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minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days ago a violation of their oath of office I like the idea that the way to punish politicians for irresponsible behavior is to hold them seriously accountable to their Oath of Office. Give the oath some teeth, and enforce it.
minus-squareFredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoHow do you do that in a way that can be prevented from being used for political reasons?
minus-squareSparroHawc@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoThat’s like preventing a disease from being used for political reasons. As COVID, a virus that has zero political affiliation and infected nearly everyone equally, proved… You can’t.
minus-squareFredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days ago As COVID, a virus that has zero political affiliation and infected nearly everyone equally, proved… Except it didn’t, it infected more people who didn’t vax who leaned primarily Republican
minus-squareSparroHawc@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 hours agoWell sure, but that’s not the virus’s fault.
I like the idea that the way to punish politicians for irresponsible behavior is to hold them seriously accountable to their Oath of Office. Give the oath some teeth, and enforce it.
How do you do that in a way that can be prevented from being used for political reasons?
That’s like preventing a disease from being used for political reasons.
As COVID, a virus that has zero political affiliation and infected nearly everyone equally, proved…
You can’t.
Except it didn’t, it infected more people who didn’t vax who leaned primarily Republican
Well sure, but that’s not the virus’s fault.