by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
Despite how controversial it is, the Roe V. Wade decision continues enjoy a broad level of support across the political spectrum. This has not stopped MAGA New Right Republicans from doing everything in their power to overturn it, however. And, recently, the effectively got their wish and, by doing so, they caught the preverbal car.
Now what?
Well, contrary to what the nattering Blue Check liberals of negativism on Twitter may have you believe — not a lot. Our political system is so out of whack, so rotten, so corrupted by the ascent of autocratic forces that lulz, Republicans are going to get away with it. There will be no political consequences for them — they’ve successfully squared the circle.
For the moment, it seems Republicans simply want to deny what has happened — the gutting of a popular SCOTUS ruling — has happened. When it finally it overturned — probably this fall — they STILL won’t face any political consequences. None. There may be a lot of political anger and even protests, but, in the end, yet another bolt will have popped off our liberal democracy and we’re going to be one step closer to the existential choice of autocracy or civil war.
And, contrary to what people like, the Twitter account, “Mueller, She Wrote,” believe, no one is going to save us. We’re on our own. I’m not being defeatist with this “doom shit” I’m simply telling it like it is. We’re careening towards an unprecedented (in modern times) existential political crisis.
What I mean by this is now is not the time to sit back an rely upon our justice system to do what we would otherwise expect it to do — we’re fucked. Instead of believing some combination of rainbows and unicorn farts will end the MAGA New Right nightmare that continues to haunt us, we need to look at this as they are, not as we would want them to be.
The reason why abortion is so important is not abortion itself, but how it serves as a firebreak against those who would outlaw any form of birth control in an overarching effort to 1) control women 2) ensure there are more white babies, no matter what. And if those white babies live in squalor and turn into rabid MAGA New Right shock troops, all the better.
As such, the lack of political consequences for the MAGA New Right because of the end of Roe is all you need to know about the state of the American political environment.
My God have mercy on all our souls.
