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Ah okay. Well I'm with you on part of it, if the people who voted them in agree / would have wanted that, then yes it is appropriate for them to have taken that vote. I do not want politicians deciding for us what we really want / need, full stop. With you there.
Not really with you that it's the job of Dems at all to keep the Congress from becoming a circus. I'm trying to be pragmatic and realistic, I'm aware that Al Green's performance doesn't directly translate to the federal government being suddenly less effective at its crimes and abuses.
But please, remember that whatever your own life circumstances and status, there are very vulnerable people who are being hurt now, and these people want to hurt them worse and more. The people attacking and abusing our countrymen do not respect morality or the rule of law, in any capacity - WE DO NOT OWE THEM CIVILITY and I posit that we have nothing to gain from being civil with them. We need everyone with a microphone to be screeching that they are abusive monsters, daily, disrupting any and everything they attempt to do. They did it to the ACA which tried to be the most compassionate legislation we've seen in a generation, they've done it to every damn thing else that had a hope of helping Americans, we owe them nothing more than the basic human rights we owe anyone.
But we can agree to disagree too, I don't pretend to have all the answers and have been wrong many times in my life. Cheers friend.
I agree we don't owe them anything. And if being uncivil will make a difference, I am all for it. But if it won't help, then let's stay civil. In this specific case, if the floor of the house becomes a circus, people will start voting for clowns intentionally. Because it will become a required skill. I would rather it not. We already have too many clowns in there as is. And someday I hope it can go back a bit toward what it is supposed to be. A place for compromise. Though I do admit that I don't have a lot of hope.
There's another path, where we vote in loud angry people that do not compromise with fascists, call them what they are at every opportunity, and who do not extend civility toward people who never intend to extend that in good faith themselves.
I called it a circus, I guess when I think about it more, the circus has been here for a while. Or at least, the "more about appearances/performances than effects" carnival has been running uninterrupted for years.
Like you, I wish for a more reasonable and productive and earnest future for our politics. We won't get that by being soft with people who do not share any of our values. I still think you're assuming good faith efforts that are not there, naively, and I still hope you're right and I'm wrong.
That's a consistent and reasonable point of view, and I share your hopes. Cheers.