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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

What you're saying isn't necessarily wrong. You're just piling a bunch of unrelated issues on top of what I said, gerrymandering, racism, politics, public policy, what the law should be, and so on.

None of that was the question. Those are separate discussions.

What I object to are blanket statements wrapped in propaganda. The original claim was grossly inaccurate. Federal appeals courts still make binding decisions within their own circuits. That's how the federal judiciary has always functioned.

As I said, whether the Supreme Court made the right decision in the first place is an entirely different debate.

Honestly, I don't understand what any of the points you raised have to do with what I was actually saying. My comment was narrowly focused on correcting a factual claim.

This is exactly what frustrates me about social media. People make wildly inaccurate statements based on ignorance, and they get repeated as if they're true. That's why I commented, to clarify the issue.

Some of what you said contains a kernel of truth, but it's mixed with a lot of ideological framing that only muddies the discussion. It doesn't address my point, and it makes an already complicated topic even more confusing.