RIP Notorious RBG
2020 is a year of shocks but the death of legendary Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has managed to make the awful worse.
Attempting to sum up the legacy of a titan like Ginsburg is beyond me.
The crater her passing has left in the collective conscience of all good people requires its own voices, its own moment of grief and its own time to celebrate and champion.
Horrifically we will barely have time for that.
The abhorrence that the death of one of the most important Womens Rights and Human Rights advocates opens a real time political dynamic that is an affront to everything her legacy stands for, demands the immediate attention of the American electorate.
That Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death today would suddenly provide Trump with another Supreme Court Justice pick 6 weeks before the election and give him the perfect tool to electrify the religious anti abortion right is Handmaiden-esk.
Republicans have wasted no time in responding…
McConnell vows Trump’s nominee to replace Ginsburg will get Senate vote, setting up historic fight
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed on Friday that whomever President Donald Trump nominates to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will get a vote on the Senate floor, signaling a historic fight in Congress over one of the most polarizing issues in American politics.
Fox News is already salivating over Trumps ability to replace RBG to overturn Roe Vs Wade – the obscenity to her legacy that would represent is soul destroying.
In any normal situation, to even consider the political ramifications would be distasteful but the values Ginsburg stood for, Trump would denigrate with glee.
I fear America can not survive the torture of watching Trump appoint an Anti-Abortion religious fanatic to the Supreme Court. The United States will rip itself to pieces if Trump forces this through and I fear that’s exactly what he wants.
All good people will grieve the loss of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and fear how it will be manipulated by an increasingly desperate Trump.
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RBG should have resigned while Obama was president and she had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But her ego got in the way since she wanted to wait for the Hillary Clinton epic victory and resign under a female president. When the “chosen one” didn’t win, it all turned to custard.
“Notorious” = Famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed.-O.E.D.
What is it about RGB that you view unfavourably?
Comrade – thank you for allowing me the opportunity to clarify.
The phrase ‘Notorious RGB’ is a delightful nickname that fans gave her as a reference to Notorious B.I.G the rapper. That’s why the crown image of her is wonderful as it’s a direct play of the famous Notorious B.I.G image.
It’s a very well known nickname for her and is used out of deep affection and respect.