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  • emizeko [they/them]
    hexbear
    88
    edit-2
    7 months ago

    they didn't censure MTG for blaming wildfires on jEwIsH sPaCe lAsErS, but calling for liberation? that's a paddlin

    • newmou [he/him]
      hexbear
      18
      7 months ago

      Wait is there actually a Jewish component to that space lasers causing Maui wildfires shit?

      • CTHlurker [he/him]
        hexbear
        20
        7 months ago

        According to Seamus malekafzali it's a pretty old Klan myth that the Rothschilds (and thus all jews) have a secret laser that starts wildfires, but I believe that was in relation to the california fires, rather than the Hawaiian ones.

      • Barabas [he/him]
        hexbear
        18
        7 months ago

        Was during the ones in california a couple of years back. But likely the same thing if they were talking about space lasers.

    • autismdragon [he/him, comrade/them]
      hexagon
      hexbear
      50
      7 months ago

      I'm surprised how relatively young she is (not even 60 yet) because it feels like she SHOULD be one of these ancient octogenarians still holding on to power but we're probably cursed to like another 20 years of her deeper-sadness

  • VHS [he/him]
    hexbear
    71
    edit-2
    7 months ago

    they're treating her worse than they treat QAnon theocratic fascists. irredeemably racist and deeply shameful from congress. just makes me sad honestly

  • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
    hexbear
    64
    7 months ago

    I can't even imagine what she's going through. Every day worrying about whether her family has been massacred, while having to pretend to be collegial with these literal fucking demons.

  • barrbaric [he/him]
    hexbear
    39
    7 months ago

    What does being censured actually mean. Is it just saying "we don't like you"? Does she get forced off of committees or whatever?

    • FlakesBongler [they/them]
      hexbear
      50
      7 months ago

      Members of Congress who have been censured are required to give up any committee chairs they hold. Like a reprimand, a censure does not remove a member from their office so they retain their title, stature, and power to vote. There are also no legal consequences that come with a reprimand or censure.

      Straight from the horse's mouth

      • barrbaric [he/him]
        hexbear
        32
        7 months ago

        The article doesn't mention it; did she even chair any committees? Everyone in leadership already hated her so I kind of doubt it.

        • @Kaplya
          hexbear
          61
          edit-2
          7 months ago

          It’s more like a warning to other progressives out there: if you don’t toe the party line, we will do things to you.

          The goal is to make the other good intentioned people shut up and self-censor in the face of evil.

          This is also why liberalism will inevitably end up in fascism, btw.