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It's not a traditional moral order, what Alito, Barr and their fellow travelers want is 16th century Spain with a dim, but absolute, monarch and the Catholic CHurch fully in charge. Fully in charge of the moral and religious life of the people, enforced by the Inquisition. A time marked by torture, fear of being denounced by a relative or neighbor, conquest of brown and black people, and a time in which the nobility lived above the fray, exempt from moral rules of the Inquisition, holding all of the wealth of the nation while the peasants lived, worked and died in the fields at a bare subsistence level. That's the vision, they are now so confident that they will prevail that they no longer even try to hide it.

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So glad you’ve said this. As I refresher for what Alito and his ilk have in mind, I offer this reminder. History is a terrible thing to waste.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Inquisition?wprov=sfti1

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"around 150,000 people were prosecuted for various offences during the three-century duration of the Spanish Inquisition..."

Three-centuries?! We must nip this hoax in the bud.

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Yes. That's exactly what came to mind when I read these quotes!

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Absolutely. They are the new Torquemadas.

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