If one “read through” to a timeless intent, then how is originalism, original? It implies that deconstruction is unwelcome beyond some point. That it is essentially a religion.
> On Sep 13, 2021, at 8:43 AM, uǝlƃ ☤>$ <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 9/13/21 8:14 AM, thompnicks...@gmail.com wrote: >> Glen, I wonder what ACB thinks "pragmatism" is. Holmes was a prime member >> of the Metaphysical Club with Peirce and James. Was he a Judicial >> Pragmatist? On Comey's account? I would love to know. Thing we have >> learned is that a besotted person is a besotted person first and last, no >> matter how intelligent they are. > > Yeah, I thought her [ab]use of the term might trigger you. I think her usage > is just fine. Were she at my pub, I'd ask what the difference is between > being pragmatic and being "textual" ... those liberal justices are probably > "postmodern marxists". Pffft. > >> On 9/13/21 8:14 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote: >> Being an 'originalist' is the sort of thing that bible school might teach >> one to do? > > I don't think so, at least not in a naive sense. I've never been to Bible > School. But my Church of Christ friend claims they were taught to "read > through" the text, like a good modernist. So, they were very tolerant of > metaphor. The grape juice and crackers were *not* actual blood and flesh. At > least *some* subset of the protestants aren't batsh¡t. > > > -- > ☤>$ uǝlƃ > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/
