r/law • u/RoyalChris • Mar 05 '25

Legal News Rep. James Comer (R-KY) crashes out and refuses to let Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) enter evidence into the record - “You can go with Mr. Frost and Mr. Green.”

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u/UpperApe Mar 06 '25

Yeah, it's really sad to see. A 21st century civilization collapsing into its own cowardice.

They've been coddled into complacency and normalized their own day-to-day micro-exploitation through a life of conveniences and routines. So when a situation like this arises, they don't know what to do.

They scream at politicians to do something but what can they do? They've been robbed of all power by their own voters. They keep hoping the right will "come to their senses when it affects them" but that will never happen. Or maybe they'll turn on each other, as if that won't just accelerate the cruelty and madness. They hang on to an election process that is already compromised and is now in the hands of those who compromised it.

The "land of the free, home of the brave" doesn't really have much of either.

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u/PaurAmma Mar 06 '25

Bold statement to label the US as a civilization.