@Popehat the flakiest of snowflakes...
@Popehat Confusing decorum with lack of criticism is one of the biggest sins of current culture in many places around the world
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Yellow Snowflakes at that
#dentalflosstycoons taboot, it being Montaña and all?
@Popehat Because she persisted.
@Popehat Astonishingly, Free Speech Warrior Bari Weiss seems not to care at all. Astonishingly.
@Malaclypse @Popehat Disappointing! But surely that dedicated defender of unpopular discourse Thomas G.P.T. Chatterton Williams has issued a strong statement?
@Popehat Demanding “civility” (“you’ll have blood on your hands “ may have been the tipping point) while a bunch of reactionaries insist on misgendering her, even apparently on the House floor
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"If you use decorum to silence people who hold you accountable, all you are doing is using decorum as a tool of oppression," Zephyr added.
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And they learned from the Tennessee legislature that censuring is more durable than expulsion.
@Popehat And these are the manly man montana men meekly mewing
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The most fragile ones in the land.

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But this strategy worked out so well in Tennessee . . .

@Popehat Montana, the state that prides itself on individual liberty, personal freedom, and cognitive dissonance.
Republican candidate charged with assault after 'body-slamming' Guardian reporter

Audio of Greg Gianforte attacking Ben Jacobs corroborated by Fox News journalists in the room, who described candidate ‘slamming him to the ground’

The Guardian
@Popehat it’s almost like they’ve been projecting about everything forever 🤔
@Popehat bunch of goddamn ghouls
@Popehat so question for a future podcast episode - how does this not violate the speech and debate (as well as 1a) protections?

@Danielsand @Popehat I very much doubt Republicans care about violating the constitution with these laws.

It strikes me as the legislative equivalent of a Gish Gallop - throw so much trash at the wall that even if none of it sticks, you've still trashed the place and made the residents' lives hell.

@Popehat I think it’s more that they’re pro-abuse. If they have a chance to abuse one or more persons, they’ll go for it.
@Popehat 1st: Note how well that oppression worked in Tennessee.
2nd: SNOWFLAKES? SNOWFLAKES? They're melted ice cubes.