Has this person even considered the incredibly dangerous precedent being set where BOTH sides of the two party system have constituents that actively encourage them to abandon the rule of law?
What could go wrong?
Those damned leopards were so cute that I walked up to them and pet them…but they ate my face!
Don’t come crying to me when the leopards actually eat your face.
This one video (and the pervasive tendency of Centrists to engage in echo chamber building using “official block lists” on world and BlueSky) has inspired me to start this community.
*Maybe he’s joking and I am not in on the joke? *
Let’s get this out of the way before I explain my thoughts about your arguments. Sorry about the length
Im not a fan of Biden. I’ve actually hated every presidential candidate and despise the “lesser of two evils” system we’ve built for ourselves. I generally don’t vote at all. I’ve voted only twice specifically because during only those two elections I felt “lesser of two evils” was important enough to matter.
I could praise Bidens accomplishments but I could also list trumps Accomplishments. I’m not at all brainwashed by the media and dont live in a bubble of people who always agree with me. My political opinion is I hate both of them. I hate most politicians. I’ve never seen a single politician in my entire 40 years who I felt was worth voting for, and I’ve seen one who was worth voting against.
I think it’s important to add to that I was a trump Supefan before he ran for president. I have an unopened case of trump vodka from when it first came out. Loved trump. Respected him because I’m also a salesman by trade. When he ran for president I saw right thru his salesman bullshit.
My point is don’t bother trash talking Biden. I’m fully aware Biden sucks and all politicians suck. I’m also aware Trump is different, he isn’t a politician!!! Unfortunately I also know Trump better than the fools that follow him. He’s a salesman, a damn good one. He’s sold half of America a shitty used car with a crap engine and a fresh coat of paint.
That’s why I voted against him even tho I never bothered to vote before. I can see the exact salesman strategies he’s using. He has no idea how to run a country, he’s just making profit. He’s a salesman.
That’s where I stand on that so don’t bother trashing Biden. I know Biden sucks.
Anyway on to your arguments.
We already discussed that. Al Capone CAN bribe. That IS how the SYSTEM worked. It doesn’t change the legality. Cops are not supposed to do that. We just don’t stop them. The solution is to stop them not expand their reach to upper classes in a misguided attempt at fairness. I don’t want to be kicked in the balls. Getting more people kicked in the balls doesn’t solve my problem.
Yep. And Trump and other billionaires want to continue to gut the IRS. The IRS has actually admitted they no longer have the funding to investigate rich people and their tax evasion because the can’t afford the long court battles with expensive lawyers. They admitted they don’t even try because the funding is gone.
You poor poor soul … The “both sides” people don’t give a shit. When Obama wanted to approve a supreme Court justice the Republicans demanded he wait a year until the new election. They said it wasn’t fair for him to approve one in his last year. Obama waited, he won, they still wouldn’t approve it. When trump got elected he filled the seat and bragged that Obama was lazy for not filling it. Fast forward to the last few months of Trump’s presidency. A new position in the supreme Court opened. Trump filled it. Democrats pointed out " you said last time it wasn’t fair to do that"… The Republicans laughed and did it anyway.
That’s the issue with the whole " we got to play fair or it gives them an excuse!!!" Argument. They don’t need and an excuse. They aren’t going to play fair regardless. By demanding democrats follow some unwritten rules out of tradition, out of principle, to maintain some illusion of high ground… It’s just giving the cheaters more of an advantage. The Republicans do not give a crap about tradition or rules. They are cheating every step of the way and breaking every law they can. Because they can.
So maybe fight that instead of wagging your finger and saying essentially ‘stooping to their level’ nonsense. This is what the game is now. Play it this way or give up. That’s life. If your only problem is one side is sinking to the level of the other, but you aren’t doing or saying anything about the other… You arent being fair or honest to the situation. If you’re idea is letting the other side cheat and the opposition follow every rule and tradition you aren’t really interested in fairness. Only handicapping one side in favor of the other