@stopgopfox@libretooth.gr
Well it's about democracy.
You might not like these people, but they were elected by their constituents to be representatives in the democratic institution.
When you talk about a powerful nation being powerless in contrast to these democratic results, well it comes across as awfully authoritarian, maybe even fascist.
I'm sorry you don't like how the democratic process worked out, but to use rhetoric about the power of the state to oppose democracy? That's troubling.
@volkris @stopgopfox
It's not a democratic system when huge amounts of money from unknown sources are funneled into campaigns. When big money effectively owns elected members. When voters are disenfranchised and personal integrity is completely gone.
@Oldfartrant @stopgopfox@libretooth.gr
Of course it is, because people are still voting those members into office.
You can talk around that all you want but at the end of the day, unless you are saying the voting system is itself reporting inaccurate results, it's still democratic.
@volkris @Oldfartrant @stopgopfox you are the one talking around the actual point here. The post is more about the failures of our judicial process than about the democratic process. Though their precense in our Congress speaks volumes of the latter.
@KingDetrick @Oldfartrant @stopgopfox@libretooth.gr
When the OP highlighted people being on the floor of Congress to debate anything, it seems to me that was focusing on disagreement with the election of these people by their voters.
If the point was just about the judicial process then I would not have mentioned Congress at all since it really has nothing to do with their election.
If somebody should be rounded up by the authorities and thrown in jail or whatever, that's a completely separate issue from voters voting for their representatives.
@volkris @Oldfartrant @stopgopfox So you didn’t read the post in full? Got it.
@KingDetrick @Oldfartrant @stopgopfox@libretooth.gr
Some kind of breakdown in the fediverse? The post was nothing but talking about the people on the floor of Congress, at least as it showed up on my instance here.
@volkris @Oldfartrant @stopgopfox Confirming the definition of “insurrectionists” would go a long way with assisting you across the finish line here.
@KingDetrick @Oldfartrant @stopgopfox@libretooth.gr
Oh, in my experience the definition of "insurrectionist" these days means "person I disagree with."
We live in stupid times.
@volkris @Oldfartrant @stopgopfox I think I’m fine disagreeing with a person that pays for sex, with underaged girls, via cash apps. But guess that’s just based on my experience. Stupid times indeed.