The Marjorie Taylor Greene thread.

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Is Marjorie Taylor Greene a fascist? I think she would answer no, and mean it. The problem is, Greene doesn't appear to be any kind of a deep thinker. She seems to be, primarily, someone who operates on pure reaction. I would bet that Greene couldn't even define fascism. Recall about a year ago she walked back her support for various QAnon conspiracies.

“I was allowed to believe things that weren’t true and I would ask questions about them and talk about them,” Greene said, “and that is absolutely what I regret.” CNBC report
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She was "allowed" to believe "things?" What kind of an explanation is that? I think the bigger problem is, there ARE fascists in the U.S., they undoubtedly consider Greene a "useful idiot" and they're probably right.
 
newyorkguy said:
Is Marjorie Taylor Greene a fascist? I think she would answer no, and mean it. The problem is, Greene doesn't appear to be any kind of a deep thinker. She seems to be, primarily, someone who operates on pure reaction. I would bet that Greene couldn't even define fascism. Recall about a year ago she walked back her support for various QAnon conspiracies.




She was "allowed" to believe "things?" What kind of an explanation is that? I think the bigger problem is, there ARE fascists in the U.S., they undoubtedly consider Greene a "useful idiot" and they're probably right.
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It was a standard "I'm not really at fault here; I was a victim" excuse.

She probably couldn't tell you what a fascist is just as she couldn't tell you how socialism is different from communism. I agree that she doesn't think, she reacts.
 
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It was a standard "I'm not really at fault here; I was a victim" excuse.

She probably couldn't tell you what a fascist is just as she couldn't tell you how socialism is different from communism. I agree that she doesn't think, she reacts.
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A Reactionary.
 
SuburbanTurkey said:
I'm curious what exactly MTG should be doing instead? I mean, let's assume not being some christo-fascist isn't an option, because clearly that isn't in her case.

Do a thought experiment with me. You're someone with an outside the mainstream political ideology representing a district where the voting base is also outside the mainstream. You're in Congress, but you really don't have the allies and the numbers to actually advance any of your agenda items. What do you do with your time?
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You engage in politics.

You know, that thing that's actually her job.

You talk to people who seem like they might be open to at least some of your ideas, or at least not openly hostile to them. You make them an offer - give me one thing I want in your Fancy Politics Bill, and I'll support the rest of the bill. If/When that passes, you build on it. You get the One Thing passed, then go around the political circuit one more time. "Hey, my One Thing really worked out, look how popular it is! Imagine how popular you'd be if you support my Second Thing!"

If Thing One and Thing Two actually are good, and popular, ideas, you build credibility in the party. Keep it up long enough, and eventually people start approaching you for your support, rather than the other way around.


But that requires work, effort, over a long term. It requires the ability to compromise, and be willing to take half a loaf at first.

None of the new crop of GOPers can do any of that, though.
 
newyorkguy said:
Yesterday Pedro Gonzalez, a fellow at the pro-trump, far right Claremont Institute, tweeted that "Libs are a cancer. They are the absolute worst people in this country." He suggested when "liberals" move from Blue states to Red States (he cited an example of someone moving from California to Florida) they not be allowed to vote for a time while they re-adjust. MTG quickly jumped on board.
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Just a sec...

If I'm likely to vote for Democratic policies and I move to deep red Florida, how is anyone there going to know which way I have voted and will vote, especially if I don't tell anyone?

IOW, how are they going to police / enforce this idiocy?

Or are they just going to assume that everyone from California is a Democratic voter, while everyone from Texas is a GOP voter?

So why doesn't MTG just say it out loud: Not "National Divorce" but CIVIL WAR 2!!!
 
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Aside from the absolutely and utterly anti-democratic nature of the proposal above, and its multiple breaches of Federally guaranteed voting rights, it seems also to be almost guaranteed to backfire anyway.

For example, the only people I know who have recently emigrated from liberal New England were conservatives, even Trump voters, heading for warmer and less liberal climes. They are the very people you don't want to disenfranchise, as many of those R states are drifting to the left from inside.
 
Norman Alexander said:
Just a sec...

If I'm likely to vote for Democratic policies and I move to deep red Florida, how is anyone there going to know which way I have voted and will vote, especially if I don't tell anyone?

IOW, how are they going to police / enforce this idiocy?

Or are they just going to assume that everyone from California is a Democratic voter, while everyone from Texas is a GOP voter?

So why doesn't MTG just say it out loud: Not "National Divorce" but CIVIL WAR 2!!!
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Lol... someone should ask her, if she's so put out by vaxports (which Fox News have had in effect in their properties for going on ~5 months)... what ID system does she have in mind for blue to red RELOs?
Hmm Marg?
What a maroon. [emoji1]
 
Instead of banning, Twitter should sue these grifters for 95% of the money they raise with their propaganda..
That would stop disinformation overnight.
 
shemp said:
She and her followers will insist that she is a victim of the liberal cancel culture...
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Greene already has. She's calling Twitter an enemy of the American people.
On the alternative social messaging platform Telegram, Ms. Greene said that Twitter “is an enemy to America and can’t handle the truth.” link to New York Times article
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I saw the image below in one of the news stories about Greene's Twitter ban. Couldn't resist. Sorry. :blush:
 

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newyorkguy said:
....I saw the image below in one of the news stories about Greene's Twitter ban. Couldn't resist. Sorry. :blush:
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You should be blushing. You're guilty of historical inaccuracy and political distortion. Sieg Heil indeed! National Socialism had no tolerance for the mentally deficient, and systematically liquidated such unfit blemishes from the racial inventory. Not a bad idea today!

Further, fascism (REAL fascism, MANLY fascism!) requires legionaires who not only follow orders but who can understand them in the first place! Try measuring the distance between that mop-squeezer's eyes -- hell, try fitting your thumb into that space -- and then tell me you want her in your squadismo.

Indeed!
 
I think her water district needs to test its water for lead. Either that or her parents painted her crib with lead paint and she teethed on its rails.
 
Lauren Boebert tweeted

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Twitter permanently suspended a sitting US President.

They’ve now permanently suspended a sitting member of US Congress.

Of course, both from the same party.

They forget that in 2022 we are taking back the House and we WILL be holding them accountable!
 
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