‘I was screaming before you interrupted
me’: American politics has become amplified rage
The Hill,
by
Jonathan Turley
Original Article
Posted By: Moritz55,
4/9/2023 10:15:41 AM
Nobel Laureate Albert Camus once said, “Insurrection is certainly not the sum total of human experience but … it is our historic reality.” Those words came to mind this week when Tennessee’s House of Representatives expelled two members accused of disrupting legislative proceedings in what some called an “insurrection” or a “mutiny.”
The scene on the floor of the Tennessee House perfectly captured our “age of rage.” Protesters filled the capitol building to protest the failure to pass gun-control legislation. However, they were in the minority in both the state and its legislature.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 4/9/2023 10:25:06 AM (No. 1444287)
What's the difference between J6 and last week's Nashville political event? One was an insurrection and the other was also an insurrection. But the Nashville insurrection was praised and worshipped by the Democrats including wild Kammie and the MSM. You caint make this shite up. When the Americommies do it, it is an assembly of like minds.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
thomthomp 4/9/2023 10:33:50 AM (No. 1444294)
Screaming and rage are the last resorts when you don't get your way, have neither logic nor facts on your side and have the emotional maturity of a two-year-old.
Democrats without power are like toddlers, sometimes amusing but often irritating. Democrats WITH power are like toddlers with Tommy guns.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
coldborezero 4/9/2023 10:39:34 AM (No. 1444302)
January 6 was most certainly NOT an “insurrection”. Not even close.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
MDConservative 4/9/2023 11:20:48 AM (No. 1444340)
Too many Americans have lost their minds and lost sight of what this country offers...liberty, the freedom of others. We spend our time in "movements" that, at their heart, are meant to force others to comply with some standards of behavior or conduct that one or the other favors - always to create "justice" of some twisted sort. Regardless of political orientation, no one like to be told what and how to do things in a "free society". And it is compounded by the growing-to-universal war on Free Speech. Anything contrary to another's idea is immediately labeled as "inappropriate" or "hate". And we, the people, asked for it. Even among fairly like-minded people, alternative ideas or dissent is not acceptable.
What happened on J6 was deplorable, and there's much to be exposed about it, particularly law enforcement's involvement and apparent incitement activities. What happened in Tennesee is no less deplorable - worse, actually, as it was incited by members from the chamber's floor disrupting the order of business. Expulsion was called for, no doubt. There should have been no exception for the third legislator, either - bullhorn or not.
The worst thing that has happened over many years is a deepening mistrust of government. People of all stripes are pretty much done with crooked government. The saddest thing is that the gulf now between Americans is so wide, we fear one another more than a corrupt government that is reducing all our liberty, ignoring our laws and creating others to do so. The challenge is finding unity to clean this all up.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
red1066 4/9/2023 11:27:32 AM (No. 1444345)
The leftists are always in the minority which is why they are always angry and scream. They think they're getting their message across and defeating those who disagree with them by doing so, but they're really just making the point that they're ideology is wrong.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
udanja99 4/9/2023 11:51:21 AM (No. 1444356)
What was it that Rush used to say? Something like - if you think that the left is crazy now, just wait til they’re out of power. They were certainly out of power in Tennessee.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Birddog 4/9/2023 12:42:45 PM (No. 1444382)
"How DARE YOU interrupt me when I'm interrupting you!?!!!"
"Shouting Fire! in a crowded theater" also specifically references calling someone a "Murderer" in a crowded capitol rotunda...or Legislative chamber.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Trump'sCousin 4/9/2023 2:06:21 PM (No. 1444444)
The sooner we start treating these mental defects appropriately, the sooner we can begin rebuilding the Republic. A republic for serious, civilized American Patriots.
MAKE MENTAL INSTITUTIONS GREAT AGAIN
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 4/9/2023 4:22:02 PM (No. 1444488)
I'm not screaming. I am emphasizing. Get that straight before I knock you side-winding!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
msavalla 4/9/2023 9:42:28 PM (No. 1444585)
You have an opinion which is not the same as the representatives that fired the two legislators . Live with it.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Heraclitus 4/9/2023 11:45:13 PM (No. 1444625)
I doubt anyone seriously believes that censuring the people involved would solve the problem. These people are revolutionaries. They are trained to do this (check our any leftist guidelines).
