Specifically the indulgence of the practice. Your first knee jerk response is, "There is a criticism of my party implicit in here. Cannot be allowed!"
I'm talking about Congress as a whole. And if you cannot bring yourself to this moment in history and think, "You know. I think we made some mistakes that helped get us here. We should see what those are and come up with solutions," I don't know what to tell you. How does anyone learn anything at all when mistakes cannot be acknowledged without a highly partisan, "We have done nothing wrong, ever, in all history, and discussing the very idea is harmful and wrong."
I think you have it precisely backwards. I think opposition to even passing self-examination and reflection is exactly how we got where we are. If we do not reverse that course, we will get more of the same.
You want us to steer even harder towards the cliff.
It's just a pass for me.
When you look at the Court's rulings, you see that many of them come down to, "Congress never authorized this." They turn to that again and again. Yes, they can strike down laws as unconstitutional, but it is not their general go-to. Even their Roe ruling isn't, "Laws allowing abortion are unconstitutional." They said there is no law or constitutional right that guarantees it.
Great. So we'll write some laws.
I will never understand this human shielding of getting politicians out of their responsibilities. It's getting real tired. "Vote for me! I will be capable of doing nothing!"
That's a fucking clarion call right there.
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