Quote (Black XistenZ @ Nov 16 2021 08:44pm)
There is a huge difference between consistence and both-sideism. One can be consistent and have a clear partisan stance at the same time.
It is actually you who's turning a blind eye to the potentially outrageous abuse of the DoJ by an AG that this case presents. You are the one who's failing the "would you be okay with the other side doing it"-test.
I'll concede on Jordan/Gaetz/Gohmert. The more important point is the bolded though. Do we have any proof that only parents who made criminally relevant threats were tagged as terrorists by the FBI?
What makes this whole issue so fishy in my eyes is that Garland started recommending to treat protesting parents as domestic terrorists after that situation in VA where the father of a girl who was raped in the bathroom by a transgender co-ed blasted the responsible school board which had tried to cover the incident up (we have hard proof for that), which sparked a wave of outrage by parents and came at a very inopportune time during the VA gubernatorial race.
We really must draw a line between frustrated parents (keep in mind VA had very long school closures due to covid) venting and those who are making legitimate threats. Signalling to angry parents of all stripes that they might end up on no fly lists and shit like that was an escalation which went way overboard; also, it seems to have been a deliberate attempt at achieving a chilling effect on parent protests. This reeks of an attempt at quelling the formation of another conservative grass roots movement.
Add the potential for perjury/lying under oath to the list and Garland should be a goner if even half of these accusations can be corroborated. He really has some clarifying to do.
Dude, you don't even know the details of what's happening and you're claiming "outrageous abuse." Give me a break! The DOJ simply doesn't have the resources to track every single Karen in every single state. The only reason you're concerned is because the right wing media you consume TOLD you to be concerned. The right NEEDS to be perpetual victims because fear drives people to the polls. Someone gets banned from Facebook for saying racist shit? FACEBOOK IS CENSORING CONSERVATIVES! Someone threatened a school board member near their home? THE FBI IS GOING AFTER CONSERVATIVES! It's the same shit over and over again. It's not that hard to google "school board members threatened" to find dozens of stories where folks are threatened with violence.
Having said that, it's certainly possible that some innocent parents were targeted by local, state, and/or federal law enforcement and there should be some form of restitution in that regard. I do agree that there could be a chilling effect on legitimate protest and that's unacceptable. People have a right to voice their opinions, no matter how dumb, intelligent, misinformed, or informed they are. Perhaps the media should be more responsible in how they report things then because they are the ones amplifying everything.