Easy. Democratic legislators used their power to ban Chick Fil A from operating in airports because of their “anti-LGBT” beliefs. Sounds like targeting to me.
The example you’re citing appears to be when the San Antonio city counsel voted a ban chic- fil-a from its airport. That’s an awfully benign comparison, even if it were valid. But it’s not.
It’s not retaliation to decide that you are not ok with companies discriminating against certain segments of the population. That’s a policy stance. Saying “I’m going to strip you of your status because you criticize me” is retaliation. Do you understand the difference, or shall I explain further?
Liberal are using scorched earth tactics with their social/cultural issues, while conservatives just dilly dally on the higher road.
Republicans have launched an all out assault on voting rights, are actively working to install public officials who will advocate for the governments right to decide the winner of the election instead of its own people, are gerrymandering the shit out of the house races, have two SC Justices on the bench because of the most brazen hypocrisy I’ve seen in my lifetime, and then there is the flagrant disregard for the very idea of civility or truth, like Kevin McCarthy standing in front of cameras telling the nation he didn’t say what we all just heard him say on tape, which he will pay absolutely no political price for. MTG and Lauren Bobert repeatedly say the dumbest and most offensive things about the Holocaust, again, no political price. The idea that conservatives take the high road is the most absurd thing I’ve ever heard you say.
I would condemn them. But if nothing is done about, which let’s be honest, hasn’t, Democrats should have no concern about it happening with them.
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It’s a simple question: how far does it have to go for you to say enough is enough?
I actually found this bit to be very revealing. You cannot claim you have principals when you are so easily willing to abandon them. I mean no disrespect when I say this, but this is why I take nothing you say seriously. Pretty much every exchange I read from you is in defense of something your “side” did that you are ok with because ‘other side bad’. There is nothing serious about that.
I’m sure you will levy the same criticism of me, but in my view what I do is very different. I will certainly attack what I see as hypocrisy and in many cases I refuse to engage with someone until they acknowledge their own hypocrisy, but I would never pretend that what my side did was ok because the other side did it too, with very few exceptions.
One of those exceptions would be that I support democrats never confirming another Republican appointed SC nominee. But that’s not a principal issue, it’s a process issue. Republicans have made it clear that this is their playbook, so democrats have no choice. But when it comes to matters of principal and integrity, that’s a completely different issue.
