• Bluefalcon
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    7 months ago

    In 1864 Lincoln won reelection. Owning slaves was legal. Woman were property. George Washington Carver was born. Climate change was discovered. WTF are we doing? These mother fuckers thought diseases came from evil spirits. Shit, Republicans still believe that one.

    • GarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      7 months ago

      What matters isn’t the intellectual or moral credibility of the law, just that it’s on the books and can be used to pursue modern goals. Explaining these things in terms of credibility or intelligence is missing the point, which is christofascism.