I used to be bothered by this Carlinism, but the longer I am alive, the more truth i find laid bare:
"Now, there's one thing you might have noticed I don't complain about: politicians. Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well, where do people think these politicians come from? They don't fall out of the sky. They don't pass through a membrane from another reality. They come from American parents and American families, American homes, American schools, American churches, American businesses and American universities, and they are elected by American citizens. This is the best we can do folks. This is what we have to offer. It's what our system produces: Garbage in, garbage out. If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're going to get selfish, ignorant leaders. Term limits ain't going to do any good; you're just going to end up with a brand new bunch of selfish, ignorant Americans. So, maybe, maybe, maybe, it's not the politicians who suck. Maybe something else sucks around here... like, the public. Yeah, the public sucks. There's a nice campaign slogan for somebody: 'The Public Sucks. Fuck Hope.'"
If there are more registered Democrats but Texas is still representatively red, what the actual fuck are they doing? Probably voting red. Nothing like giving lip service to equality and voting like a racist. You know, being a liberal. Texas can eat my ass. I am not performing false solidarity with politicians who don't give enough of a shit about their own constituents to fight back in state. Like when they failed to protect their own constituents from anti-abortion measures, i guess they thought citizens would have the privilege of leaving too? Are they that afraid of going to prison for their principles? Talk about cowardice. How many hours did civil rights leaders spend in jail? Or do they know how badly their prisons have failed by human rights metrics? If politicians don't have enough in-house support to foment collective outrage against Abbott, i am not mourning the rulers or the rulees. And if people can't take time off work to protest, capitalism has won anyway; our "democracy" is just for show.
Since the Republicans in Congress have gone on vacation and refused to even pretend that they care what Donold Chickenshit is doing, and there is this threatened war over representation in the House of Representatives based on party affiliation, we may all be wishing goodbye to democracy.
I'm a Texan. And there are more Democrats registered to vote here than Republicans. Most don't show up for elections because of all the varied reasons Democrats don't show up for elections.
But if Wheels Abbigot and Indicted Fraudster Paxton continue down this road, they're going to find out that Democrats will indeed start showing up at the polls, AND they may even be joined by Republicans who don't want the RNC deciding who'll be their representative.
Sadly the brainwashed/stupid/racist/etc (pick one) constituents, who have some responsibility in this as US citizens, will mindlessly vote along party lines regardless. Not one of these imbeciles is capable of saying “well, I resent this redistricting and even though I have been voting Republican, I’m voting for Jasmine Crockett because she is the better choice and I will not be manipulated by these political games.” Of course no Democrat will say something like that about a Republican either, but just cite me an example of where the Republican would be the better candidate. God, in all this the electorate is not even considered-it’s just a given that they’ll (it?) go along. Just making it easier to, as Wendy said, to lose track of the long forgotten process of actually governing.
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I used to be bothered by this Carlinism, but the longer I am alive, the more truth i find laid bare:
"Now, there's one thing you might have noticed I don't complain about: politicians. Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well, where do people think these politicians come from? They don't fall out of the sky. They don't pass through a membrane from another reality. They come from American parents and American families, American homes, American schools, American churches, American businesses and American universities, and they are elected by American citizens. This is the best we can do folks. This is what we have to offer. It's what our system produces: Garbage in, garbage out. If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're going to get selfish, ignorant leaders. Term limits ain't going to do any good; you're just going to end up with a brand new bunch of selfish, ignorant Americans. So, maybe, maybe, maybe, it's not the politicians who suck. Maybe something else sucks around here... like, the public. Yeah, the public sucks. There's a nice campaign slogan for somebody: 'The Public Sucks. Fuck Hope.'"
If there are more registered Democrats but Texas is still representatively red, what the actual fuck are they doing? Probably voting red. Nothing like giving lip service to equality and voting like a racist. You know, being a liberal. Texas can eat my ass. I am not performing false solidarity with politicians who don't give enough of a shit about their own constituents to fight back in state. Like when they failed to protect their own constituents from anti-abortion measures, i guess they thought citizens would have the privilege of leaving too? Are they that afraid of going to prison for their principles? Talk about cowardice. How many hours did civil rights leaders spend in jail? Or do they know how badly their prisons have failed by human rights metrics? If politicians don't have enough in-house support to foment collective outrage against Abbott, i am not mourning the rulers or the rulees. And if people can't take time off work to protest, capitalism has won anyway; our "democracy" is just for show.
Carlin should be required listening and viewing for all young adults.
Since the Republicans in Congress have gone on vacation and refused to even pretend that they care what Donold Chickenshit is doing, and there is this threatened war over representation in the House of Representatives based on party affiliation, we may all be wishing goodbye to democracy.
I'm a Texan. And there are more Democrats registered to vote here than Republicans. Most don't show up for elections because of all the varied reasons Democrats don't show up for elections.
But if Wheels Abbigot and Indicted Fraudster Paxton continue down this road, they're going to find out that Democrats will indeed start showing up at the polls, AND they may even be joined by Republicans who don't want the RNC deciding who'll be their representative.
Reptile Ken Paxton should already be behind bullet-proof glass...like Dr. Hannibal Lecter... Trump's second choice for the HHS.
Sadly the brainwashed/stupid/racist/etc (pick one) constituents, who have some responsibility in this as US citizens, will mindlessly vote along party lines regardless. Not one of these imbeciles is capable of saying “well, I resent this redistricting and even though I have been voting Republican, I’m voting for Jasmine Crockett because she is the better choice and I will not be manipulated by these political games.” Of course no Democrat will say something like that about a Republican either, but just cite me an example of where the Republican would be the better candidate. God, in all this the electorate is not even considered-it’s just a given that they’ll (it?) go along. Just making it easier to, as Wendy said, to lose track of the long forgotten process of actually governing.
Their reptilian brains indeed! Well explained and said.
Maybe David Icke had something... 🙄