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Very true words. The cowards who voted to acquit trump are a cancer on society !
Feb 14, 2021 2:20 PM
SisterMidnight
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Very true words. The cowards who voted to acquit trump are a cancer on society !
riduckulous
Baldwin is a cool dude from what I've read of him
HaloandQ
James Baldwin was one of the most articulate men. There’s a great documentary on Netflix about him. +1
pizzapartyhard
Except that the people here are actually wicked, not spineless. They have nothing to fear. They are selfish and greedy and wicked.
LiarLiarPantsUntier
Or stupid.
kudasiNezuko13
Why did i hear this in gus from breaking bads voice
ScaredSpitless
C̶o̶w̶a̶r̶d̶s̶ terrorists. A spade is a spade
jody92154
Self before Party, Party before Country - Q-Publican Party
Lasciateognisperanza
They also acquitted themselves, they acquitted his followers, they forgave wasting years of our lives behind this backwardness.
rimoeng
Always upvote James Baldwin
Raithryn
Is that Beetlejuice's grandad?
Willsmileforfood
This! This is the step before fascism. For facism to flourish, good people must to do nothing.
rizion
It seems like bad people doing something atm. I would not call any of the (few i know as a Canuk) senators that did not vote to impeach good
Yellowchopsticks
The ones who voted to acquit trump aren't spineless cowards. They're corrupt, treasonous, accomplices.
DjPPR
Each of them had his own fixture of reasons but I don’t think most were based in constitutional implications.
UncleRat
The United States is a dream that was proven false by the representatives of her people.
whatstheworstthatcanhappen
Youre right. We should also charge all the democrats that egged on the rioting/burning. Hold -everyone- accountable.
DjPPR
Who was egging them on ?
dopeyiceman
AOC, Pelosi. Most of the Dems who ssid BLM rioters were "making their voices heard" or "mostly peaceful protesters."
noncommital
I think you found the Republicans founding principal statement.
Talith
I suppose the remaining option would be to bar felons from running for president, then New York or another state can do the heavy lifting.
Talith
After that break up both parties by removing FTTP voting as a multiparty Senate might have an easier time of impeaching a President.
PrinceQin
Don't forget making it illegal they get large sums from companies, people etc.
twisteddkarma
dopeyiceman
False. Standing up for law and order is why the capitol was stormed. Liars and cheaters have to be removed.
twisteddkarma
chichiFregiLover
i'm french and i think (most of) the reps are unfit. T. should have had his pensions removed after the deads. the reps senators were+
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authority. they were judging facts that happened during presidential mandate. there was no reason not to take the decision of removing the+
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pensions. by hesitating they keep sending the full of poison message that the fraud theory was somehow right. plain reckless for democracy
ezmicken
There simply must be a provision for citizens to call for an election. Google is useless on the subject :( Do not wait for 2022...
Galti
Ok now you know they're spineless, what are you going to do about it? or are you going to be spineless in your dealing with this corruption?
Keffdogmach
Tracy Morgan???
JustAnotherVictimOfAmbientMorality
We need a huge-ass stone, monolithic, and carve onto it the names of the fuckers who had all the power in the world and refused //
JustAnotherVictimOfAmbientMorality
to take a stand. A literal wall of shame. "Our civilization fell apart because of these". Damnatio Memoriae is too good for them.
ScaredSpitless
I am, henceforth, considering the republican party to be a terrorist organization and I encourage any rational americans to do the same.
trippingthelightfantastic
BootsDusty
kmikl
They would have likely gone to fisticuffs. These weren't gentle men among gentlemen.
barebackoompaloompa
You are welcomed here in Canada ????
GirrusDah
Tyranny is the deliberate absence of nuance
rizion
nah man once can be nuanced and a tyrant. Hell one could even be benevolent and still be a tyrant
grapesofwrath1120
I don’t think that word means what you think it means.
GirrusDah
Which one? BTW, you know this is a famous quote. They aren't my words...
grapesofwrath1120
Uh...yeah.
db629
A lot of spineless shitheads in DC
MongoRulzYo
536 if you only count those elected, there is way more though because of appointments and favors
invaderjay87
That’s why I prefer MARVEL
lozeldatkm
thrain5
For at least 50 years.
icommentwithsteveharvey
*In the government* most of the population of DC residents dont work for the government
db629
Yes, I obviously meant those in government
Turbolibros
Couchwarrior1337
That was basically an episode at one point, with them all putting Batman on trial. Good episode.
fdr2104
Don’t insult these villains with any comparisons to the GQP. There is honor among these thieves.
modified84
This sums it up perfectly.
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
Honestly, I think Two-Face and Catwoman would vote to convict the Joker.
reineseele
Also the riddler. cause he knows stuff. also freeze cause he knows science and stuff. penguin takes bribes. bane is cray cray.
riduckulous
You'd think some more gop members would too
thechelonianshelmet
Well with one it'd be 50/50 & the other would vote purely based on who they could irritate the most
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
Catwoman is just a thief. She’s not a super villain. She HATES the Joker.
LordNergal
It's comics canon that the only reason Catwoman doesn't murder the Joker is Batman asked her not to. So, no, she's vote to convict.
thechelonianshelmet
Ah, fair enough, it's been a long time since I've read many comics
LordNergal
Well, it gets better: The comics reveal that after Batman finally dies, Catwoman does go ahead and murder the Joker.
Heavenissize17socks
Notice we did NOT storm the Capitol.
NurseLaura365
No.....? Go burn down our country in the name of BLM
dopeyiceman
Amen. It is funny how they have forgotten about those "mostly peaceful protests" so quickly.
