He’s attacking Trump because Trump attacked his daughter. It’s personal for him. Otherwise he’d be quietly cheering on the advance of fascism like every other right winger in america.
One post that he [Trump] circulated on Sunday singled out Liz Cheney, the former Wyoming congresswoman who is a Republican critic of Mr. Trump’s, and called for her to be prosecuted by a type of military court reserved for enemy combatants and war criminals.
“Elizabeth Lynne Cheney is guilty of treason,” the post said. “Retruth if you want televised military tribunals.”
If the J6ers had caught up with Mike Pence, Lynne Cheney, and Mitch McConnell, I genuinely wonder whether Trump would actually be in jail right now instead of cruising around the country soliciting more fascists to his cause.
I am grateful I didn’t see the National Guard mow down a bunch of civilians that day, but I also feel that the low loss of life is what has let a huge chunk of the population write off the events of that day as basically a “boys will be boys” moment, when it was really something Earth shattering in our country’s history.
Historians could very well one day mark it as a turning point in our nation’s history where we took a severe turn on the road to ruin. I really hope we can pull ourselves back, but since it seems to be a world wide trend, I have more anxiousness than I’d prefer.
The lack of action/inability to prosecute those found pulling the strings is what’s really frustrating. Sure, send the brainwashed people to jail, but those will just be replaced by the people behind the scenes…
This stuff started decades ago with all the people that felt Nixon did nothing wrong and have worked throughout the media, the courts, and the government itself to show that “government doesn’t work” to undermine the integrity of all these institutions and to get the people to support individuals rather than a collective.
They’ve poisoned our systems this whole time, and need to be rooted out if we want to continue being free.
This has always been the problem. For some reason, the very people you want to stand up and take notice of your political satire are frequently the kind of people that are just going to not understand. As they say: “you can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into.”
Though there might be a line between “attacking” and “tribunal for treason”. I have a feeling the latter is a step too far even for Dick Cheney when it comes to his daughter.
He’s attacking Trump because Trump attacked his daughter. It’s personal for him. Otherwise he’d be quietly cheering on the advance of fascism like every other right winger in america.
Exactly. This is one of those classic leopards ate my [daughter’s] face moments.
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If the J6ers had caught up with Mike Pence, Lynne Cheney, and Mitch McConnell, I genuinely wonder whether Trump would actually be in jail right now instead of cruising around the country soliciting more fascists to his cause.
I am grateful I didn’t see the National Guard mow down a bunch of civilians that day, but I also feel that the low loss of life is what has let a huge chunk of the population write off the events of that day as basically a “boys will be boys” moment, when it was really something Earth shattering in our country’s history.
Historians could very well one day mark it as a turning point in our nation’s history where we took a severe turn on the road to ruin. I really hope we can pull ourselves back, but since it seems to be a world wide trend, I have more anxiousness than I’d prefer.
The lack of action/inability to prosecute those found pulling the strings is what’s really frustrating. Sure, send the brainwashed people to jail, but those will just be replaced by the people behind the scenes…
Exactly, I should have been more clear on that.
This stuff started decades ago with all the people that felt Nixon did nothing wrong and have worked throughout the media, the courts, and the government itself to show that “government doesn’t work” to undermine the integrity of all these institutions and to get the people to support individuals rather than a collective.
They’ve poisoned our systems this whole time, and need to be rooted out if we want to continue being free.
Wow. Someone watched Starship Troopers and didn’t realize it was obvious satire. But “microphone bicycle cameraman”, so he’s good, right?
This has always been the problem. For some reason, the very people you want to stand up and take notice of your political satire are frequently the kind of people that are just going to not understand. As they say: “you can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into.”
Ripping a page from the playbook of the best 20th-century dictatorships
Trumps a monkey wrench. Cheney fascism dreams were with the Bush family.
The straight one. Not the gay one
He attacked his own daughter. These ppl have no souls.
Though there might be a line between “attacking” and “tribunal for treason”. I have a feeling the latter is a step too far even for Dick Cheney when it comes to his daughter.
Can you explain what this phrase means?
That even as Dick Cheney will be unreasonable toward his daughter, that it would be too much for him to see her before a tribunal for treason.
Still doesn’t compute, but thanks for trying!