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Nope. You’re attributing positions to me that I have not taken and arguments I have not made.

I never argued that a man who killed his own child is a “victim,” nor that he shouldn’t face the full weight of divine, natural, or civil law.

No, THE man you knew with the baby. Thats your ancedote.

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It’s an argument about fallible human administration of law, which even the framers assumed.

Is your point that it is usually just and there are occasional cases of injustice, or that injustice is so common that the whole system is unjust.

You seem to think that immigration law as a whole is unjust, though very clearly you have shown that its not unjust, just against your preferences.

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repeated mind-reading, psychoanalysis, or imputations of motive.

You say so many things and shift so often with so little basis that you invite questions of what you actually believe.
You knew so little about scholasticism, and drew rather humanist conclusions that are not original, yet went all in on it. Remember you brought dignity into it and then tried to underpin it as historically Catholic.

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I come across differently to different people. I understand you think my tone reads as dismissive. That isn’t my intent

I think I misstated that I really dont see you as rude, I see you as someone who really believes that they are right and gets frustrated when others dont see it that way.

Or bluntly no different than 5 point Calvinists when they debate others who don't share their worldview.

I rather see myself as rude in fact, while I prefer thinking of my actions as blunt, they are also rude.

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No. I’ve never read The Color of Money. You must mean The Color of the Law.

It was a while ago and I'm quite sure that thread got canned. Its a good book and worth a full read.

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I attempted to engage in your theological arguments but it didn’t feel cohesive in this thread.

Arguments for the sake of artificial statements make no sense.
An argument no one beleives is not wise, or useful.
My question is specifically do you fully believe your own argument.
There is irony here because nothing you have said is cohesive, I've pointed out again and again how you have started from the end and said things you didn't understand to support your views.
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One certainly can critique bias in modern American governance without analyzing biblical forms of justice.

Only if one can define human dignity without God, and actually believe it. You brought dignity into it, you went down that path.
As you yourself said without absolute truth it all boils down to preference.

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My claim is narrower and hasn’t changed. There is bias at every layer of the American justice system because humans, with unequal power and resources, operate it. That claim does not require rejecting law, theology, or moral standards.

Agreed, your call to morality was baseless.

Now how do you define bias, why is it wrong, how is our system incorrect, humans will always have various levels of power, we should embrace those facts. And we do as a nation via democracy.
And we have made a choice that is correct for us.

There is nothing wrong with our judicial system and nothing wrong with people having different levels of power.

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I’ve even provided examples of bias.

There is nothing wrong with bias.
Im biased against baby killers.

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The “ivory tower” line and the speculation about my husband’s or family’s wealth are especially telling. Those are not arguments. I’m not responding to them because there’s nothing there to respond to.

Its quite telling, you cannot accept the criticism that your views come from a place of extreme privilege.
You rant about privilege, but isnt yours higher than those you rant at?
Isn't that hypocrisy to the max?

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To constantly be told I’m some smug, arrogant out-of-touch a-hole here just doesn’t align with my reality.

You know both are true, one can look at reddit as an example.
Nice people let their Id fly loose because they are not face to face with others.
It is how humans work.

You dont want to accept anything I say because it messes with yourself image.

But I dont say any of this mean spirited.
Bluntly, rudely, yes.

But I do think you want to make better arguments, so I am giving constructive criticism.