by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
Back in the bad old days, there came a point during the Civil Rights movement when a number of Southern states ganged up and simply refused to abide by Brown Vs. Board of Education. In some parts of Virginia, in fact, counties shut down their public schools entirely rather than integrate them.
Now, much to my chagrin, a growing chorus of Blues are calling for something similar when it comes to the recent ruling by a MAGA judge banning one of the two major abortion pills.
I’m not cool with such talk.
Massive Resistance was not cool when racist Southerners did it and it’s not cool when otherwise well-meaning Blues do it now. America is already tearing itself apart to an unprecedented degree, no need to aggravate the situation by ignoring a decision by a Federal judge you don’t agree with.
That way lies madness.
Or, if nothing else, a National Divorce which would, by definition, spark a Second American Civil War.
But all this talk of ignoring the Federal judiciary definitely highlights the dangers of the 2024 election. We’re careening towards the existential choice of autocracy or civil war and it definitely seems as though the only issue is if its Reds or Blues who ultimately decide to leave the Union (depending on who wins the election.)
And, yet, it could be that ultimately Blues just shrug and we become an autocracy, with about 1 million smug liberals fleeing the country in due course.
