I’m not talking about that. It is telling that that’s where you went, though.
No, you see, there are rules and none of us are above the rules. Rules that are unimportant must be dropped (not prosecuting cause it “could look bad”, not using the majority in the senate “cause what if they get the majority?”) and rules that are important must be enforced (antitrust, holding people in power accountable).
Kindergarten insults just reinforces us vs them thinking. They, the people elected to rule, are not us. We, the people, we’re the us. I don’t care if your propaganda exposure made you pick team blue or team red. Largely, neither of those fucks want to actually lead, they just want to sit on the heap. If the red team makes someone actually interested in leading, great, but they’re too busy indoctrinating racists and religious nut jobs so they don’t actually have to do their jobs. Team blue is similar, but their vector of control (minority groups who “have no other choice” and white people who are scared of seeming racist) at least makes them attempt to do the job they’re elected to do. But they will wiggle their way out of it at their soonest convenience.
We have almost 50 years of examples of Republican Presidents, Congressmen, Senators and Supreme Court Justices ignoring the rules and societal norms to further their right wing agenda. While the left adheres to those same rules.
This last President has shown we can’t afford anymore of your line of thinking.
Yes, and while you’re dutifully keeping track of the other team, during those same 50 years, the Democrats have backslid into conservativism light. I’m not saying “they go low, we go high” I’m saying that the rules need to apply to everyone. I’m saying thinking of politics like sports ball makes everyone kind of suck. Go out, talk to your conservative friends, make them understand that it doesn’t matter who leads, we need them to actually talk about and do the action of leading. If their politicians choose whipping people into frenzies about literally anything other than the job of running the country, they need to go.
“They go low, we go high” thinking got us here.
Turning the other cheek only to get slapped on the other cheek doesn’t do you any good.
I’m all for slugging it out and making them feel the same pain.
I’m not talking about that. It is telling that that’s where you went, though.
No, you see, there are rules and none of us are above the rules. Rules that are unimportant must be dropped (not prosecuting cause it “could look bad”, not using the majority in the senate “cause what if they get the majority?”) and rules that are important must be enforced (antitrust, holding people in power accountable).
Kindergarten insults just reinforces us vs them thinking. They, the people elected to rule, are not us. We, the people, we’re the us. I don’t care if your propaganda exposure made you pick team blue or team red. Largely, neither of those fucks want to actually lead, they just want to sit on the heap. If the red team makes someone actually interested in leading, great, but they’re too busy indoctrinating racists and religious nut jobs so they don’t actually have to do their jobs. Team blue is similar, but their vector of control (minority groups who “have no other choice” and white people who are scared of seeming racist) at least makes them attempt to do the job they’re elected to do. But they will wiggle their way out of it at their soonest convenience.
We have almost 50 years of examples of Republican Presidents, Congressmen, Senators and Supreme Court Justices ignoring the rules and societal norms to further their right wing agenda. While the left adheres to those same rules.
This last President has shown we can’t afford anymore of your line of thinking.
Yes, and while you’re dutifully keeping track of the other team, during those same 50 years, the Democrats have backslid into conservativism light. I’m not saying “they go low, we go high” I’m saying that the rules need to apply to everyone. I’m saying thinking of politics like sports ball makes everyone kind of suck. Go out, talk to your conservative friends, make them understand that it doesn’t matter who leads, we need them to actually talk about and do the action of leading. If their politicians choose whipping people into frenzies about literally anything other than the job of running the country, they need to go.
Who said I was rooting for the Democrats?
Jesus, man. What the fuck are we doing here?