Post by @testobsessed@ruby.social

2026-03-04 19:45 UTC

Listening to the Senate debate on the War Powers vote in the background while doing some routine work. This is, of course, a mistake. But hearing Republicans argue that the Constitution gives the power of war to the President (it doesn&#39;t) and talk about the need to bring down religious fanatics while supporting protesters is ... something. Still trying to figure out if they genuinely don&#39;t see the hypocrisy? Or think we are too stupid to see it? So confusing.

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@dhemery@mstdn.social 2026-03-04 19:52

@testobsessed@ruby.social My guess: They believe (perhaps correctly) that they have enough supporters who are looking for narratives to justify their support, or at least to reduce the unease of cognitive dissonance. I, of course, have no idea the extent to which I seek narratives that justify my own beliefs.

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@dhemery@mstdn.social 2026-03-04 20:01

@testobsessed@ruby.social As for hypocrisy, my perhaps overly generous sense is that folks are able to make distinctions that justify judging one situation one way and another situation another way. “This is different because .” As far as I can tell, the distinctions don't have to be coherent to anyone else. Or perhaps even to the person making them. 🤷🏽‍♂️ The simplest thing that will restore the (personal) old status quo?

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@ascherbaum@mastodon.social 2026-03-04 21:53

@testobsessed@ruby.social The ... same Republicans using this law in the past. But what are the odds that both houses have 2/3 votes to override the veto?

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