attending college is less about those things and more just another bunny scout patch to add to your sash.

But those things I list above are not the sole province of white people and they never have been.

So now we’re in this weird little “reality” where the white supremacist movement is getting a little . . . what is the word?¹

Ah, yes, that’s it. Diverse. Only in 2020s America could you have a white supremacist movement this diverse.

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In other SCOTUS news, the court told Joe Biden that he can’t “forgive” student loans, just like this right-wing constitutional originalist previously claimed:

Whatever I might think of John Roberts, I enjoy that he got a dig in:

The usual ivory tower lefties came out . . .

The problem? This is where Biaggi lives:

Photo courtesy of FoxNews.com

This is sort of what happens when you pay nearly $200K for a law degree you don’t actually intend to use except as a steppingstone to a career in politics.

Do I feel sorry for her?

Let me think about it . . .

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Finally, the Supreme Court ruled that Colorado could not force businesses to create products for people if it meant betraying their religious convictions.

Says the man who was chosen simply because he was gay. We gave him opportunity even though he didn’t merit it and he gave us this . . .

And this . . .

East Palestine, Ohio

Maybe Mayor Pete should sit this one out.

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Finally, a lower court, on July 4th, told the government it had to temporarily halt most direct communication with large social media platforms as it behaves badly when it does so.

And our “free” press went nuts.²

As Glenn Greenwald points out:

In 2005, the NYT won a Pulitzer for exposing this illegal Bush/Cheney domestic spying. I wrote my first book on it.

Now, the NYT claims only the "hard-right" wants reforms, and heralds the program as vital to Our Safety™.

Okay, that’s not really about the court ruling. It’s about the Republicans (finally) noticing what many of us warned about back in 2001 when they pushed the so-called Patriot Act through: that any weapon you give the government will be turned on the people. Apparently, the NYT of 2023 approves of that.

Translation: How dare regular people be able to spread lies. That’s our job here at the New York Times.

I sincerely want an answer to this question: What exactly is a “disinformation expert”? What classes do you have to take in college?

• Making the World a Better Place through Musical Theater and Propaganda with Scary Poppins

• The Power of the Super Ego with guest lecturer Tony Fauci

• Ten Ways to Circle Back with Jen Psaki

• Freedom as Danger to Democracy by the editorial staff of the New York Times with special guest Justin Trudeau

Anyway, what would this list be without a little state-run media:

Combatting “disinformation.” So far, every bit of “disinformation” I’ve seen them “combatting” has turned out to be highly inconvenient truths that are only dangerous to the people in power.

I’ve lived long enough to watch “liberals” go from “free speech is sacred” to “free speech is a threat.”

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A new Gallup Poll . . .

Why are the citizens of these two countries so distrustful of their own governments?

It couldn’t possibly have anything to do with the story right above this one.

Nah.

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Speaking of disinformation, remember that laptop? And remember those crimes?

And remember this sweetheart deal?

The date on this is June 20th. Keep that in mind, June 20th.

Two weeks, Hunter couldn’t make it two weeks.

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Finally, a For Funk’s Sake to warm your heart. Presented for your entertainment, a letter from an advice column in the Chicago Tribune.

Dear Amy: Four months before my daughter’s wedding, she told me that her uncle (my brother, “Dave”) would make her feel unsafe if he was a guest. She asked me not to invite him.

My daughter is very politically progressive, as are many of her friends, and although she and Dave have always had a good relationship (I thought), he is a conservative voter and has supported candidates we all abhor.

Dave has always been very nice, so my daughter’s request surprised me.

I wrote Dave a very nice note, telling him that we would not be comfortable with him at the wedding and that he would not be invited.

Dave did not respond and did not attend.

Afterward, I sent him a card and pictures from the wedding, all in an effort to make him feel like he was not being totally left out.

I have not heard from Dave since then. When my siblings found out what I had done they were angry with me.

That is just one problem.

Another problem is that Dave has not sent my daughter and son-in-law a wedding gift.

In the past, Dave has given family members wedding checks in excess of $1,000.

She says she was counting on receiving the same type of gift.

My husband says I should drop it – but I can’t. Dave’s behavior is upsetting and embarrassing to me.

How can I get my brother to recognize and change his petty behavior?

Please don’t tell me that I’m the one who started this by not inviting my brother to the wedding. After all, he’s a grown man, while my daughter is young and just starting out.

– Angry in Philadelphia

Is your blood boiling? I know mine was. (Of course, my second thought was if I ever wonder again how the United States got to this point, I’ll go find this letter and I’ll remember.)

Here is “Amy’s” answer.

Dear Angry: Let’s recap: . . .

I have to pause for a moment. I was reading this to my husband’s niece and my mother-in-law, who had joined us in the mountains for a couple days. My niece starts laughing at exactly this point. I ask her what’s so funny (I mean besides the obvious). She says, “I love it when they say, ‘let’s recap.’ You know whatever comes next is going to be good.” She wasn’t wrong.

Dear Angry: Let’s recap: Your delicate daughter is too frightened to be near a conservative voter to allow her uncle “Dave” to attend her wedding.

She then asks you to do her dirty work for her, and (of course) you do!

Fine – so far, we have only a bride’s prerogative to create her own guest list, and her mother’s choice to protect her from any consequences, which is your prerogative.

You then rub the excluded guest’s nose in this wedding by sending him photos of the event to which he has pointedly not been invited.

But it’s your second “problem” which I believe will enter the Bridezilla Hall of Infamy.

In short: Brides who are too afraid of family members to invite them to a family wedding don’t then get the pleasure of receiving their money.

You seem almost as afraid of your daughter as she is of your brother, but I hope you’ll find a way to courageously tell her that the Bank of Uncle Dave is closed, at least to your branch of the family.

So far, your silent brother is the only family member who is behaving appropriately. He’s steering clear, which is exactly what you have asked him to do.

I don’t think I’ve seen a clearer encapsulation of the modern American left than that letter right there. But that the reply made it into the Chicago Tribune gives me hope.

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I’ve spent the last week in the mountains. We got snowed/sleeted on the night before the 4th, but the sky opened up just in time for the small town parade in Cooke. I haven’t been out much because of the mosquitoes, partly, but also because about two disturbingly small valleys over someone saw a bear and two yearling cubs. I know I can’t outrun my husband and I’m not leaving my dog.

But it reminded me of an old Ron White segment, and so for your spoonful of sugar . . .

Thanks for reading and I hope you all had a great 4th.

1. Sheleyung Peng has an excellent Substack, and so far it is free to read and comment. His latest—“White Supremacy Is Now a Multiracial Movement: Welcome to race in the 21st century”—is a well-done exploration of what it is like to be Asian in a society that’s focused on the black-white binary.

2. All these screenshots of headlines are courtesy of Glenn Greenwald’s Twitter feed.