Actually, Kendall, Emerson had nothing against consistency, per se. A motre complete quotation is worth posting and speaks directly to the BuShite junta:

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency, a great soul has simply nothing to do... Speak what you think today in hard words and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradicts everything you said today.