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In reply to the discussion: Anyone calling for the replacement of Garland are playing into the hands of Trump's defenders [View all]Beastly Boy
(13,283 posts)He has become too convenient of a target for venting certain unfounded frustrations. "It's Garland's fault" has become a well established narrative that serves as a substitute for critical analysis of his actual role, mission and record. Just expressing "opinions" to that effect gives the narrators plausible workaround to avoid addressing facts and circumstances that don't fit a specific set of poorly founded assumptions.
Imagine if, were Garland's detractors to be granted his removal, he was suddenly gone and was replaced by some incompetent fuckup who would follow the "opinions" of Garland bashers to predictably devastating effects. No, Garland needs to stay so he can be scapegoated despite his unprecedented record of accomplishments. Without him maintaining his position, the whole "it's Garland's fault" narrative would disintegrate in the face of potential string of devastating failures that arise from the aforementioned groundless assumptions being acted on, exposing those assumptions for what they are.
No, that wouldn't be acceptable. Garland needs to stay.