| >> This does not mean that anytime someone says it, it is false. > You're right, it doesn't mean that. But it belittles the accusation. Does it? I don't think so. Like we should refrain from ever saying it when it is appropriate, because there will always exist at least 1 person in the world who disagrees and thus the accusation is belittled in their eyes alone? Pass. > Conservatives would say Obama or Biden were acting like kings issuing edicts. Sure, and they can say whatever they want! It's not like people would agree with them if they said it, unlike in this example, in which they would. > Current consensus is usually wrong This nonsense sounds like a slogan of somebody who is usually both wrong and against consensus. > yet he's still constrained by the rule of law and the Congress, and the Court Yep, totally irrelevant, as we've already covered: someone being theoretically "constrained by the rule of law and the Congress, and the Court" does not mean "cannot act like a king", as we've now seen. |