Reply #12: You really are flailing, aren't you? [View All]

[skepticscott]

You must realize deep down how lame your arguments are, or you wouldn't be trying so desperately to dismiss mine with nothing more than a wave of the hand and no facts.


THe ruling states that corporations have a RIGHT - not a privilege - to participate in our campaigns.

A right, of course, which they do not have.

And where exactly in your Constitution did you find justification for that wild leap? You declaring it does not make it so, not even with the bluffing "of course" added. Everyone, including individuals, groups of individuals and organizations of all stripes, has the the right to freely express their political views and opinions without interference or restraint from Congress. That's the simple fact of the matter, regardless of how hard you try to make it go away.

You need to read the ruling's dissents, and then point out the dissenting opinions' flaws, my man. Until then, you're just shilling for Corporate America.

Uh, no...I'm shilling for the Constitution. And the dissenter's arguments are, for the most part lame. The whole "Tokyo Rose" bit was an embarrassment for a SC justice. And you frankly haven't demonstrated the Constitutional wherewithal for me to dissect the dissent in detail again. Been there already.

Congress' inherent regulatory oversight in regards to commerce CLEARLY means that money does NOT equal speech.

CLEARLY? :rofl: Good, grief, where did you come up with that? So many non sequiturs that I can't even count them. Most especially that political speech is an entirely different animal from commercial speech when it comes to the First Amendment. The ability to raise and spend money is inexorably linked to the ability to disseminate political messages, and a restriction on the former amounts to an unconstitutional restriction on the latter. Even though you won't admit that, you know very well that it's true, or you wouldn't be so worried about the effects of this decision, now would you?

Set, win, match.

Uh, that would be game, set, match, dude. (And Au Contraire, btw).

Weak try, and epic fail all around.