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It might have been nice if Ol Biden had actually given a shit about the coup attempt and pushed to have the people at the top of the food chain tried for it. We might have avoided this whole situation if Trump had been tried while he was still persona non grata. Instead, his admin chose to treat it like any other criminal enterprise instead of the existential threat it was. Now we are all paying for it and I doubt the country will survive.
These people are co-workers and collaborators. They're not putting each other in jail.
Biden was too old or naive to recognize that the era of civility in politics was over. At the very least, SCOTUS ruling that presidents are essentially kings should've kicked him in the ass. I guess thx for the economy Joe, but it wasn't nearly enough.
I’m not sure that’s the case, though of course the demented rapist in office is a hell of an argument for it. I just think he’s the worst possible combination of huckster, narcissist, dementia sufferer, and russian intelligence. So far, yes, yes.
Rational discussion still exists, and it can be about politics - just not with any of these pithed clowns in power.
IMO the civility era has been over at LEAST since Turtle McConnell made it his mission to block everything he could coming from a black president.
I would say it would go far back as shit heel Newt Gingrich as the Speaker.
To be fair, a large majority of Americans didn't acknowledge the threat until very recently. In general, politicians do not go for bold moves unless they feel they have a large support from the population.
They be brainwashed by the education system.
I was taught that if a bully bullies you, you're supposed to not fight back, and only talk to the adults who will give them a stern warning.
The adult version is going to the police/courts and reporting someone for harassement.
The politician version is just apointing someone in the "middle" of your party and the opponent party's political views (Merrick Garland) and then don't do much investigation because it would seem like "persecuting political opponents", or breaks "norms and traditions"
Like motherfucker, if a bully hit me, I'll beat his/her ass (arrest trump). If I ran a school club, I'm gonna ban them (14th amendment disqualification). If was doing group projects, I'm fucking kicking them out, or I'll leave and just do it myself (secession).
Fuck the BS school admin "just ignore the bully"
Fuck that, beat the bully. If everyone just beat up the school bully on sight, they wouldn't be bullying any longer.
So, so, so very right on, dude. This is the situation, and that is the answer.
Yeah, agreed, but I think he’s at fault for not wanting to appear to use the justice system to attack political rivals. The fact that Garland was a slack@$% mf or that Aileen Canon is a cunt non-pariel isn’t his fault, but it sure added to the turd circus we got dropped on us.
And of course hindsight is 20/20.