[MD] Quality decline in U.S. politics

[Platt Holden]

> [Platt]
> Follow me closely: I do not think that interracial marriage should be
> decided by the states. Why? Because the Supreme Court has decided
> otherwise. I support Supreme Court decisions. Otherwise, anarchy.
> 
> [Arlo]
> This is a bit of doublespeak, Platt. You favor "interracial marriage"
> because the Supreme Court has okayed it. Does that mean if the Supreme
> Court okays "gay marriage" you'd be in favor of it as well?

Yes. For the reason I cited. How many times do I have to repeat myself 
before you get it?
 
> If not, why do you support a Supreme Court ruling on "interracial 
> marriage" but not "gay marriage"? Why, on one hand, do you support a 
> Federal authority usurping state's rights, and on the other say the 
> "state should decide"? They are both about marriage? Is "interracial 
> marriage" more of a "natural right" than "gay marriage"?

I always defer to the states to decide legal questions except when the 
Supreme Court and/or the Constitution specially holds otherwise. For 
example, states cannot decide to reinstitute slavery. 
 
> [Platt]
> Figures. How about allowing polygamy? If not, why not?.
> 
> [Arlo]
> More doublespeak. If allowing the Supreme Court to rule on "gay 
> marriage" leads into the polygamy argument, then why not its ruling 
> on "interracial marriage"?
> 
> When the Supreme Court overturned state's rights and guaranteed 
> "interracial marriages", did you say "how about polygamy" then?

Nice attempt to duck.the question. Again, if gay marriage is OK why not 
polygamy?

> [Platt]
> Only you would associate gay marriage with out-of-wedlock births. 
> Truly hilarious.
> 
> [Arlo]
> Again, your comment showing your association stands. Nice rhetorical 
> attempt here though.
> 
> [Platt]
> Better to be free to do the things I choose than become a serf in 
> Marx's dictatorship.
> 
> [Arlo]
> What if I don't want to be "free" just to do the things _you_ choose? As
> for the serf/Marx nonsense, I'll pass.

If you don't want to be free like me, that's OK. As for Marx/serf, of 
course you'll pass, ignoring the historical record. 

> [Platt]
> Just a friendly reminder of the historical record your idol Marx has
> spawned.
> 
> [Arlo]
> Again, not Marx. Lenin adopting neoconservative state nationalism, 
> which  became the sole end of the latter regimes of Stalin, et al.

Where do you think Lenin got his ideas about and justification for 
dictatorship?
 
> [Arlo had said]
> By the way, gays could not marry in Stalinist Russia, or Pol Pot's 
> Cambodia either.
> 
> [Arlo]
> I think its fairly clear.

Again, ducked my question. (In fact, left it out completely.) To repeat. 
What's your point?