06-14-2022, 11:41 AM
(06-11-2022, 01:01 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I don't think progressive is analogous with bad. I just want policy to make sense, not punish people for the actions of a few or enable/promote a minority of the population at the expense of the rest
I'm thinking that's sort of the essence of politics. Deciding when the actions of the few can ruin it for the majority who don't misuse whatever it is and deciding when it should not.
(06-14-2022, 09:02 AM)Sled21 Wrote: These sham hearings got trounced in the ratings by a re-run of "Young Sheldon." That should tell everyone what most of America thinks about them.
True, people are pretty used to seeing Americans riot and kill each other because powerful people who shall remain blameless hinted that they should do so. Same ol' song and dance. Nice that you can get some sort of sense of pride out of the notion that people are used to this crap.
I'll say to me it's interesting how as the thing happened and right after many republicans were aghast about it and spoke out, but then they realized that it wasn't going to be a big deal and they've had 18 months or so to come up with every reason why it was hardly a big deal or didn't even happen. Nothing to see here, unless Biden starts to hint that the Black Panthers need to use their 2A to make sure Kamala Harris has the courage to keep him in office in 2024 or something.
That'd be an interesting bridge to cross.
EDIT
Actually, if I were to sum up why people aren't watching this I'd say it follows as:
Republicans - Nothing to see here, no big deal, way less awful than the BLM riots, also possibly an FBI or ANTIFA hoax.
Democrats - We've seen this for 16 months. I'm sick of seeing a bunch of stuff Trump and his cronies are going to get away with.
Moderates - Damn, our political system sucks.