posted by QuakerOats
A guy from Toledo was sentenced for a threat made on facebook against AOC. Chuck U. Schumer deserves similar medicine. “No one is above the law”, right.
That a person was sentenced for an idle threat made on Facebook is absurd (which I'm sure you'd agree with). So why are you supporting the same idea, just because it happens to be someone you loathe politically? Better instead to point out how ridiculous it is in both cases and be ideologically consistent.
posted by majorspark
Most people know exactly what he was threatening. And it was not their lives. But Democrats have been telling us that rhetoric needs toned down and simple common words used in political discourse like "target", "crosshairs", or the like could inspire the unhinges nutjob to take that as a literal order.
That's because they're ridiculous. I'd think those of us who aren't in that camp should aim to be a little more unclenched.
posted by gut
I get it. I think he was threatening impeachment, or perhaps stacking the SCOTUS. In either event, those things are arguably far bigger abuses of power than anything Trump has done. Does that game end any other way than one that nullifies or renders the courts virtually impotent? The Constitution intended it to be an equal branch, so anyone who would take the actions Schumer appears to be suggesting should be removed from office. Words I don't think rise to that level, but censure would be appropriate.
There's hidden fascism growing on the left that's being justified as necessary because the ignorant/uneducated/bigoted/backward right-wing is keeping the country from moving forward. As usual, they don't fucking think and don't appear to grasp the consequences of the things they're proposing.
Oh, those things are far bigger abuses indeed. As you said, it's fascism to combat the lack of progress. It's precisely what we saw when they were suddenly all in support of the use of the EO to bludgeon through the ACA.
Of course, they'd forget that and call using an EO a gross abuse of power if it were used for something they didn't like.
It just perpetuates the idea that there's no such thing as too much power as long as the office is held by 'the right person'.
posted by ptown_trojans_1
Agreed. It was so fucking dumb what he said. Especially as the Ds were also roasting Trump just last week for his remarks about the court.
Also, the D front runner, Biden, is trying to make a play about returning to decency....
Oh sweet Moses!
A return to decency ...
... brought to you by the guy who uncomfortably touches and smells people on stage, in front of the cameras.
