The New SCOTUS Nominee

I feel as though I should comment on the hearings to place Ketanji Brown Jackson on the Supreme Court. On the other hand, what would be the point?

The Right uses lies to inflame their base. 

It works. 

What more is there to say? They used lies about black people in the 1950s and 1960s, lies about women in the 1970s and 1980s, lies about gay people in the 1990s and 2000s. Now they're using lies about trans people. Their lies -- this group wants to attack people in bathrooms, this group is corrupting our children, this group wants to destroy America -- have not changed. And we have learned over the past decade that the Right cannot be convinced by facts or evidence or reasoned argument. 

So what's the point continuing to argue with them?

It feels wrong, I admit, to read Rod Dreher claiming that KJB's refusal to be baited into a statement about trans people ("She can't define a woman!") is a sign of her corruption and dishonesty, and just let that pass. 

Or to watch without objection when Far-Right bloggers throw tantrums over KJB's nomination, because she was "only" nominated because she was black, or a woman. 

Or to watch and say nothing as they pretend they care about feminism or women's rights -- just not this woman, just not these rights.

But what is the point in writing a well-reasoned rebuttal to their lies? It's false, they know it's false, everyone in their base knows it's false, and none of them care.

We can't lose sight of that fact -- that they honestly do not care about evidence, facts, or reality. They will seize onto any lie that justifies their bigotry and their privilege. They do not care how ridiculous that lie is, or how transparent their own corruption becomes.

There is no point in arguing with, or attempting to reason with, such people.