Liberal chickens come home to roost

[RaleBulgarian]

Poor Joey B.

In case you missed it, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will be delivering the GOP response to Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday night. Also on deck to deliver a response is squad member Rep. Rashida Tlaib. Hers will be a formal response on behalf of the left-wing Working Families Party, ( KLATTU: AKA the COMMUNIST PARTY)so pop some popcorn for that one. The theory is that she’ll hammer moderate Democrats who’ve stood in the way of “moderate” Joe Biden’s legislative priorities.

Now we’re learning that another Democrat will be delivering a response to the State of the Union. Democrat Rep. Colin Allred is on deck to deliver a response on behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus.

A representative of the Congressional Black Caucus will also be delivering a response to Biden's SOTU

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LAFFRIOT!
Enjoying their last 10 months in charge while showing Americans why they shouldn't be.
#FAR LEFT

Absolutely nothing good will come of Tlaib’s rebuttal. Nothing good for the Dems, that is.

 

[Michael Cole]

Absolutely nothing good will come of Tlaib’s rebuttal. Nothing good for the Dems, that is.

Agreed. The far left is as authoritarian as the far right. Sadly, both ends seem to be calling the shots. We here in the middle are all alone. Not that that's a bad thing.

 

[RaleBulgarian]

Agreed. The far left is as authoritarian as the far right. Sadly, both ends seem to be calling the shots. We here in the middle are all alone. Not that that's a bad thing.

“Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right …”

 

[Mr Person]

EDIT: to quote the right person.

Agreed. The far left is as authoritarian as the far right. Sadly, both ends seem to be calling the shots. We here in the middle are all alone. Not that that's a bad thing.

Hold on. I think we need to define "authoritarian." My understanding was never that it simply meant using government force to work some kind of policy change you desire, and that it was basically just Totalitarian Lite.

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authoritarianism, principle of blind submission to authority, as opposed to individual freedom of thought and action. In government, authoritarianism denotes any political system that concentrates power in the hands of a leader or a small elite that is not constitutionally responsible to the body of the people. Authoritarian leaders often exercise power arbitrarily and without regard to existing bodies of law, and they usually cannot be replaced by citizens choosing freely among various competitors in elections. The freedom to create opposition political parties or other alternative political groupings with which to compete for power with the ruling group is either limited or nonexistent in authoritarian regimes.​

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Authoritarianism thus stands in fundamental contrast to democracy. It also differs from totalitarianism, however, since authoritarian governments usually have no highly developed guiding ideology, tolerate some pluralism in social organization, lack the power to mobilize the entire population in pursuit of national goals, and exercise power within relatively predictable limits. Examples of authoritarian regimes, according to some scholars, include the pro-Western military dictatorships that existed in Latin America and elsewhere in the second half of the 20th century.​

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Authoritarianism | Definition, History, Examples, & Facts

Authoritarianism, in politics and government, the blind submission to authority and the repression of individual freedom of thought and action.

www.britannica.com

The fringes have some pretty nutty ideas, but I don't think they really fit that particular bill.

 

[Lovebug]

Crayons I say. Crayons.

 

[RaleBulgarian]

Hold on. I think we need to define "authoritarian." My understanding was never that it simply meant using government force to work some kind of policy change you desire, and that it was basically just Totalitarian Lite.

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authoritarianism, principle of blind submission to authority, as opposed to individual freedom of thought and action. In government, authoritarianism denotes any political system that concentrates power in the hands of a leader or a small elite that is not constitutionally responsible to the body of the people. Authoritarian leaders often exercise power arbitrarily and without regard to existing bodies of law, and they usually cannot be replaced by citizens choosing freely among various competitors in elections. The freedom to create opposition political parties or other alternative political groupings with which to compete for power with the ruling group is either limited or nonexistent in authoritarian regimes.​

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Authoritarianism thus stands in fundamental contrast to democracy. It also differs from totalitarianism, however, since authoritarian governments usually have no highly developed guiding ideology, tolerate some pluralism in social organization, lack the power to mobilize the entire population in pursuit of national goals, and exercise power within relatively predictable limits. Examples of authoritarian regimes, according to some scholars, include the pro-Western military dictatorships that existed in Latin America and elsewhere in the second half of the 20th century.​

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Authoritarianism | Definition, History, Examples, & Facts

Authoritarianism, in politics and government, the blind submission to authority and the repression of individual freedom of thought and action.

www.britannica.com

The fringes have some pretty nutty ideas, but I don't think they really fit that particular bill.

You lost me.

 

[Mr Person]

You lost me.

Oh, damnit. I quoted the wrong person. I've been loopy the last couple days...

 

[Nickyjo]

Two things come to mind. First, is Will Rogers old saying, "I don't belong to an organized political party. I'm a democrat." The other that democrats are more diverse in their beliefs. Think of it. We actually had a party platform, unlike the republicans, whose platform was literally whatever Donald wants. But an alternative State of the Union address is a bad idea. Two is worse.

 

[RIP U.S. Democracy]

Enjoying their last 10 months in charge while showing Americans why they shouldn't be.
#FAR LEFT

Yes, the Republican Traitor Party responsible for Jan 6 should be in charge instead.

LOL. You people are ****ing crazy.

 

[Gateman_Wen]

Believed Putin was going to invade.

Joe Biden already did that. People scoffed. He was right.

Anyway, I said differently.

 

[Michael Cole]

EDIT: to quote the right person.



Hold on. I think we need to define "authoritarian." My understanding was never that it simply meant using government force to work some kind of policy change you desire, and that it was basically just Totalitarian Lite.

​

authoritarianism, principle of blind submission to authority, as opposed to individual freedom of thought and action. In government, authoritarianism denotes any political system that concentrates power in the hands of a leader or a small elite that is not constitutionally responsible to the body of the people. Authoritarian leaders often exercise power arbitrarily and without regard to existing bodies of law, and they usually cannot be replaced by citizens choosing freely among various competitors in elections. The freedom to create opposition political parties or other alternative political groupings with which to compete for power with the ruling group is either limited or nonexistent in authoritarian regimes.​

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Authoritarianism thus stands in fundamental contrast to democracy. It also differs from totalitarianism, however, since authoritarian governments usually have no highly developed guiding ideology, tolerate some pluralism in social organization, lack the power to mobilize the entire population in pursuit of national goals, and exercise power within relatively predictable limits. Examples of authoritarian regimes, according to some scholars, include the pro-Western military dictatorships that existed in Latin America and elsewhere in the second half of the 20th century.​

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Authoritarianism | Definition, History, Examples, & Facts

Authoritarianism, in politics and government, the blind submission to authority and the repression of individual freedom of thought and action.

www.britannica.com

The fringes have some pretty nutty ideas, but I don't think they really fit that particular bill.

I'm not so sure about that, but I was speaking colloquially. Basically, both extremes hold uncompromising worldviews. My way or the highway. Authoritarian in nature, if not specifically politically.

 

[bongsaway]

It’s all good.

World War 3 is looming in the horizon but it’s all good.

Go Pop Tart!

Be afraid, be very afraid. Putin, putin, putin.