Jonathan C, a continuation of Wickard

[Left_Hand_of_Dorkness]

Another example in the wild. A thread about a specific act of power-grabbing in North Carolina contains this attempt to dismiss all the concerns raised by suggesting that the objections are really partisan objections, not the actual objections raised:

@octopus

Then protest corruption when it’s on the left and the right. Otherwise, people don’t give a shit because hypocrisy, intellectual dishonesty, corruption, and criminality are now just part of “the game.”

Does anyone really think this sort of attempt to change the subject leads to productive debate?