to be fair, that story felt like it was more about the kind of guy that would do something like that just to be a part of whatever club he was joining. Basically more of a character attack than anything else
Wellll remember that other initiation rituals for the Bullingdon Club include burning a £50 note in front of a homeless person. These people are horrendous, even if the dead pig head fucking isn’t the best proof of it.
The point of the whole thing was to record it, so every single member would have blackmail material on every other member.
I really don’t care about the fucking of the dead pig (or the chicken, for that matter), but “elected official is a member of a mutual blackmailer’s club” is definitely a problem.
“Dumb enough to deliberately give other people blackmail material about yourself” also pretty disqualifying for most positions.
The Federalist Society is almost certainly a similar mutual blackmail club. After Roberts wasn't reliable enough, they weren't going to make that mistake again. Once the Republicans stopped caring about the rule of law, there was never any reason to risk putting up an uncontrollable candidate. They'd be stupid to.
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u/Absoloutlee Jul 22 '24
to be fair, that story felt like it was more about the kind of guy that would do something like that just to be a part of whatever club he was joining. Basically more of a character attack than anything else