American Politics XII: We Can Do Bad All By Ourselves

[Zurkerx]

Well now, this is unprecedented and will surely set up a legal fight, hopefully one the committee wins:

The Jan. 6 Committee has subpoenaed five GOP House members.

They include Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan, Scott Perry, Mo Brooks, and Andy Biggs. All have refused to show up. Other than ethic committee subpoenas, this is the first time a sitting member of Congress has been issued a Congressional Subpoena. it will undoubtedly be challenged in court. Let's hope the courts move fast on this issue.

[The United Penguin Commonwealth]

Marxism is just whatever I don’t like. The GOP is Marxist. Traffic jams are Marxist. Broccoli and cheese is Marxist.

You don't like broccoli and cheese? What the hell is wrong with you?

it’s going to overthrow the government and turn the US into China!!!!!!!

idk I’ve just never liked it
maybe I’ve never had some I liked

[The United Penguin Commonwealth]

I don’t know too much about it, but I think it’s between Oz and McCormick. Barnette doesn’t have an extreme enough platform. The polls say Oz.

Barnette’s most extreme opinion is that she doesn’t like CRT. she has this to say about it:

>Marxism

She uses that word but it doesn’t mean what she thinks it means.

Is she trying to say CRT divides the means of the production amongst the workers by race?

whatever it is, it’s happening in the government, somehow.

[Zurkerx]

January 6 Select Committee subpoenas Reps. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Scott Perry (R-PA), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), and Mo Brooks (R-AL) for deposition testimony

Damn you, you ninja'd me boi

January 6 Select Committee subpoenas Reps. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Scott Perry (R-PA), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), and Mo Brooks (R-AL) for deposition testimony

YES

only took them two years

I agree: it should have been done much sooner. They will most certainly fight this and stall until they take power next year. Good on the Committee going after them but they waited too long.

[American Legionaries]

If Marxism is acknowledging that African Americans had less than a great time for much of America's history, then workers of the world, unite

Marxism is just whatever I don’t like. The GOP is Marxist. Traffic jams are Marxist. Broccoli and cheese is Marxist.

Yes on the first two, but broccoli and cheese is good.

[Free Algerstonia]

January 6 Select Committee subpoenas Reps. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Scott Perry (R-PA), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), and Mo Brooks (R-AL) for deposition testimony

mccarthy? interesting.

[The Jamesian Republic]

Marxism is just whatever I don’t like. The GOP is Marxist. Traffic jams are Marxist. Broccoli and cheese is Marxist.

Yes on the first two, but broccoli and cheese is good.

Yay! Somebody else thinks other than me thinks the GOP are Marxists.

[Shrillland]

I don’t know too much about it, but I think it’s between Oz and McCormick. Barnette doesn’t have an extreme enough platform. The polls say Oz.

Barnette’s most extreme opinion is that she doesn’t like CRT. she has this to say about it:

>Marxism

She uses that word but it doesn’t mean what she thinks it means.

Is she trying to say CRT divides the means of the production amongst the workers by race?

Partially. She's also saying that CRT will lead to Marxism through the "Long march", a clear reference to Gramsci's Long March(which is something of a misnomer as he never actually used the phrase but it's heavily based on his Theory of Hegemony), which is a popular way to attack education on the right.

[The Jamesian Republic]

>Marxism

She uses that word but it doesn’t mean what she thinks it means.

Is she trying to say CRT divides the means of the production amongst the workers by race?

Partially. She's also saying that CRT will lead to Marxism through the "Long march", a clear reference to Gramsci's Long March(which is something of a misnomer as he never actually used the phrase but it's heavily based on his Theory of Hegemony), which is a popular war to attack education on the right.

I see.

[Forsher]

Marxism is just whatever I don’t like. The GOP is Marxist. Traffic jams are Marxist. Broccoli and cheese is Marxist.

Pineapple on pizza is Marxist, I knew it!

Anchovies, however, are bourgeois.

Well now, this is unprecedented and will surely set up a legal fight, hopefully one the committee wins:

The Jan. 6 Committee has subpoenaed five GOP House members.

They include Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan, Scott Perry, Mo Brooks, and Andy Biggs. All have refused to show up. Other than ethic committee subpoenas, this is the first time a sitting member of Congress has been issued a Congressional Subpoena. it will undoubtedly be challenged in court. Let's hope the courts move fast on this issue.

I should probably do some digging to demonstrate my point but just take it on faith that you occasionally get thinkpieces about the immature political culture in NZ, where the author references the US. What they're thinking about is how this article about an election that hasn't even happened yet is chonky, but I just can't help but think about how you've had to preface "The Jan. 6 Committee has subpoenaed five GOP House members" with "this is unprecedented and will surely set up a legal fight".

This is why Tudor/Stuart England has been such a mainstay in history lessons in NZ! The events of Stuart England are the literal basis of the constitutional framework of NZ's government. They're also weirdly reminiscent of the Trumpist period in US history.

[The Jamesian Republic]

No need to thank me for the thread title.

[Free Algerstonia]

good title tjr you are awesome

[The United Penguin Commonwealth]

>Marxism

She uses that word but it doesn’t mean what she thinks it means.

Is she trying to say CRT divides the means of the production amongst the workers by race?

Partially. She's also saying that CRT will lead to Marxism through the "Long march", a clear reference to Gramsci's Long March(which is something of a misnomer as he never actually used the phrase but it's heavily based on his Theory of Hegemony), which is a popular war to attack education on the right.

it’s funny because CRT is really just a legal doctrine that looks at the world through a lens of systematic oppression, but somehow it’s been morphed by the right to actually be racist in itself, and since it’s easier to declare loudly that CRT is evil leftist racist socialism than it is to actually explain it, that belief wins out.

