To anyone and everyone who hasn’t already seen it my profile/bio : I HATE POLITICS!!! And outrageous abuses like this scheming, un-American treason are part of the reason I trust nothing and no one in our current system.
Is this rotten coup attempt pathetic, and doomed to fail? Yes, but that’s really not the point. What should be obvious to anyone who can still think is that we now have an autocrat in the White House, a degenerate inner circle of policy advisors, and an irresponsible group of partisan elected officials who feel perfectly comfortable with pissing on basic democratic principles to advance their own self interest.
And it can all happen again with even worse consequences. Because what’s been corrupted is not just the top end of our political system, but how ordinary people think and speak about their duty as citizens in a free society. Too many people believe their role is to just pick a side, choose a party, stop asking questions, attack any doubters, and stay loyal no matter what. But its not football people!! Your crazy-ass fan behavior does nothing to keep power hungry politicians in check, it empowers them.
And I’ve been watching this sickening process become part the public conversation here on Fluther. I was recently kicked off another so-called social media site (answerMug) for calling out biased “moderator” who abused her authority to plant obvious disinformation into question and answer posts. I don’t fucking care if I get banned here for the same reason.