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Thursday, May 4, 2023

Dog Whistles

It is a tale, Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

— Macbeth (Act 5, Scene 5).

FWIW, if it's not completely obvious, the current left wing "the Supreme Court is corrupt and everyone [on the right] most go" or "Justice Thomas is corrupt and must resign" is the left wing equivalent of the NRA's "the Democrats are going to come for all your guns!" or "Nancy Pelosi is after everything own", or the Republican Party's "We're the only thing between you and Marxist rule by AoC.".

Just a way to whip up the base and separate them from logic.

Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

We hope you'll feel moved to comment as well. While we moderate every comment, so as to weed out Spam, we greatly appreciate the comments where they are offered, and hope to see more.

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