[Shrillland]

No need to thank me for the thread title.

I'll always give credit to those with good ideas.

[Free Algerstonia]

No need to thank me for the thread title.

whoops my fault didn't see this

[The United Penguin Commonwealth]

we should get one of the other Bob Caseys to run for senator so that maybe we can get the perfect senate

[Forsher]

No need to thank me for the thread title.

Boomers: We Didn't Start the Fire

Gen Z: We Can Do Bad All By Ourselves

(I don't know how old you are.)

[American Legionaries]

Partially. She's also saying that CRT will lead to Marxism through the "Long march", a clear reference to Gramsci's Long March(which is something of a misnomer as he never actually used the phrase but it's heavily based on his Theory of Hegemony), which is a popular war to attack education on the right.

it’s funny because CRT is really just a legal doctrine that looks at the world through a lens of systematic oppression, but somehow it’s been morphed by the right to actually be racist in itself, and since it’s easier to declare loudly that CRT is evil leftist racist socialism than it is to actually explain it, that belief wins out.

"CRT" has just taken on the meaning of any race rectification curriculum in school. And since there seem to be a ton more people dissatisfied with how race is taught than there are people trying to correct the terminology, here we are...

[The Jamesian Republic]

No need to thank me for the thread title.

I'll always give credit to those with good ideas.

Oh I know I just wanted to put that out here for those in the back.

[The Jamesian Republic]

No need to thank me for the thread title.

Boomers: We Didn't Start the Fire

Gen Z: We Can Do Bad All By Ourselves

(I don't know how old you are.)

I am a Zoomer. (Definitely old enough to post on here too)

[Zurkerx]

Pineapple on pizza is Marxist, I knew it!

Anchovies, however, are bourgeois.

Well now, this is unprecedented and will surely set up a legal fight, hopefully one the committee wins:

The Jan. 6 Committee has subpoenaed five GOP House members.

They include Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan, Scott Perry, Mo Brooks, and Andy Biggs. All have refused to show up. Other than ethic committee subpoenas, this is the first time a sitting member of Congress has been issued a Congressional Subpoena. it will undoubtedly be challenged in court. Let's hope the courts move fast on this issue.

I should probably do some digging to demonstrate my point but just take it on faith that you occasionally get thinkpieces about the immature political culture in NZ, where the author references the US. What they're thinking about is how this article about an election that hasn't even happened yet is chonky, but I just can't help but think about how you've had to preface "The Jan. 6 Committee has subpoenaed five GOP House members" with "this is unprecedented and will surely set up a legal fight".

This is why Tudor/Stuart England has been such a mainstay in history lessons in NZ! The events of Stuart England are the literal basis of the constitutional framework of NZ's government. They're also weirdly reminiscent of the Trumpist period in US history.

Okay, you're going to have to reword what you just said: because I'm a bit confused on what you're saying. I'm not familiar with the Stuart History in England so I don't know much about it.

[The Jamesian Republic]

Partially. She's also saying that CRT will lead to Marxism through the "Long march", a clear reference to Gramsci's Long March(which is something of a misnomer as he never actually used the phrase but it's heavily based on his Theory of Hegemony), which is a popular war to attack education on the right.

it’s funny because CRT is really just a legal doctrine that looks at the world through a lens of systematic oppression, but somehow it’s been morphed by the right to actually be racist in itself, and since it’s easier to declare loudly that CRT is evil leftist racist socialism than it is to actually explain it, that belief wins out.

And is really for law students.

[Forsher]

Yes on the first two, but broccoli and cheese is good.

Yay! Somebody else thinks other than me thinks the GOP are Marxists.

So, too, NIMBYS, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfm2xCKOCNk

YIMBY, in contrast, is neoliberal, e.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/left_urbanism/ ... ification/

The latter point is probably also talked about by the world's most boring Youtuber but it's (a) been ages since I watched his video on gentrification and (b) it might have been one of his other videos that the subject came up in.

In a similar vein, the only people who support congestion pricing are the most hardcore environmentalists and libertarians.

[Shrillland]

Anchovies, however, are bourgeois.



I should probably do some digging to demonstrate my point but just take it on faith that you occasionally get thinkpieces about the immature political culture in NZ, where the author references the US. What they're thinking about is how this article about an election that hasn't even happened yet is chonky, but I just can't help but think about how you've had to preface "The Jan. 6 Committee has subpoenaed five GOP House members" with "this is unprecedented and will surely set up a legal fight".

This is why Tudor/Stuart England has been such a mainstay in history lessons in NZ! The events of Stuart England are the literal basis of the constitutional framework of NZ's government. They're also weirdly reminiscent of the Trumpist period in US history.

Okay, you're going to have to reword what you just said: because I'm a bit confused on what you're saying. I'm not familiar with the Stuart History in England so I don't know much about it.

I think, I may be wrong, but I think he's referring to the fights between King and Parliament that led to the English Civil War, the Glorious Revolution, and the final triumph of the concept of Parliamentary Sovereignty.

[Zurkerx]

Okay, you're going to have to reword what you just said: because I'm a bit confused on what you're saying. I'm not familiar with the Stuart History in England so I don't know much about it.

I think, I may be wrong, but I think he's referring to the fights between King and Parliament that led to the English Civil War, the Glorious Revolution, and the final triumph of the concept of Parliamentary Sovereignty.

Oh, that. If that is the case, the wording got me. Okay, now I understand.