Plus, as noted in the article, these children were in college as order and mutual respect had dissipated. Again, I'm also doubt most strongly that these two get a lot of much-desired notoriety and will never sit down and wait their turns for argument and debate.
I repeat this, the Left always seeks total power and control. Even creepy Biden, some think he's only licking ice cream cones all day. He is passing down orders about gas stoves, lightbulbs, autos and more, and he is thoroughly enjoying it. You know that these EOs are only the beginning. More than once he has declared that half the country's citizens are "semi-fascists" and racists, and every other rotten thing his fevered brain can utter (reading off TOTUS... incidentally, I'm getting the sense that TOTUS may be gravitating to our side).
So it is right that these two are expelled. Perhaps they could be reelected? I don't know. But they appear to be too arrogant to be remorseful and amenable to change/reform of their behavior.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
felixcat 4/10/2023 8:51:08 AM (No. 1444773)
Part of the problem with these screaming, raging, whiny juvenile Leftists aka Dem office holders at all levels of government, is that our side/conservatives/Republicans/normal Americans has not held them accountable over the years. You had Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House tearing up her official copy of President Trump's SOTU address and nothing was done to her. Her side applauded her while our side did the usual tsk tsk. Why do you think the Dems were/are so confident that they could steal the 2020 Presidential election and get away with it because they knew nothing would be down to them, even if there was full fledged investigation from DOJ on down to the local board of elections. And of course, Hillary and her cohorts got away with their attempts to destroy Donald Trump before he even got elected.
If you don't deal with the problem early on then you are only post paining the eventual disaster.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 4/10/2023 9:14:22 AM (No. 1444804)
This is what happens to a genteel society when the platform of Greek philosophy and logical debate are supplanted by the chaos and emotionalism of the West African mob. "Gimme dat bullhorn! If yoo all come to git me, den yoo all racist too!"
For those who worry about being called a "racist," be advised that the terms, "race, racial, racism, racist" are found nowhere in the King James Bible, nor any modern translations, nor within the original manuscripts of Scripture.
Note to American children, the act of "racism" is not a "cardinal sin," in fact, IT ISN'T A SIN AT ALL.
Sorry for screaming.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
faceincrowd 4/10/2023 10:07:38 AM (No. 1444866)
Nobody really cares what you think, you commie sympathizer.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
felixcat 4/10/2023 10:10:47 AM (No. 1444870)
Apologies. Only Postponing.....
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Msquared112 4/10/2023 11:06:20 AM (No. 1444911)
It doesn't matter if you insult the noisy, ill-mannered Leftists because they don't care that they are inconsistent when they talk about "inclusiveness." The goal is to keep shouting and never allow the speaker to use reason to get their arguments across. Reason is the enemy. Consistency is for amateurs. Who cares if we're hypocrites?
The goal is to shut conservatism down and it doesn't matter how. Using reason with these miscreants is useless. They don't hear it. These are biblical catastrophes: One demonic side shrieks, destroys, and intimidates all the while the other side tries using reason and decency. Who is going to win against these loons? Not the quiet, reasonable, honorable ones, that's for sure.
Just as they are sent to destroy us, we must go out there and destroy them using methods that are legal, since we can no longer rely on the ballot box. A parallel economy gets us out of their world and into our own. We need to start taking it seriously yesterday.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Zigrid 4/10/2023 11:53:09 AM (No. 1444947)
I'm reminded of the Shakespeare quote..."beware...me thinks thou doth protest too much"...screaming with a bull/horn in the chamber seems a bit much...go to the podium and speak about your concerns...so then...let's evaluate WHY ...it was a call to the media to show up and tell a narrative that makes republicans look bad....another game book play...bring attention to the jan6 trials...and blame President Trump...Brgg looks like a fool...and nervous nancy is getting very nervous about the truth coming out about she refused national guard troops several days prior by President Trump...it was a set up....
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Timber Queen 4/10/2023 4:40:38 PM (No. 1445111)
#15, no need to apologize for your #12. "...post paining the eventual disaster." I recognized it was a typo upon original reading, but I found "paining" was also a provocative and prescient adjective.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Faithfully 4/10/2023 5:14:46 PM (No. 1445138)
The country was founded on an insurrection.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Corsair2 4/10/2023 6:42:29 PM (No. 1445193)
I do not see how this country avoids CWII.
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