CheekyNand0s
Just SCOTUS for Kavanaugh
cheesedogs
Why not? Its apparently okay now, so basically a new standard
filben7
No, its okay to incite a riot if you are president.
YouHaveNoodsAndIHaveAnInbox
Real talk, does this mean we can storm the capitol to make them overturn the acquittal? Is that how we do it now?
mathknight
The terrorists storming the capital still didn't get their way, though.
ThatLoserTheFourth
Nah, it's only okay for white Republicans. Left wing individuals and minorities will still be crushed underfoot if they protest, per usual
cheesedogs
Only if you're a Republican. Democrats try something like this they'd put us all in a camp.
Weregerbil2
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/history/article148667224.html It's been done before though, and all they got was disarmed and kicked out.
HaloArchitect
No, but peaceful protest should be okay. Say in the state capitals of the states that those senators belong to.
YouHaveNoodsAndIHaveAnInbox
We tried peaceful protests and they teargassed us and shot us in the face with rubber bullets.
HaloArchitect
So they broke you already? HK didn't have it easy, and they're still at it, sitch is almost hopeless. This is a time to try people's souls.
BootsDusty
Chimichanga007
We knew this since Dubya war criminal torturer has been "someone i wanna have a beer with" to most Americans. Most of us are complicit.
chichiFregiLover
yeah, but we can't ignore the fact that these unfit senators were democratically elected. i think the real problem is the US federal+
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system. that allows unfit people to get elected
nolzvader
Banana republics not only perpetually stay in office, they jail their predecessors. I must point out that neither happened here
preparationh67
"it's totally different because their attempt failed" shit stupid people say
nolzvader
In spite of many ppl disappointed in Senate: 1) ppl voted POTUS out. 2) POTUS is out. The checks on power are not absent
sevendragonsandababy
Like, if you can't impeach a president for open insurrection, then you must can't impeach a president...
RackhamTheRed
As if they had any legitimacy to do so before...
nolzvader
Yes JAN 6 was embarrassing but I get so tired of hearing pithy drama queen comments like yours. Go host your own UN and then we'll talk
howwouldyoudescribeyourself
Wow u're full of shit AND delusional. Get your head out of the great 'merican sand and take a long hard look at USA's standing in the world.
preparationh67
We are committing multiple genocidal acts and let a despot go free after a deadly coup, sit down.
nolzvader
Yeah hosting/funding UN and NATO is meaningless, would be so much better to put one of the dictators in charge, right? /s
RackhamTheRed
As opposed to what exactly? The dictators they installed so far?
nolzvader
USA never intentionally picked a bad guy out of a pool of good guys that I'm aware of. More a lack of predictive ability
nolzvader
Or a lack of better options. Only thorny plants grow in the desert. Mother Theresa would fail miserably in Russia, for example
rizion
That actually has been US foreign policy in the past, install/ support dictators that will further government and corporate interests
nolzvader
Armchair QB with hindsight is easy though, isn't it? It's hard to predict which of a cast of minor warlords will be most stable/civil
rizion
See they did and do know. But back because they are chummy with US at time try to break away and get replaced. This is not limited to 1/?
DjPPR
TIAll the wars we’ve entered to rid other countries of their tyrants. We could not do that for ourselves.
hitthatbomb
So you’re saying Trump is still president and the election fraud was real? Wait...
DjPPR
No. Joe Biden clearly won the election.
LordNergal
A number of them were to be rid of tyrants we put in place to begin with. The U.S. has never had a leg to stand on when preaching democracy.
reineseele
As an EU citizen: *nods* US intervention almost never made it better, unless it was a world war.
LordNergal
And then, almost always because the bad guys pissed us off.
rizion
*directly attacked forcing the public sentiment to sway. Lots of people had no issues with Nazis (ex lookin at you Henry Ford)
Heavenissize17socks
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” ― Edmund Burke
Photeus
How about this quote: Evil Triumphs
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
- Algernop Krieger
WhaaatDa
The only thing necessary for the triumph of Trump is for congress Republicans to do nothing. P. Ramos
SuperIncoherentRantingMan
The GOP didn't even do "nothing", they dedicated efforts to sabotaging any efforts for others to do the right thing.
Denim777
so... what if you're evil but choose to do nothing? does that mean you're helping the good? or you're good by doing nothing as an evil
jinamuro
-Richter Belmont
weareready
Using the term “good men” very loosely
HeroesAndBosses
That's a quote from Boondock Saints ;)
lozeldatkm
We could use some real-life McManus brothers in DC right about now
Asciiman
Burke never said that. This is one of the most misquoted lines in history. JFK said it once and people just believed him. It likely came 1/2
Asciiman
From John Stuart Mill. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/top-10-misattributed-quotations-a7910361.html
Heavenissize17socks
Meanwhile, the original source:
chromed
Either way it's a fairly self evident truth imo
LordNergal
Not entirely accurate. Attributed to the wrong guy, and evil can triumph as long as good is easily manipulated or dumb. A major problem 1/
LordNergal
the Democrats have struggled with is their unceasing incompetence as a political party, including their ability to snatch defeat from the 2/
LordNergal
jaws of victory. If it weren't for that, things would have gone much better two Presidents ago. 3/3
LordNergal
Note: Senators were impeached for failing to accept Lincoln won the election. We have at least 43 who just helped the leader of an 1/
LordNergal
insurrection try to steal an election, and we already knew they did before this. They should have been impeached, as a group, first. 2/2