Russia and China are also settler-colonial empires. The Tibetans and Uighurs are now outnumbered by Han Chinese settlers, and if anyone suggests that they shouldn’t be minorities in their own homelands the Chinese government calls them racist for saying that Chinese citizens should not be free to live anywhere in China.
The difference is that they are land empires, so they can simply expand their borders without having to claim that somewhere halfway around the world is an integral part of the mother country.
I wasn’t arguing that the Dems were in danger of losing a seat, I was thinking of his value as an amazing orator and cultural icon. I’d also suggest he might’ve one day been presidential material, though we both know how problematic nominating someone Jewish would be, considering how hard it was for America to come to terms with JFK’s Catholicism. And that’s coming from a Jew.
Your point is valid: he fell on his grenade for a higher purpose, despite my affinity for him and considering that the GOP is perfectly okay with sexual predators like Matt Gaetz in their ranks it made sense.
It’s still barking tragic that when Dems take the high road it comes at a steep cost.
I want the people representing me to care about their constituents and do their jobs by listening to us… this isn’t really team sports, and it’s maybe beyond time to stop treating politics in that manner? I think i’ts a major part of how we got here in the first place. But politics is about how we get large scale projects done that need doing after all, not a game at all… Part of the reason why some have been upset with the Democratic party is that they started playing the GOPs bullshit games, and as a result moved right to try and win their voters (especially white voters who were angry about integration).
I remember the accusations, I also remember the exoneration and the general consensus that Franken was the victim of a far-right radio personality’s character assassination.
My brother was once hauled before his boss after being accused of sexual harassment. The reality was he’d ignored the advances of a coworker and then went on a date with someone else. I vaguely knew her, that was back in the Anita Hill era. Her spiteful jealousy could’ve got him fired so there is precedent for men occasionally being, you know, decent. Funny thing was, his boss until then was sure he was gay. I sometimes wondered myself.
I don’t think Franken is some kind of monster beyond all hope of redemption, but he did a genuinely bad thing unbecoming of a public servant, and he did it more than once. “The Republicans do worse stuff all the time” doesn’t change that.
Well, see, only one thing can be true, so it couldn’t possibly be that maybe both he did things he should not have AND the far right media tried to weaponize it…
There are decent men out there. It’s not common but I do know someone who was threatened with a false accusation of sexual assault from someone at university. From all I can tell a good guy, and the moment she mentioned the words to him he left and called the staff to handle things, and she admitted there was no such event. That there were no additional women who ever came forward with similar stories lends a lot of credence to that, anyway.
Anyway, am I wrong in thinking this is by now completely unrelated to the topic of Trump trying to overthrow the government?
