"How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual... as a trustworthy and productive citizen, or as part of an unruly crowd that needs to be lorded over, controlled, supervised, and taken care of." —Suzanna Huppchasfm11 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 6:49 amThe underlying problem with the errant behavior is that the politicians know that if they age it enough, they can escape all consequences of it. It is the lack of consequences that allows it to happen in the first place. There is never a "message" sent. This would be an excellent vehicle to fix that. The good people of Austin need to understand the excesses of their government just like I do if I exceed the speed limit and get caught.
Please note: she singled out no particular party. A politician's words mean nothing if they are not backed by action. And action is what’s called "doing your daggum JOB". I don’t particularly care about party. If someone runs as a Republican, and says all the right pretty words, but fails to faithfully execute the actions for which they were elected, then that politician must be fired and replaced. It’s just that simple.
Politicians themselves, regardless of stripe, are responsible for the word being increasingly used in a disparaging manner. The failure to sustain action on a very important issue is a prime example of why this is so.Definition of politician
1 : a person experienced in the art or science of government
especially : one actively engaged in conducting the business of a government
2a : a person engaged in party politics as a profession
b often disparaging : a person primarily interested in political office for selfish or other narrow usually short-sighted reasons