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[–] 35 points 2 months ago (3 children)

What's frustrating to me is that on the one hand, it's important to call out the hypocrisy and to report on it, but on the other, calling them hypocrites isn't just a lack of consequences. It's actively incorporated into their strategy. They know there will be public backlash, or even [gasp] someone slamming them, but through it all, Mitch McConnell is still in office, period.

Hypocrisy-shaming feels good to do, but if that's the worst price they have to pay, then that's hardly any price at all. Governor Beshear is making noise, and good on him for doing so, but that's ultimately all it is: noise.

George R. R. Martin is the human incarnation of procrastination, but he's written some pretty memorable lines. One that comes to mind here: "words are wind."

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    We're well past the point where words will do anything. Real actions that at the very least make them truly fear for their life are the only thing that can show them they have anything less than absolute power now.

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