I must have missed something, which is not an unusual occurrence.
It jumped up a notch.
Me personally, I’d never ridicule an attention-seeking loon who tried to throw her colleagues under a bus for completely ridiculous reasons. It’s just not in me. It would be like despising Mike Fiers.
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In case you’re wondering, despite Texas’ creaky and much-in-need-of-overhaul electric grid, both Cruz and Cornyn voted against the bi-partisan infrastructure bill.
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We like our infrastructure unpredictable. It reinforces our pioneering spirit. And gives us an excuse to split town.
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Wild West baby
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Shocked, I tell you. Texans are being led down a cliff by a bunch of selfish assholes that don’t give a damn about anyone but themselves. And, the sad thing is, many Texans will still vote for these despicable Republicans because they can’t stand the idea of ever supporting the Democrats or the ideals they stand for.
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Gotta own the libs.
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That mindset is fucking stupid and infuriating.
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I saw an interview with a UT Psychology (i think) professor saying our politics today is all about winning. One side beating the other, rather like sports. As long as your side wins you don’t necessarily care how they win. It made sense.
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I agree with the professor, and it’s one of the biggest issues with our current political system. Too many people on both sides of the political spectrum vote for their party, no matter what. I’ve had Republican family members basically tell me, “Well, I’m not just voting for Trump over Biden, I’m voting for anti-abortion legislation and the Second Amendment.” It’s no wonder scumbags like Trump, Abbott, Cruz, DeSantis, Hawley, etc can be elected to office with this attitude.
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Republicans have successfully demonized Democrats over the years, with this going completely off the charts lately with the QAnon nonsense. But that only worked because of the foundations laid over the years.
There are people dying from COVID because they wouldn’t take the vaccine because it’s made from aborted fetuses. This is how deep the lies have been planted.
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Chuck Todd leads NBC’s political coverage, and this has been his schtick for his whole, failing upwards career.
I know, and it’s sad. The Chronicle ran a story last week about a 43-year-old restaurant owner that is unvaccinated and now has COVID. The reason he was unvaccinated: He got his news about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine from Facebook. Never once thought to call his doctor if he had questions.
The fact we have idiots in this country that slurp up the QAnon bullshit that Trump and his cronies peddled is intellectually embarrassing.
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If I had a nickel for every moron who has told me “don’t listen to the doctors and epidemiologists…do your own research.” Oh, that’s right, pretty much everyone has built-in expertise in this type of thing…even though you failed high school biology, and made a D is pre-algebra, you certainly have the foundation for medical and statistical research.
It’s like flying on a plane. Never trust the airplane mechanics, you should always grab a wrench and give the plane a tune up before boarding.
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Or the pilots. That’s why whenever I fly I go into the cabin and say Get up, asshole, I play flight simulator video games and I saw how to do this on youtube.
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A really insightful thread on how people share and process disinformation online, whether it’s vaccines, election fraud, etc.:
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That is definitely how my Republican in-laws see it. Their trash-talking after an election is identical to sports trash talk.
If US politics has devolved to the level of pro wrestling (and it has), then let’s recruit some pro wrestlers. John Cena for governor, anyone?
Even deeper at the root of this is the idea that politics is a zero-sum game. If one person/party is to win, then another person/party necessarily has to lose. It’s certainly that way with elections, but absolutely not with policy or legislation. I think this is why a lot of the “greater good” stuff is so polarizing - because it’s incomprehensible to some people that both sides can win. “My political opponent is proposing X. X is ostensibly good for him and people like him, so it must be bad for me and people like me. I have to do everything in my power to make sure X doesn’t happen.” It almost doesn’t matter what X is.
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Dont worry about our energy issues, Texas GOP has more dire things to address.
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