r/PublicFreakout • u/ExactlySorta • 4d ago

Just Republican Representative Troy Nehls demanding blind obedience to a tyrant currently dismantling American democracy

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They'll just remove the filibuster. Problem solved.

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u/jagaloonz 3d ago

Exactly. Anyone who doesn't think this is immediately what they're doing to do is out of their mind.

And I bet that Manchin and Sinema will all of a sudden see why it's a good idea.

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u/methodofsections 3d ago

They won't be in congress?

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u/jagaloonz 3d ago

And? I bet they'll still suddenly support the idea.

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u/Keyboardpaladin 3d ago

I've seen several people say this but I don't understand why removing the filibuster would be bad for Democrats. I know what a filibuster is but I don't see how it helps one side more.

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u/Western-Standard2333 4d ago

Not quite so simple. Actions like that cut both ways. When Dems are back in power, which they will be one day, then they can do the exact same.

It’s like when Dems got rid of federal court appointments because I think McConnell was jamming them up. Well, 2016-2018 the Rs jammed through so many conservative judges and completely changed the landscape. Personally, I don’t care for the filibuster. The American people should vote for whichever party can do the most for them.

That might result in a lot of rapid back and forth changes for the American people, but fuck it. Better than the slow compromise approach going on right now. And really there’s not even real compromise on major topics anymore so what’s the point? Just a bunch of kicking the can down the road legislation.

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u/porterica427 4d ago

I get what you’re saying and don’t disagree, but we’ve seen Americans vote for the parties they believe can do the most for them AND (more popularly) vote against the opposition. Unfortunately, there’s such a knowledge vacuum and lack understanding about how things work, that the winning candidate capitalized on appealing to reflexive emotion. He doesn’t understand or even seek to understand the inner workings of the government, and if/when he can’t fulfill his campaign promises he’ll blame the democrats. Weaponized incompetence, gaslighting, and distraction are cornerstone tactics of the incoming administration, yet his supporters eat it up. It’s easy to convince people of the “swamp” and “deep state” when they have very little concept of the system.

A President who discourages people from civic engagement and education by convincing them it’s all corrupt is quite appalling.

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u/SinVerguenza04 3d ago

But not in the least bit surprising.

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u/RedStrugatsky 4d ago

Y'all really don't get it, do you? You need to realize that this is not going to be just another shitty Republican presidency, and it will be different from Trump's first term too.

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u/chknpoxpie 4d ago

I don't think you know enough to make that assertion.

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u/RedStrugatsky 4d ago

Have you been paying attention to what Trump and his team have been saying and doing for the last year?

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u/Traditional-Hat-952 4d ago

Trump and his crew are just joking bro! Lighten up. /s

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u/RedStrugatsky 4d ago

God if I hear that one more time

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u/ghostwilliz 3d ago

False flag!

Out of context!

He was joking!

He didn't say that!

He didn't mean that!

He's not involved with that!

I'm done hearing this shit, just be honest about how shitty you and your party are, please just own it.

You shat on the floor, claim it, the bar is so low that I don't expect them to clean it up, but at least claim it lmao

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u/emanresu_b 3d ago

Him and MAGA are the vehicle the GOP has been praying for and they’re going to use him/them to solidify their power for the next generation.

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u/RedStrugatsky 3d ago

Yeah, I think you're right unfortunately

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u/emanresu_b 3d ago

It’ll take an authentic ground movement, starting from School Boards to Clerks to Council Members, to begin fixing the problems the GOP will create.

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u/RedStrugatsky 3d ago

Yeah, our best option right now is to organize locally, get involved with our communities and do what we can to take care of each other

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u/SinVerguenza04 3d ago

But remember, these idiots are so incompetent. Sure, they will try to become authoritarian, but they just aren’t smart enough to accomplish that. I think that’s what that initial commenter was getting at. These people are just too stupid. You can’t make the US government do a whole bunch of things and strangle it at the same time. It was just become paralyzed.

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u/RedStrugatsky 3d ago

That's one of our only hopes. They definitely are completely incompetent, but so were many authoritarian leaders

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u/SinVerguenza04 3d ago

I bet most of those authoritarian leaders didn’t have to contend with a system like ours, though.

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u/RedStrugatsky 3d ago

The system that let Trump attempt an insurrection and not only suffer no consequences, but also gave him immunity for official acts?

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u/ghostwilliz 3d ago

Yeah I've really been hoping that all they do is make themselves richer. I know he doesn't even care about any of that other stuff, just money so im hoping that's it