Politics Thread

[Masterofreality]

agree censuring is ridiculous. We have primaries for that.

I don’t agree it’s only one party.
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/22/10750...ilibuster-vote

Yeah. Amazing how myopic Paul is, huh?

[bjf123]

The really sad part is you have both parties censuring people in their own party for not blindly following the party line. I applaud each of them for doing what they think is best for the country, not what the party wants. It really should be country first, then party. Sadly, that’s no lo fee the case. Both parties expect blind adherence to whatever BS the party leadership spews forth.


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[paulxu]

I wasn't commenting on censuring per se.
I was commenting on the reasoning for the censure, that a riot is legitimate political discourse in the eyes of one party.

A riot should never be legitimate political discourse, and the fact that one party thinks it is...is not good for our country.

(And I sort of thought that would have been apparent from my comment. Guess not.)

[Strange Brew]

I wasn't commenting on censuring per se.
I was commenting on the reasoning for the censure, that a riot is legitimate political discourse in the eyes of one party.

A riot should never be legitimate political discourse, and the fact that one party thinks it is...is not good for our country.

(And I sort of thought that would have been apparent from my comment. Guess not.)

Huh, seems like a Party accepted and cheered rioting for most of 2020.

[Masterofreality]

I wasn't commenting on censuring per se.
I was commenting on the reasoning for the censure, that a riot is legitimate political discourse in the eyes of one party.

A riot should never be legitimate political discourse, and the fact that one party thinks it is...is not good for our country.

(And I sort of thought that would have been apparent from my comment. Guess not.)

Hmmm. Where were your comments during the summer of 2020 when Kenosha, Portland, Chicago, Minneapolis amongst many other cities were being burned
to the ground and many Businesses owned by People of Color were destroyed? Oh, and when the current Vice President was promoting a fund to bail rioters out of jail?

Seems as if Democrats sure thought that "riots were legitimate discourse" at that time.
Nothing was destroyed in the "Capitol Riots". Billions were destroyed in the "Riots of 2020"
Stop being disingenuous.

[paulxu]

I'm pretty sure you'll not find a comment on here from me, where I said riots are a legitimate political discourse.

That you want to imply that I may think that...is the real example of being disingenuous. You can't bring yourself to say riots are not legitimate discourse, so you are agreeing with the RNC.

I have no such reservations; riots are NOT legitimate political discourse.

[Strange Brew]

I'm pretty sure you'll not find a comment on here from me, where I said riots are a legitimate political discourse.

That you want to imply that I may think that...is the real example of being disingenuous. You can't bring yourself to say riots are not legitimate discourse, so you are agreeing with the RNC.

I have no such reservations; riots are NOT legitimate political discourse.

You stated more than once that riots as political discourse are accepted by one Party. Which is nonsense and par for the course from you.

At least we agree that riots are bad.

[paulxu]

It is nonsense; which is why it's surprising that a national party would adopt that position.

[Strange Brew]

It is nonsense; which is why it's surprising that a national party would adopt that position.

Agree, which is why it's surprising both National Parties have adopted that position at varying points..

[paulxu]

I haven't seen the DNC adopt that position, but I'll go along with these former Ambassadors, Admirals, officials, Congressmen and Senators:

The RNC’s description of the January 6th insurrection as “legitimate political discourse” is an affront to the rule of law, peaceful self-government, and the constitutional order.

https://renewamericamovement.com/sta...and-kinzinger/

I feel fairly certain you won't find a set of Democratic officials, banded together to express this sort of opinion about the DNC.