George Takei 
🏳️🌈🖖🏽The Former Guy has made it clear, friends. It’s up to us and our votes to keep him from ever entering the White House again.
Sir David Nielsen@georgetakei be fair George, we need to keep all his MAGA fan and other Republicans from taking this seat and any other seat, anywhere. We have a lot of work to do rejecting their hate and insanity.
Dave VolekWe need a new democracy: Tiered Democratic Governance
People like Mr. Trump will not be able to rise high in this system.
@davevolek @georgetakei I propose literacy, history and basic critical thinking tests, that should weed out 99% of the Republicans. Honestly, if you can’t do these basic things, you cannot govern the nation, so fuck right off.
In almost every other profession, there are basic requirements to enter and be certified in that profession. Then there are the disciplinary measures to deal with those professionals who do not adhere to certain standards.
Except for the profession of politics. Go figure!
And our elections are no longer able to cast the worse practitioners aside.
It is time for a new way.
@davevolek @georgetakei exactly, this is a job interview, you are applying to be a public servant, so I don’t care who people would rather have a beer with, I care if they are qualified to do the job.
Do you find it unusual that people who are experts in "political science" seldom get into the profession of politics?
Other than that academic training, I'm not really seeing anything that could be construed as "qualifications for the job."
@davevolek @georgetakei I would say that qualifications for the job would be less likely to entail a specific education, but the absence of disqualifying views.
If you fundamentally don’t believe government can work, then you are there to sabotage it and have no place serving the public.
If you deny history, then you have no business deciding on the budget for schools.
If you don’t know how to read, if you can’t do basic math, etc. then buddy, you cannot run society effectively.
I have to agree with your "absence of disqualifying views." How do we implement such a system?