The disheartening thing (assuming this gets passed and has significant support) is that this group of people think that censuring a non-elected person (which, as I understand, ultimately is just an official “we don’t like you”) for the stated reasons that she is not philosophically aligned with Republicans, and that she defended her deceased husband against criticism, is something worthwhile.
I mean, I know that it is the party of Christian schoolyard bullies at this point, but this once again reinforces it. And, illustrates in one other way along with the myriad we’ve been witness to over the past X years, that the Republican party does not stand for America, and does not give two shits about the Democratic process and governance, which is the whole point of the constitution. They stand for Christian theocratic dominance, white power, hard-lined and uncompromising ‘identity politics’ and a hedonistic dedication to aggravating and abusing anyone they can get away with.
Anyone who still thinks that the core driving philosophies of Republicanism are “small government” and state’s rights is either lying or a moron. At this point all “good republicans” are simply those who don’t have the intellectual capacity to understand that this isn’t fucking sports. You don’t stick with your team just because it’s “your team”. Good Americans should always be doing their best to vote for the politicians who are doing the most good. “Well, I’m a Republican so I’m just sticking with these guys, and hope they’ll do better later” is some feeble-minded shit. Stand with the people who are doing better now. Not those who put out vomit like this on a regular basis.
I also admired Heinlein’s philosophy when I was younger. I think I first read Starship Troopers in 8th grade and remember reading Expanded Universe in high school.
Like a lot of philosophies, it sounds better in theory and in a fictionalized universe than in practice.
Back to the pre-riot tours allegedly given by some members of congress. If any such tours had taken place, there must certainly be video and other evidence (sign-in books etc), no? . There is a growing list of dem congress people going on the record saying the didn’t give tours. I may have missed it but I don’t recall Beobert denying giving/arranging tours. Maybe because she knows the evidence exists?
Alas, what we are seeing is that in their twisted “originalist” fantasy they just know the Constitution was divinely ordained to be about setting up governance of a republic of white christian landowners. They are all about sticking by the Constitution as long as it’s clear that is non negotiable.
I hate to nit pit, but that should be “dwellers in the basements of white Christian landlords” because, obviously, the heirs to white Christian domiciles are included in the originalist intent of the Founders.
It certainly doesn’t apply to any random person of color who happens to live in a basement. Sorry, that should say random person, don’t know how that slipped in.
The Washington Post is reporting that federal authorities are charging members of a militia group that pre-planned storming the capitol, and planned to “arrest” people there.
They planned ahead of time, and were in communication after they got in. All of the people named in the WaPo article were ex-military.
Self-styled militia members planned on storming the U.S. Capitol days in advance of Jan. 6 attack, court documents say
By Spencer S. Hsu, Tom Jackman and Devlin Barrett
I read both Starship Troopers and Space Cadet many years ago and just this past year. I never found the espoused philosophy to be all that attractive. I found the writing in Starship Troopers to be so over the top that it was obvious to me that Heinlein was mocking those who demand military service be a requirement for public office or even before obtaining citizenship. I found some of the comments of the senior officers in Space Cadet to be over the top also, but in a different direction. The training officer in Space Cadet espoused some rather unenlightened views of the military, especially the enlisted, although Heinlein was sure to write “They’re good men”; he basically considered the military to be little kids mentally and emotionally.
Honestly, those two books make me wonder how good of an officer he was while in the Navy before getting medically discharged.
It’s disturbing that naval officers would think that restricting voting rights/eligibility is moving in the right direction. In fact the real problem is that our democracy is already too restrictive. It gerrymanders. It provides disproportionate representation that favors a political minority. One party has worked overtime to make voting harder for poor people of color. The Capitol riots are actually an extension of anti-democratic behavior, which means that we should be doing more to encourage voter eligibility, even going so far as allowing more convicted felons and non-citizen permanent residents the ability to vote. We need more democracy, not less. It’s the attacks on democracy that have destabilized our political system.