My goodness, how disingenuous. Other than Drew and Sic, everyone else on here is aware the amount of guns are the problem. Not white man angst, like you suggested once before getting your *** handed to you the last time we all had this conversation on here. We all agree, outside of Sic and Drew, a near-complete ban is by FAR the best solution. We all agree that there is not enough political will in this country to make that happen, but not because of Democrats. That’s why we (Democrats, not you) suggest the half-measures as a “compromise” with Republicans, who don’t take them anyways. Your neurotic obsession with the “back-patting” takes away from the fact New York is safer than Texas when it comes to gun violence.
This post might perfectly encapsulate the attitude and ineptitude of the Democratic party for the last half century, with even the correct amount of condescension drizzled on top.
Element #1,
the smartest guys in the room. You have carefully and correctly identified the root of the problem, and you've even come up with the right solution to solve it, so how dare anyone else enter the chat.
Great. So here's an idea, how about solving the fucking problem then?
That gets us to element #2,
blame. "Those big, bad Republicans won't
let us solve the problem." FFS, by my count Democrats have a trifecta (both houses of the legislative body, and the executive branch) in about 14 states, and the federal fucking government. Here's a free tip for you.
That's when it's easiest to pass your laws! Why do you want to be in power if you're not going to do anything about, or implement your brilliant solutions?
Oh yeah, element #3,
lack of political will. You guys beg and plead to be placed into power because you have all the answers, and then the minute it happens, the minute you hold all the cards, all the power, what's the excuse? Oh, uh.....courts, uh.....filibuster....umm, traitors in our own party....the political will just isn't there.
So that's the Democratic platform? You're the party that can identify correctly all of the problems, can craft the perfect solutions, but when given an opportunity to do so, you're too fucking spineless to actually do it???
You know, the state governments of Texas and Florida are the favorite whipping boys of the Bobbleheads here in Cafe, and I'll be the first to admit, those boys in Texas and Florida have some batsh!t crazy ideas as to what problems their state faces and how to correctly solve them. But I'll give them this. When someone tries to stand in their way, when courts or Democrats or whoever try to put up roadblocks, you don't hear them whining about lack of political will.
As Mike would say, no half measures. Do the job you were elected to do, or stop blaming me for your ineptitude.
